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Coach directory Checked Oct 22, 2026

Who Coaches the Top Tennis Players? The ATP and WTA Coach List

The tennis coaches of top players on both tours in one searchable list: 166 players, each with the coach or coaches named on their official ATP or WTA profile, their singles ranking and the date we checked. Below it, how coaching works on tour and the partnerships worth knowing.

Players in the directory
16684 ATP, 82 WTA
Top 30 with two or more coaches
13men and women, ATP and WTA top 30
Top 30 with no coach listed
4men and women, on the official profile

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At a glance

Who coaches the top tennis players?

In briefOn the ATP side, Jannik Sinner, the No. 1, works with Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, and Alexander Zverev with Alexander Zverev Sr. On the WTA side, world No. 1 Elena Rybakina works with Stefano Vukov and Aryna Sabalenka with Anton Dubrov.

Tennis coaches of top players rarely stand still for long, and most lists online are out of date within a season. This one is built from the place the tours themselves keep current, which is the coach field on each player's official ATP or WTA profile. We checked all 166 players by October 22, 2026, and every row links to the profile it comes from.

The picture that comes out is more varied than the stereotype of one famous coach per star. Many of the best players travel with two coaches who split the weeks between them. Some are coached by family: a father, in one case a husband. Others hire former tour stars, some of whom were rivals of each other a generation ago. And at least one of the biggest names in the sport, Novak Djokovic, listed no coach at all when we checked.

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The top players and their coaches

Ranking order, as the official tour profiles list each coach.

ATP top 5

  1. 1Jannik SinnerSimone Vagnozzi, Darren Cahill
  2. 2Alexander ZverevAlexander Zverev Sr.
  3. 3Carlos AlcarazSamuel Lopez
  4. 4Ben SheltonBryan Shelton
  5. 5Daniil MedvedevAndrey Golubev

WTA top 5

  1. 1Elena RybakinaStefano Vukov
  2. 2Aryna SabalenkaAnton Dubrov
  3. 3Mirra AndreevaConchita Martinez
  4. 4Jessica PegulaMark Knowles, Mark Merklein
  5. 5Coco GauffJean Christophe Faurel

The directory

Tennis coaches of top players: the ATP and WTA directory

In brief166 players, sorted by singles ranking: the top 30 of both tours plus the players readers ask about most. Search by player or coach, or filter by tour.

Who coaches whom on the ATP and WTA tours Coach as named on the player's official tour profile, singles ranking from the official list, date of our last check.
Player Coach RankOct 19, 2026 Source
Elena RybakinaWTA KAZ Stefano Vukov 1 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Jannik SinnerATP ITA Simone Vagnozzi, Darren Cahill 1 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Alexander ZverevATP GER Alexander Zverev Sr. 2 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Aryna SabalenkaWTA BLR Anton Dubrov 2 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Carlos AlcarazATP ESP Samuel Lopez 3 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Mirra AndreevaWTA RUS Conchita Martinez 3 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Ben SheltonATP USA Bryan Sheltonfather 4 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Jessica PegulaWTA USA Mark Knowles, Mark Merklein 4 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Coco GauffWTA USA Jean Christophe Faurel 5 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Daniil MedvedevATP RUS Andrey Golubev 5 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Elina SvitolinaWTA UKR Andrew Bettles 6 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Flavio CobolliATP ITA Stefano Cobolli 6 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Felix Auger-AliassimeATP CAN Ivan Ljubicic 7 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Karolina MuchovaWTA CZE Sven Groeneveld 7 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Alex de MinaurATP AUS Adolfo Gutierrez, Matt Reid 8 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Linda NoskovaWTA CZE Tomas Krupa 8 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Frances TiafoeATP USA Mark Kovacs 9 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Iga SwiatekWTA POL Francisco Roig 9 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Arthur FilsATP FRA Ivan Cinkus, Goran Ivanisevic 10 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Marta KostyukWTA UKR Sandra Zaniewska 10 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Maja ChwalinskaWTA POL Jaroslav Machovsky 11 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Rafael JodarATP ESP Rafael Jodar 11 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Iva JovicWTA USA Thomas Gutteridge 12 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Novak DjokovicATP SRB none listed 12 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Alejandro Davidovich FokinaATP ESP Jose Clavet 13 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Diana ShnaiderWTA RUS Sascha Bajin 13 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Belinda BencicWTA SUI Iain Hughes 14 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Taylor FritzATP USA Michael Russell, Paul Annacone 14 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Elise MertensWTA BEL Christopher Heyman 15 WTA profileas of Oct 22, 2026
Tommy PaulATP USA Brad Stine, Hugo Armando 15 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Jakub MensikATP CZE Tomas Josefus 16 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Victoria MbokoWTA CAN Wim Fissette 16 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Brandon NakashimaATP USA Wayne Ferreira 17 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Sorana CirsteaWTA ROU Adrian Cruciat 17 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Amanda AnisimovaWTA USA Hendrik Vleeshouwers 18 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Learner TienATP USA Michael Chang 18 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Alexander BublikATP KAZ Artem Suprunov 19 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Naomi OsakaWTA JPN Tomasz Wiktorowski 19 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Alexandra EalaWTA PHI Joan Bosch 20 WTA profileas of Oct 21, 2026
Jiri LeheckaATP CZE Frederic Fontang 20 ATP profileas of Oct 21, 2026

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ATP

Who coaches the top ATP players?

