Country (sports) Belgium Name Wim Fissette | Role Tennis player | |
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Born March 22, 1980 (age 44) ( 1980-03-22 ) | ||
Victoria azarenka practice with sascha bajin and wim fissette
Wim Fissette (born 22 March 1980) is a Belgian former professional tennis player and current coach, best known for his work with former Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world number ones Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, former world number two Simona Halep, and, currently, British number one Johanna Konta.
Contents
- Victoria azarenka practice with sascha bajin and wim fissette
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Playing career
Fissette reached a career high singles ranking of 1,291 on 23 August 1999.
Coaching career
Fissette first took on the role of Kim Clijsters' coach upon the Belgian making a comeback onto the WTA Tour in 2009, having previously served as her hitting partner prior to her first retirement in 2007. Under his stewardship, Clijsters won the US Open that year as a wildcard entry, and successfully retained the title twelve months later. She also won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships, which was followed shortly after by the Australian Open early the following year. She also reigned as the world number one for a solitary week in 2011. Fissette and Clijsters split in September that year.
After splitting from Clijsters, Fissette became the coach of Sabine Lisicki shortly before the commencement of the 2013 French Open. Although Lisicki was unable to win any titles under Fissette's leadership, she was able to reach the final at Wimbledon, losing to Marion Bartoli in straight sets after ending Serena Williams' 34-match winning streak and preventing her from equalling elder sister Venus' 35-match winning streak set in 2000 en route.
In 2014, Fissette became the coach of Simona Halep. Their partnership brought about improved results for Halep, who that year reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open, the final of the French Open and then the semi-finals at Wimbledon. She also reached a career high ranking of world number two in August that year. The pair split at the end of the year, with Halep wanting to focus on working with coaches from her native Romania.
In February 2015, Fissette became the coach of former world number one Victoria Azarenka, whose previous coach Sam Sumyk defected to coach Eugenie Bouchard (and later Garbiñe Muguruza). At the time of this appointment Azarenka was ranked 50th in the world, her lowest ranking since June 2007. Fissette remained with Azarenka until she announced her pregnancy in mid-2016; he now coaches Johanna Konta.
