Vukov is barred from obtaining coaching or Grand Slam credentials, but Rybakina wants him back on her team — and could boycott the WTA.

Elena Rybakina started the 2025 season brightly with many remarking that she had changed and had started to smile again after hiring Goran Ivanisevic. But she has decided to rehire Stefano Vukov to her coaching setup,

Elena Rybakina has confirmed rumors and she is indeed back to working with coach Stefano Vukov just four months after a split that occurred in pretty mysterious circumstances. At the start of the week, Russian tennis insider Sofya Tartakova claimed that the Croatian coach was set to accompany the Kazakh tennis star at Melbourne Park.

World number six Elena Rybakina's former coach Stefano Vukov is suspended by the WTA as an investigation into his behaviour towards the player continues.

Stefano Vukov, the former coach of World No. 6 Elena Rybakina, has been issued a provisional suspension by the WTA Tour just days after Rybakina announced Vukov would be re-joining her team for the 2025 season,

Stefano Vukov, Elena Rybakina’s controversial coach, is set to be barred from the Australian Open after the WTA Tour confirmed he was under investigation and provisionally suspended. Croatian Vukov, who was Rybakina’s coach from 2019-2024,