Sam Sumyk

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Sam Sumyk
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born1967
Coaching career (2007–)
Vera Zvonareva (2007–2009)
Victoria Azarenka (2010–2015)
Eugenie Bouchard (2015)
Garbiñe Muguruza (2015–2019)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2019-2020)
Donna Vekic (2020-2022)
Coaching achievements
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)
Last updated on: 1 December 2020.

Sam Sumyk (born 1967) [1] is a French tennis coach. He has coached Donna Vekic since September 2020. [2] Until late March 2020, he coached WTA tennis pro Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but the two parted ways after just over six months. [3] He has previously worked with former world number one players Victoria Azarenka and Garbiñe Muguruza, former world number two Vera Zvonareva, 2014 Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard, and other players. [4]

Personal life

Sumyk is married to former WTA player Meilen Tu, whom he coached to her highest career ranking of 35 in 2007. [5]

Coaching career

Before 2010, Sumyk coached Russian Vera Zvonareva. After the pair split in 2009, Sumyk became the coach of Victoria Azarenka. [5] [6]

The partnership between Sumyk and Azarenka was successful. In his third year of coaching Azarenka, the Belarusian won her first Grand Slam title at the 2012 Australian Open and reigned as the world number one for 51 of the 55 weeks that followed, during which she successfully defended her Australian Open title in 2013. [1] [7] Sumyk split from Azarenka shortly after the 2015 Australian Open after the Belarusian endured an injury-plagued 2014. [5]

Sumyk then coached former world number five Eugenie Bouchard from February until August 2015. [4] [8] He then coached Garbiñe Muguruza; [9] [10] [11] under his stewardship, Muguruza won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2016 French Open [12] and her second at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Sumyk was not present in that tournament because his wife Meilen Tu was pregnant at the time.

Sumyk continued to coach Muguruza until the pair split at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Then he started coaching Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. According to an interview with the website Kommersant, she attributed a recent hip injury to Sumyk's training and tournament scheduling. [13] She also discussed that any coaches have large egos [14] and that she realized at the Australian Open that the relationship with Sumyk was not conducive to making improvements on court.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fein, Paul (February 2012). "How Coach Sam Sumyk Molded Victoria Azarenka into a Champion". Tennis Confidential. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Donna Vekic on Sam Sumyk". 2020-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Sumyk and Pavlyuchenkova split after six months". 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. 1 2 Myles, Stephanie (February 6, 2015). "Eugenie Bouchard hires Sam Sumyk as new coach". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Cronin, Matt (7 February 2015). "Azarenka could hire a new coach soon, keeps agent". tennis.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Cronin, Matt (3 July 2010). "Zvonareva in the right frame of mind". Fox Sports. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Pearce, Linda; Baum, Greg (28 January 2013). "Sumyk defends her star's teary triumph". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Cronin, Matt (7 August 2015). "Bouchard stops working with coach Sam Sumyk". tennis.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Tendon, Kamakshi (12 October 2015). "Garbine Muguruza looks to continue working with Sumyk". tennis.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Tendon, Kamakshi (21 September 2015). "Muguruza working with Sam Sumyk; Goerges splits with longtime coach". tennis.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sam Sumyk, Garbine Muguruza's Coach: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Nick McCarvel (4 June 2016). "Serena Williams' six losses in Grand Slam finals". 9News. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pavlyuchenkova shoots at ex-coach Sumyk".
  14. ↑ ""Расписание в теннисе давно пора менять"". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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Preceded by Coach of Victoria Azarenka
2010–2015		Succeeded by
Preceded byCoach of Eugenie Bouchard
2015		Succeeded by
Preceded by Coach of Garbiñe Muguruza
2015		Succeeded by
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