Emma Raducanu will begin a new search for a coach after the British No. 1 confirmed her split from Francisco Roig following her early loss at the Australian Open last week.
Raducanu, who had worked with Roig for six months, said in a statement on social media: “Thank you for our time together. You have been more than a coach to me and I will cherish the many times we spent together on and off the field. Although we have come to the conclusion together that we should not continue, you know that I am very grateful for everything you have taught me and for our shared time.”
Raducanu’s inability to find a long-term coach has been a constant theme of her career since her breakthrough in the summer of 2021. She has now hired nine coaches since her fourth round win at Wimbledon that year, with the Briton working with Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, Sebastian Sachs, Vladimir Platenik, Nick Cavaday, Mark Petchey and Roig. Raducanu has also had help from Jane O’Donoghue, a family friend and former player, the LTA head of women’s tennis, Iain Bates, and Louis Cayer, an LTA high-performance coach best known for his huge success with the British WTA players.
Raducanu and the Spaniard had already worked together before the Cincinnati Open last August. Roig previously worked as a former member of Rafael Nadal’s team before coaching Sloane Stephens and Matteo Berrettini.
While the remainder of Raducanu’s 2025 season was largely positive, she had a poor start to the season in Australia. The 23-year-old has struggled mightily with her level, suffering a disappointing second-round defeat to Anastasia Potapova. Raducanu cited a nagging foot injury as the reason for her struggling form after missing almost the entire offseason, but also clearly had problems developing her game. She started 2026 with a forehand that technically looked different with a higher and longer swing.
In Australia, the Briton struggled with her forehand in the first months of the year. The problems with her forehand, which had been her biggest weapon in 2025, may have played a role in Raducanu’s split with Roig. “I think it’s something that’s probably happened in the last few weeks,” she said of her forehand.
“It’s not something that I really wanted to happen, so I have to look at that a little bit and shorten it, because I feel like it’s good in certain conditions if it’s a little bit slower. But on these very fast tracks it doesn’t really work, so I have to adjust that.” Raducanu will next compete in the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania, her father’s home country. She is guided there by LTA coach Alexis Canter.
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