In briefJannik Sinner, the ATP No. 1, lists Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill. Alexander Zverev lists Alexander Zverev Sr., and Carlos Alcaraz Samuel Lopez. Further down, Ben Shelton with Bryan Shelton, Daniil Medvedev with Andrey Golubev and Flavio Cobolli with Stefano Cobolli.

Coaching teams in the top 30One square per player in ranking order (rankings of Oct 19, 2026). Hover or tap a square for the name.

ATP 11 with a team, 18 with one coach, 1 with none listed

WTA 2 with a team, 25 with one coach, 3 with none listed

The pairings of the men's game's two best-known players are the most familiar in the sport. Jannik Sinner's profile lists a two-man team, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, both former tour players who now share the weeks of a very long season. Carlos Alcaraz's profile now names Samuel Lopez. Our profiles of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz follow both teams in more detail.

Family still plays a part among the men. Alexander Zverev's profile lists Alexander Zverev Sr., Ben Shelton's names Bryan Shelton and Flavio Cobolli's names Stefano Cobolli. Daniil Medvedev's coach is listed as Andrey Golubev, and Learner Tien works with Michael Chang.

Former tour stars are the other trend. Arthur Fils' team includes Goran Ivanisevic, who won $19.9 million as a player. Learner Tien's coach Michael Chang earned $19.1 million on tour. Andrey Rublev's team includes Marat Safin ($14.4 million as a player).

WTA

Who coaches the top WTA players?

In briefWorld No. 1 Elena Rybakina's WTA profile names Stefano Vukov; Aryna Sabalenka's names Anton Dubrov, Mirra Andreeva's Conchita Martinez, Jessica Pegula's Mark Knowles and Mark Merklein and Coco Gauff's Jean Christophe Faurel.

The WTA's top five read like a list of coaching styles. Elena Rybakina's profile names Stefano Vukov, Aryna Sabalenka's profile names Anton Dubrov, and Mirra Andreeva works with Conchita Martinez, whose own playing career earned $11.5 million in WTA prize money. Jessica Pegula's profile names Mark Knowles and Mark Merklein, and Coco Gauff is coached by Jean Christophe Faurel. See our profiles of Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff for the people around them.

Women coaching women is still the exception at the top: three of the WTA top 30 name a woman as coach, Mirra Andreeva with Conchita Martinez, Marta Kostyuk with Sandra Zaniewska and Anna Kalinskaya with Patricia Tarabini. Family is part of the story here too. Madison Keys' profile says she is coached by her husband, Bjorn Fratangelo. Our Madison Keys profile has more on the two of them.

Some of the best-known names in women's coaching appear on the list. Wim Fissette coaches Victoria Mboko, Tomasz Wiktorowski works with Naomi Osaka, Sascha Bajin with Diana Shnaider and Sven Groeneveld with Karolina Muchova. And Nikola Bartunkova, ranked No. 29, lists a team of three.

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The player's box is the one seat in the stadium with a job: watch the opponent, count the patterns, and say it in five words at the change of ends.

Changes

Coach changes this season

In briefWe add a coaching change here only when the tour or a major news outlet confirms it with a date. As of October 22, 2026, the tour profiles themselves record the moves below; none of them carries a date we could confirm.

Coaching changes spread on social media days before any official source catches up, and many of the lists that rank for them mix rumor with fact. So this section works the other way round, since it starts from what the official profiles say has changed. Aryna Sabalenka's WTA profile says: previously coached by Dmitry Tursunov and Didi Kindlmann, and it now names Anton Dubrov. Jessica Pegula's WTA profile says: recently parted ways with coach David Witt; formerly with Michael Joyce, and it now names Mark Knowles and Mark Merklein. Marta Kostyuk's WTA profile says: previously coached by Andrea Volpini, and it now names Sandra Zaniewska.

On the men's side, the most striking entry is an absence. Novak Djokovic's ATP profile names no coach at all. Carlos Alcaraz's profile names Samuel Lopez. When a change is confirmed with a date, it goes into this section and the directory row changes the same day; the check date on each row shows how fresh it is.

Partnerships

Famous coach-player partnerships on tour today

In briefFormer tour stars coaching today's players is the defining pattern: Andy Murray with Jack Draper, Goran Ivanisevic with Arthur Fils, Michael Chang with Learner Tien and Marat Safin with Andrey Rublev.

A generation ago these men played each other. Andy Murray, whose $64.7 million is the seventh-highest career total in men's tennis, is listed by Jack Draper's ATP profile alongside James Trotman. Goran Ivanisevic, with $19.9 million, is on Arthur Fils' team. Michael Chang ($19.1 million) coaches Learner Tien. Marat Safin, who won $14.4 million in prize money as a player, is part of Andrey Rublev's team.

