World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has added Belgian Wim Fissette, a former coach to top-ranked players like Naomi Osaka, Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka to her team, the 23-year-old Pole said on Thursday.

World number one Iga Swiatek says she is "very excited" to get to work with Wim Fissette after appointing the Belgian as her new coach.

Iga Swiatek has appointed Wim Fissette as her latest coach ahead of a “new chapter” for the world No. 1, who has described her career as “a marathon, not a sprint”. In a social media post on Thursday, the 23-year-old revealed that she has teamed up with the Belgian ahead of the WTA Finals in November.

Iga Swiatek has teamed up with Wim Fissette in a major change to her coaching set-up ahead of the WTA Finals. Fissette, 44, is a veteran of multiple Grand Slam successes working alongside the likes of Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka.

Iga Swiatek is currently ranked world no 1 and split from Tomasz Wiktorowski after three years working together; watch all the ATP & WTA action on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ which is integrated into Sky TV,

Fissette is one of the most reputed names in the coaching circuit of women’s tennis, previously serving as the coach of Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber.

Just two weeks after parting ways with long-time coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek has found a new team member in Belgian coach Wim Fissette,

When Swiatek parted with her long-term coach Tomasz Wiktorowski two weeks ago, The Athletic reported that well-placed sources within the sport were tipping Fissette to be his replacement. Swiatek hinted at this when she said in her statement announcing the split with Wiktorowski that she was in talks with foreign coaches.

Wim Fissette worked with Osaka for four years across two spells, winning grand slams together at the Australian Open and US Open

The Pole announced two weeks ago that she had split from Tomasz Wiktorowski after three hugely successful years together in which she won four grand slam titles.

Swiatek announced she had parted ways with Wiktorowski earlier this month, having worked with the Polish coach since before the start of the 2022 season. She won 19 of her 22 WTA