Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray make major decision on their partnership ahead of French Open

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have ended their coaching partnership by mutual agreement ahead of the 2025 French Open.

The tennis world was left shocked in November when Djokovic announced he had hired Murray as his new coach.

The two former rivals worked together for the first time during the off-season and they joined forces at four tournaments this year, with the collaboration bringing mixed results.

In his first tournament with Murray in his box, Djokovic reached the Australian Open semi-finals having beaten Carlos Alcaraz in the last eight, before a hamstring injury forced him to retire against Alexander Zverev.

Djokovic also made a run to the final at the Miami Open with five dominant straight-set wins before he lost to Jakub Mensik.

The 37-year-old lost his opening match at the other two events: in Indian Wells and Madrid.

The Serbian pulled out of the Italian Open after his loss to Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid extended his losing streak to three matches.

It had been expected that Djokovic and Murray would continue their partnership at the French Open and Wimbledon, but they both confirmed they had parted ways on Tuesday.

In a post on social media, Djokovic said: “Thank you, coach Andy, for all the hard work, fun and support over last six months on and off the court. I really enjoyed deepening our friendship together.”

“Thanks to Novak for the unbelievable opportunity to work together and thanks to his team for all their hard work over the past six months.

“I wish Novak all the best for the rest of the season.”

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Djokovic and Murray have not revealed the reason for the end of their partnership, with the timing leaving some fans surprised.

Speaking on the Sporting Misadventures podcast in February, Murray opened up on the experience of coaching Djokovic at the Australian Open.

“It wasn’t so much ‘this is what you did wrong’, it was more like ‘this is what you do right’,” the former world No 1 explained. “(It was) ‘when I was playing against you, you were doing this, it was so hard to play against for these reasons’.

“I was more like trying to emphasise the positives of when he’s playing well, this is what it looks like and this is what it feels like for the player down the other end.

“As a player, you never know the speed of your own shot, the speed of your ball, what impact it’s having on the guy down the other end, what are they feeling.

“If I [had been] able to hear from Novak or [Roger] Federer or [Rafael] Nadal when I was playing against them, ‘oh, I hate it when you do this to me or when you hit this shot’, that would have been a huge, huge help to me to know that.”

Djokovic will compete at the Geneva Open in the week before the French Open after accepting a wildcard for the ATP 250 tournament following his Rome withdrawal.

It is unclear whether the 24-time Grand Slam champion will add a new coach to his team ahead of Roland Garros, which will begin on May 25.

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