Francisco Roig has overseen Rafael Nadal from 2005 to 2022 and was on the field in all of Spaniard’s 22 Grand Slams. The 57-year-old will now be seen working with younger American Emma Raducanu. Roig might be Raducanu’s eighth coach in her profession on the age of twenty-two.Â
Raducanu’s determination to work with Roig got here after Mark Petchey, whom she has been working for fairly a while, is unable to make a steadiness between teaching and his broadcast commitments.
Nevertheless, Petchey is prone to be concerned inside Raducanu‘s crew, however in an off-the-cuff function. Based mostly on a Mail On-line report, Raducanu had began discussions with Roig throughout Wimbledon earlier this 12 months. Roig joins Raducanu simply forward of the 2025 US Open
Nevertheless, Roig was unavailable till this week and was attributable to meet up with the American tennis star in Cincinnati on Monday night. The duo are anticipated to start preparations for the ultimate WTA 1000 occasion earlier than the US Open, which begins in August.
In her quick profession thus far, Raducanu had received just one Grand Slam when she emerged triumphant in girls’s singles in 2021. Since then, Raducanu has by no means been capable of transcend the fourth spherical in Grand Slams. She exited within the third spherical of Australia Open in 2025, within the second spherical at French Open (2022, 2025) and within the fourth spherical of Wimbledon (2021, 2024).
Who’s Francisco Roig?
Born in 1968, Roig is a retired tennis participant from Spain. He primarily performed in doubles and reached a career-high ATP rating of no.60. Following his retirement from the sport, Roig acted as an alternate coach of Spanish nice Rafael Nadal.Â
After he parted methods with Nadal, Roig labored with Matteo Berrettini for a 12 months from 2023 to 2024. On the Cincinnati Open, which begins on August 7, Raducanu might be aiming for a few wins which can held her earn a seeding on the US Open.
