The Boris Becker - Holger Rune ticket is no more.
Coach of the 7th player in the world since October 2023, the former triple winner of Wimbledon (1985, 1986, 1989) announced that he was ceasing his coaching activities with the young 20-year-old player.
Eliminated in the group stages of the ATP Finals in Turin, knocked out in the second round of the Australian Open by Arthur Cazaux (7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and in the semi-final of the Open Sud de France recently, the Dane Rune has had up-and-down results since the start of his collaboration with Becker.
But it is not because of the lack of results from the right-hander at the start of the year that the German decided to leave his position as coach.
Entangled in legal and financial affairs, the former world number one and ex-coach of Novak Djokovic from 2013 to 2016 cannot offer his foal the necessary help to progress.
“We started this partnership with the initial goal of reaching the ATP Finals late last year, but as we moved forward I realized that for this to be successful I would need to be available for Holger much more than I can be” explained Boris Becker in a message posted on his social networks Tuesday February 6.
I would like to inform you that I will step down as the head coach of Holger Rune with immediate effect.
We started this partnership with the initial goal to reach the ATP Finals end of last year but moving forward I realized that in order for this to be successful, I would need…
— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) February 6, 2024
As for Holger Rune, this announcement disrupts an already difficult start to the season.
Another of his coaches, the Swiss Severin Lüthi, who was Roger Federer's coach from 2007 to 2022, announced his departure last week.
Will the winner of the Paris Bercy Masters 2022 bounce back in the coming months despite these departures?
Start of response next week during the Rotterdam tournament.