Emma Raducanu abruptly splits from coach after just 14 days in job and hours before Miami Open win
Emma Raducanu has parted ways with coach Vlado Platenik after just 14 days together. The former Slovak tennis star spent only two weeks and one match with the 22-year-old. Raducanu is now eyeing an eighth new coachGetty As reported by The Daily Mail, Platenik joined Raducanu before her Indian Wells first round defeat to Moyuka Uchijima. However, he has now departed the role and did so ahead of the Brit’s 6-2 6-1 Miami Open victory against Sayaka Ishii on Tuesday. “Emma and Vlado have parted ways,” a statement from Raducanu’s team said. “Emma has utmost respect for Vlado and the work they started but it wasn’t quite heading in the right direction. “Emma is now focused on doing as well as she can here in Miami after her a solid start today and will continue looking for the right coach.” Platenik joined as coach despite a previous interview in which he called the job as ‘coaching suicide’. “Emma also approached me in a similar situation right after a great success [winning the US Open in 2021], which is why I said it could be coaching suicide,’ he told Slovak newspaper Dennik N, via the Daily Mail. “But now she is in a completely different position.” Their partnership was set to run until the end of the French Open, but Raducanu is now seeking the eighth coach of her career. Her victory in Miami has set up a second round clash against Emma Navarro, who entered the tournament as the eighth seed. Raducanu still won at the Miami Open despite her now former coach not being thereGetty Raducanu has faced a tough start to the 2025 season having endured a terrifying situation with a stalker. She was the target of ‘fixated behaviour’ by a man during the Dubai Tennis Championships last month. The Brit was visibly emotional in her second round match against Karolina Muchova after spotting him in the crowd. Raducanu recalled: “I saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to finish’. “I literally couldn’t see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe. I was like, ‘I need to just take a breather.'” Raducanu had extra security with her during Indian Wells with the help of an ex-US secret service agent.
Emma Raducanu has parted ways with coach Vlado Platenik after just 14 days together.
The former Slovak tennis star spent only two weeks and one match with the 22-year-old.
As reported by The Daily Mail, Platenik joined Raducanu before her Indian Wells first round defeat to Moyuka Uchijima.
However, he has now departed the role and did so ahead of the Brit’s 6-2 6-1 Miami Open victory against Sayaka Ishii on Tuesday.
“Emma and Vlado have parted ways,” a statement from Raducanu’s team said.
“Emma has utmost respect for Vlado and the work they started but it wasn’t quite heading in the right direction.
“Emma is now focused on doing as well as she can here in Miami after her a solid start today and will continue looking for the right coach.”
Platenik joined as coach despite a previous interview in which he called the job as ‘coaching suicide’.
“Emma also approached me in a similar situation right after a great success [winning the US Open in 2021], which is why I said it could be coaching suicide,’ he told Slovak newspaper Dennik N, via the Daily Mail.
“But now she is in a completely different position.”
Their partnership was set to run until the end of the French Open, but Raducanu is now seeking the eighth coach of her career.
Her victory in Miami has set up a second round clash against Emma Navarro, who entered the tournament as the eighth seed.
Raducanu has faced a tough start to the 2025 season having endured a terrifying situation with a stalker.
She was the target of ‘fixated behaviour’ by a man during the Dubai Tennis Championships last month.
The Brit was visibly emotional in her second round match against Karolina Muchova after spotting him in the crowd.
Raducanu recalled: “I saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to finish’.
“I literally couldn’t see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe. I was like, ‘I need to just take a breather.'”
Raducanu had extra security with her during Indian Wells with the help of an ex-US secret service agent.
