Emma Raducanu will begin a fresh search for a coach after the British No 1 confirmed she has split with Francisco Roig after 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 court. While we have come to the conclusion together that we ought not to move forward, please know that I’m very grateful for all you have taught me and our time shared.”
Raducanu’s inability to find a long-term coach has been a constant theme in her career since her breakthrough in the summer of 2021. She has now hired nine coaches since her fourth-round run 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 primarily known for his immense success with the British WTA players.
Raducanu and the Spaniard had started working together before the Cincinnati Open last August. Roig previously worked as a longtime member of Rafael Nadal’s team before coaching Sloane Stephens and Matteo Berrettini.
While the remainder of Raducanu’s 2025 campaign was largely positive, she had a poor start to the season in Australia. The 23-year-old has struggled badly with her level, suffering a disappointing second-round defeat by Anastasia Potapova. Raducanu cited a nagging foot injury as a reason for her difficult form after missing almost the entire off-season, but also clearly had some issues with the development of her game. She started 2026 with her forehand looking different technically with a higher and lengthier swing.
In Australia the Briton toiled with her forehand throughout her first few months of the year. The difficulties with her forehand, which had been her biggest weapon in 2025, perhaps played a role in Raducanu’s split with Roig. “I think it’s something that probably happened in the last few weeks,” she said of her forehand.
“It’s not something that I really wanted to happen, so I need to kind of look at that and shorten it, because I feel like it’s good in certain conditions when it’s a little bit slower. But on these very quick courts it doesn’t really work, so I need to adjust that.” Raducanu is next scheduled to compete in the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania, her father’s home country. She will be accompanied there by the LTA coach Alexis Canter.
