Emma Raducanu has confirmed that she is reuniting with her former coach Andrew Richardson.
Raducanu split from Francisco Roig after the Australian Open this year, and has not announced a permanent coach since then.
The 23-year-old has now confirmed that her coach will be Richardson, who helped Raducanu win the 2021 US Open as a qualifier.
Raducanu and Richardson may be on the same page again now, but the Briton had a clear reason for ending their partnership nearly five years ago.
Why Emma Raducanu split from Andrew Richardson after winning the 2021 US Open
Raducanu became the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam at the 2021 US Open, and everything appeared to be positive within her team.
That is why it came as a big shock when Raducanu announced that she would no longer be working with Richardson, who helped her win the US Open title.
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Raducanu had still not won a WTA Tour match when she became a Grand Slam champion, and she explained that she wanted a coach with more experience on the circuit to help guide her.
“After Wimbledon, I was ranked around 200 in the world. And, at the time I thought Andrew would be a great coach to try and I went to the States,” Raducanu said at the time.
“Never did I even dream of winning the US Open and having the run I did, and now I’m ranked 22 in the world which is pretty crazy to me.
“It’s tough to have that conversation with anyone, but I need someone who’s had that professional tour experience, and has been through it, and seen players in my situation for many years, going through the same because it’s going to take a lot.”
She added, “The players at the top are serious competition and serious players. I just really need someone right now who has been through that and can really guide me along the way because I’m still very very new to everything.”
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Every coach Emma Raducanu has had since winning the US Open
Raducanu has worked with a multitude of coaches to varying degrees of success since parting ways with Richardson.
A couple of months after her split from Richardson, Raducanu joined forces with Grand Slam winning coach Torben Beltz, who had previously had success with Angelique Kerber.
Beltz is one of six coaches Raducanu has had since winning the US Open, including Mark Petchey, Nick Cavaday and most recently Roig.
The longest of these coaching spells was with Cavaday, who worked with Raducanu for a year before stepping away due to health issues.
| Coach Raducanu has had since the 2021 US Open | Duration of coaching | Best result |
| Torben Beltz | November 2021 – April 2022 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) – QF |
| Dmitry Tursunov | July – October 2022 | Korea Open – SF |
| Sebastian Sachs | December 2022 – June 2023 | Indian Wells – R16 |
| Nick Cavaday | January 2024 – January 2025 | Nottingham Open – SF, Washington Open – QF, Korea Open – QF |
| Mark Petchey | March – July 2025 | Miami Open – QF |
| Francisco Roig | August 2025 – January 2026 | US Open – 3R, Hobart International – QF |
Raducanu will return to being coached by Richardson, as she prepares to play her first tournament in over two months at the Strasbourg Open.
The world number 30 has been out of action due to a viral illness, which most recently forced Raducanu to pull out of the Italian Open at the last minute.
