{"id":948907,"date":"2026-11-01T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948907\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:16:11","slug":"report-ferrero-will-coach-ben-shelton-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948907\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ferrero Will Coach Ben Shelton in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Fuzz<\/p>\n

The ambitious American will aim high in 2027 with Juan Carlos Ferrero by his side, reports the London Times. <\/p>\n

Chris OddoNovember 1, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n

The mystery of Juan Carlos Ferrero\u2019s next coaching assignment appears to have been solved. The former world No.1 and man who coached Carlos Alcaraz to his first six major titles will reportedly join forces with Ben Shelton and his father, according to The Times of London.<\/p>\n

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Shelton, this year\u2019s US Open runner-up who currently sits at a career-high ranking of No.4, will reportedly begin working with the Spanish legend in December, while keeping his father alongside him.<\/p>\n

Last week, after much speculation about Ferrero\u2019s next job, the 2003 French Open champion told the world that he\u2019d be announcing his next coaching gig on November 9. The Times beat him to it.<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Shelton is hiring Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/p>\n

The Spaniard, who guided Carlos Alcaraz to six grand-slam titles, will work alongside Shelton\u2019s father and lifelong coach Bryan next season.https:\/\/t.co\/zsFkkMlVRw<\/a><\/p>\n

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In an interview with Eurosport Espa\u00f1a on Wednesday, Ferrero confirmed he has signed a contract with a new player.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, my goal for next year is to be back on the tour,\u201d he said. \u201cI can already tell you that I have reached an agreement with a player. The name will be revealed on November 9. But I can\u2019t give any details yet about the player\u2019s identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Jannik Sinner hiring Magnus Norman, that leaves former world No.3 and Roland Garros finalist David Ferrer as the big name who has yet to find a player to coach in 2027. Ferrer left his post as Spain\u2019s Davis Cup captain, and there has been speculation that he might end up being the next coach of Spanish phenom Rafael Jodar.<\/p>\n

For many weeks, it was Ferrero who was rumored to be in line to coach Jodar \u2013 more proof that things move fast on tennis\u2019 coaching carousel, and the rumors don\u2019t always lead to truth.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how Shelton incorporates Ferrero into his team, and what types of changes he will make to his game. What is certain is that the American is highly ambitious and wants to follow through on the promise he has shown thus far in his career, having cracked the Top 5 and reached a major final with a game that even he describes as not yet fully realized.<\/p>\n

We can expect to hear more from Shelton on the subject early next week, as he\u2019s slated to take his place in the Paris Masters draw as the No.3 seed. Perhaps Ferrero will even consider moving up his announcement date, as November 9 is more than a week away and the cat is already out of the proverbial bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz The ambitious American will aim high in 2027 with Juan Carlos Ferrero by his side, reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-948907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}