Murray's move into coaching is the one that would have surprised most people a few years ago. The man with the seventh-highest prize money total in the history of the ATP now sits in the coaches' seats for a fellow Briton.

Other pairings are quieter but long-running. Ivan Ljubicic, who earned $10.2 million as a player, is listed as Felix Auger-Aliassime's coach. Magnus Norman, who earned $4.5 million as a player, is listed as Stan Wawrinka's coach. Lorenzo Sonego's profile names Vincenzo Santopadre, and Lorenzo Musetti's names Simone Tartarini. For the prize money these partnerships compete for, see our tennis prize money guide, and for what the players have earned over their careers, the richest tennis players tracker.

Former tour stars in the coach's chair

Today's ranked players who work with a retired player, best-ranked first, with the coach's own career prize money.

Men

  1. 1Jannik SinnerSimone Vagnozzi, Darren CahillSimone Vagnozzi won $0.5 million in prize money as a player
  2. 7Felix Auger-AliassimeIvan LjubicicIvan Ljubicic won $10.2 million in prize money as a player
  3. 10Arthur FilsIvan Cinkus, Goran IvanisevicGoran Ivanisevic won $19.9 million in prize money as a player
  4. 18Learner TienMichael ChangMichael Chang won $19.1 million in prize money as a player
  5. 22Andrey RublevFernando Vicente, Marat SafinMarat Safin won $14.4 million in prize money as a player

Women

  1. 3Mirra AndreevaConchita MartinezConchita Martinez won $11.5 million in prize money as a player
  2. Garbine MuguruzaConchita MartinezConchita Martinez won $11.5 million in prize money as a player

The rules

How coaching works on tour: the on-court coaching rules

In briefCoaching is allowed at ATP Tour and Challenger events, from the designated coaches' seats only: brief verbal advice when the player is at the same end, hand signals at any time, never during a point. The Grand Slams and the WTA set their own conditions under the same rule of tennis.

Coaching during a match is now written into the rules instead of being something umpires police with warnings. The 2026 ATP Rulebook states it plainly: "Coaching is allowed at ATP Tour and Challenger Tour tournaments" under a short list of conditions.

The coach must sit in the tournament's designated coaches' seats. Verbal coaching is permitted only when the player is at the same end of the court, and it may consist of "a few words and/or short phrases"; conversations are not allowed. Hand signals are allowed at any time coaching is permitted. Neither may interrupt play or hinder the opponent, and the coach may not speak to the player once the player leaves the court. During an opponent's medical timeout or toilet break, a player may go over to the box and talk.

Underneath the tour rules sits Rule 30 of the Rules of Tennis, printed in the same rulebook. It defines coaching as "advice or instruction of any kind and by any means to a player", lets each sanctioning body decide whether to permit it, and keeps one line fixed everywhere, which is that coaching is not permitted during the playing of a point. Team events with a captain sitting on court, such as the United Cup, are the exception that allows coaching from the bench. Players may also look at approved player analysis data at the times coaching is allowed, which is why the tablet on the bench is now an ordinary sight.

Abuse of these conditions is penalized under the code of conduct, with fines and penalties for the player. For how violations escalate, see our guide to the code violation in tennis.

FAQ

Tennis coaches: questions and answers

In briefTen questions about who coaches the top players and how coaching works on tour, answered from the official profiles and rulebook.

Who is Jannik Sinner's coach?

Sinner's ATP profile lists Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill. Both are former tour players, and the official ATP prize money list credits Vagnozzi with $490,569 and Cahill with $1,349,247 from their playing days.

Who is Carlos Alcaraz's coach?

His ATP profile names Samuel Lopez as his coach. For his family, career and earnings, see our Carlos Alcaraz profile.

How much does Alcaraz pay his coach?

Neither Alcaraz nor his team has published what his coach is paid, and no reliable report of the figure exists. Coaching fees on tour are private arrangements; the ATP and WTA do not publish them.

What does Djokovic pay his coach?

There is no published figure. As of our last check, Djokovic's ATP profile listed no coach at all.

Who is considered the best tennis coach?

There is no official ranking of coaches. What can be measured is results, and by that test the coaches of the current No. 1 players, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill for Jannik Sinner and Stefano Vukov for Elena Rybakina, are the names to know right now.

Who coaches Aryna Sabalenka?

Her WTA profile names Anton Dubrov. See our Aryna Sabalenka profile for the rest of her team and career.

Who coaches Coco Gauff?

Her WTA profile names Jean Christophe Faurel. Our Coco Gauff profile covers her family and earnings.

Is Roger Federer coaching anyone?

No ATP or WTA player we checked lists Federer as a coach. Andy Murray does appear. Jack Draper's ATP profile names Andy Murray and James Trotman.

Can tennis coaches coach during a match?

Yes, within limits. At ATP Tour and Challenger events the coach must sit in the designated coaches' seats and may give brief verbal advice only when the player is at the same end of the court, plus hand signals, never during a point.

How often is the coach directory updated?

We check every player's official tour profile at least once a month during the season and after any announced change. Each row shows the date of its last check.

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