{"id":1848026,"date":"2026-03-26T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848026"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:45:12","slug":"iga-swiatek-former-world-no-1-spotted-tension-with-wim-fissette-and-a-couple-of-red-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848026","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek: Former world No 1 spotted &#8216;tension&#8217; with Wim Fissette and &#8216;a couple of red flags&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Iga Swiatek: Former world No 1 spotted \u2018tension\u2019 with Wim Fissette and \u2018a couple of red flags\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iga-Swiatek-with-insets-of-Wim-Fissette-and-Kim-Clijsters-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Iga Swiatek with insets of Wim Fissette and Kim Clijsters\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Iga Swiatek with Wim Fissette and Kim Clijsters insets                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Iga Swiatek and Wim Fissette didn\u2019t have a \u201cnatural player-coaching relationship\u201d, according to Kim Clijsters with the former world No 1 saying \u201ca couple of red flags\u201d emerged several months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The pair started working together in October 2024 and after a difficult first six months in 2025, they appeared to have turned the corner after Swiatek won Wimbledon, the Cincinnati Open and Korea Open.<\/p>\n<p>Following a sluggish start to the 2026 season during which the Pole failed to reach the semi-final of the four WTA Tour events she has played in, Swiatek announced her decision to part ways with Fissette after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/miami-open-iga-swiateks-worst-nightmare-as-star-stunned-in-historic-loss\">her shock second-round exit from the Miami Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The social media statements from both didn\u2019t give too much away with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/miami-open-iga-swiateks-full-statement-as-she-confirms-split-from-coach-wim-fissette-after-early-exit\">six-time Grand Slam winner<\/a> stating that after \u201can intense time full of challenges and many important experiences\u201d, she decided to take a different path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wim-fissette-comments-iga-swiatek-split-miami-open\">Fissette simply stated<\/a> \u201cwe both wanted and worked for more but shared important moments and lessons\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Iga Swiatek News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-wozniacki-former-coach-not-a-fan-wim-fissette-opinion-poles-next-coach\">Caroline Wozniacki\u2019s former coach \u2018not a fan\u2019 of Wim Fissette as he shares opinion about Pole\u2019s next coach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiateks-next-coach-emma-raducanu-carlos-alcarazs-ex-mentors-named-insiders\">Iga Swiatek\u2019s next coach: Emma Raducanu\u2019s former mentor and two Poland coaches on list named by insiders<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four-time Grand Slam winner Clijsters, who worked with Fissette from 2009 until 2011, gave her views on their relationship and subsequent split on the Love All podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first kind of feeling is a little bit\u2026 I saw some of the interactions that were happening on court as well, and I think, to Wim\u2019s defence, when a player is mentally where she was at, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a lot that you can say from the sideline,\u201d the Belgian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot further than \u2018hey do this on the tennis court, or hey try to focus on placing the ball there, or throwing the ball toss or stepping in on the return.\u2019 It\u2019s a lot further than that. It\u2019s a lot deeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few years ago, [Aryna] Sabalenka was very open about sharing that, you know, people recommended her to go talk to a psychologist and that after a while she realised, like, \u2018What am I doing? Like, I\u2019m the only person who can change this. This person doesn\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be out there. Like, I just have to change myself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think you come to a point that you can only\u2026 you have to look yourself in the mirror and make the changes and face your weaknesses and that tension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of times, Wim\u2019s very data-driven, which naturally he was like that. I was a very intuitive player, like I didn\u2019t want to hear any stats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t care about the numbers, like in my brain it does not work, but you know, for me, like that was something that would be very overwhelming. I don\u2019t know what Iga is like. But yeah, sometimes you want to have an open mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you could see that there was tension already for a few months and frustration and that their natural kind of player-coaching relationship wasn\u2019t really where it should be at, and I think those were a couple of red flags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek\u2019s psychologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiateks-psychologist-opens-up-relationship-wimbledon-champion\">Daria Abramowicz<\/a> has a very close relationship with the world No 3 and many have raised questions about her role on the team with Clijsters also alluding that it could be a negative for a coach.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI also think on Wim\u2019s side it\u2019s also not easy to work in a team I think where you have a mindset coach who is very close. Who\u2019s always there. And because that\u2019s also, in a sense, I feel like the coach also has a little bit, needs to also know\u2026 it\u2019s also part of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a good coach can also understand the mental side of it, how to approach that, like I think it\u2019s it\u2019s not just the tennis part or the puzzle piece that you can just take out and replace by somebody else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, I think it\u2019s a very intimate kind of detailed relationship and where you have to be able to express yourself openly and it\u2019s not always easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut personalities have to match and it\u2019s a lot of things. But Wim is somebody who was always on time. He\u2019s very organised. Like I said, he was very data-driven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say he\u2019s maybe not the best technical coach. Like he is not like that. If you\u2019re looking for somebody to change your forehand or to do major things that was probably not his strength, but I\u2019m also talking about like more than 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s helped a lot of other players over time and so, that was my experience with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek: Former world No 1 spotted \u2018tension\u2019 with Wim Fissette and \u2018a couple of red flags\u2019 Shahida Jacobs 26 Mar 2026 9:45 AM Iga Swiatek with Wim Fissette and Kim Clijsters insets Iga Swiatek and Wim Fissette didn\u2019t have a \u201cnatural player-coaching relationship\u201d, according to Kim Clijsters with the former world No 1 saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1848026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1848026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1848026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1848026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1848026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}