Elena Rybakina has parted ways with her coach after her fourth round exit at the US Open.
Rybakina showed some impressive tennis against Emma Raducanu to reach the fourth round of the US Open for the first time.
The former Wimbledon champion was unable to continue this form after being beaten by Marketa Vondrousova, who was then struck by injury.
After bringing an end to her Grand Slam season, Rybakina has now reportedly split with one of her coaches, who wanted to help her achieve a big goal next year.
Photo by Robert Prange/Getty ImagesDavide Sanguinetti wanted to help Elena Rybakina become world number one in 2026
After Rybakina split from Goran Ivanisevic and Stefano Vukov was suspended from the WTA Tour, she brought Italian Davide Sanguinetti into her team in February 2025.
Sanguinetti helped Rybakina win her ninth WTA title in Strasbourg earlier this year, and more recently she reached the semifinals in Washington D.C., Montreal and Cincinnati.
Despite showing some positive signs of form in recent weeks, Spazio Tennis have now reported that Rybakina and Sanguinetti have parted ways.
Former coach Vukov recently re-joined Rybakina’s team after his suspension was lifted, and it has been suggested that he will now be her sole coach once again.
This comes less than a month after Sanguinetti revealed his big goals for Rybakina for the rest of this season and in 2026.
When speaking to Super Tennis TV, Sanguinetti explained that he had asked Rybakina for two years of collaboration and wanted to take her to world number one in 2026.
“At the moment I’m a sort of ferryman: I joined her team in February, without any work behind me,” Sanguinetti said last month.
“She explained to me more or less what she had done, and I asked her for two years of collaboration because I have my own working method: in the first year I would like to maintain the status quo, maybe finish at number 6 in the rankings, and next year I would like to take her to number one in the world: she has all the potential.”
Sanguinetti now leaves Rybakina’s team with more questions than answers ahead of the final few months of the 2025 season.
What is next for Elena Rybakina after her split from Davide Sanguinetti?
Following Sanguinetti’s departure from the team of Rybakina, she is now set to move forward with Vukov solely at the helm.
However, Vukov will not be the main coach for Rybakina at her next event, which will be the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China.
Representing Kazakhstan, Rybakina will be mentored by team captain Yuriy Schukin, beginning with their quarterfinal tie against USA.
Rybakina will then return to WTA competition with Vukov, beginning at the China Open in Beijing.
This is one of two WTA 1000 level tournaments in China, with the Wuhan Open following straight after.
Rybakina is currently eighth in the race to the WTA Finals, and will be hoping to secure her place at the year-end tournament.