The nominees within the coach-voted award have been Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi (co-coaches of Italy’s Jannik Sinner), Juan Carlos Ferrero ( coach of Carlos Alcaraz, who received the award in 2022), Bryan Shelton (coach of Ben Shelton) and Ivanisevic.

The outline of the award is as follows: “Coach of the Yr: Nominated and voted on by fellow ATP coach members, this award goes to the ATP coach who helped information his gamers to the next degree of efficiency through the yr.”

In terms of a “larger degree of efficiency through the yr”, Sinner’s identify involves thoughts. Djokovic has received three majors in a single seasons 4 occasions now, in 2011, 2015, 2021 and 2023.

ATP Coach of the Yr balloting commenced in 2016. Marian Vajda received the award in 2018. Ivanesivic began teaching Djokovic in 2019. In 2021, the final yr that Djokovic received three majors, Facundo Lugones, coach of Cam Norrie received the award.

ATP Coach of the Yr Historical past:

2016 Magnus Norman (Wawrinka)
2017 Neville Godwin (Anderson)
2018 Marian Vajda (Djokovic)
2019 Gilles Cervara (Medvedev)
2020 Fernando Vicente (Rublev)
2021 Facundo Lugones (Norrie)
2022 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Alcaraz)
2023 Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi (Sinner)

Djokovic backing his coach is a nod to the solidarity of the workforce. Coaches of the Serb usually don’t get the credit score they deserve, maybe as a result of most really feel that Djokovic would dominate the game even when he coached himself. The World No.1 going out on a limb for his coach is a reminder that even GOATs want coaches.