The Swiss Heinz Gunthardt helped get 12 of the 22 Grand Slam titles that Graf has to its credit.
Ana Ivanovic still seeking the reason for his poor background in recent days and the solution always points to the figure of a coach. The Serbian, 22, has not done anything but collect technical since come down from number 1 in the WTA ranking to 23rd position he currently holds. After winning the hand of Sven Groeneveld, whom he succeeded win Roland Garros and become queen of the women's circuit, passed through the hands of Craig Kardon, finally returning to the working group devoted to Adidas and figure Groeneveld.
The early season results (semifinals in Brisbane, in the second round of Australia Open and lost two games in the first round of Fed Cup against Russia) have made the tennis player from Belgrade switch back to air. Ana's new coach will be the Swiss Heinz Gunthardt, former coach of the American Jennifer Capriati or the German Steffi Graf, who helped get 12 of the 22 Grand Slam titles that Graf has to its credit. After removal of the latter, Gunthardt had worked as a television commentator, but he will now put the monkey overalls to work with Ivanovic. Restoring confidence in the former world No. 1 will be the main objective.
The debut of teacher and student will be in New York next week in an exhibition tournament. A first contact to serve as a starting point and see what condition Ivanovic reaches the mini-American tour, where he argues final at Indian Wells and Miami second round.