World no. 7 Hubert Hurkacz parted methods with the coach Craig Boynton following an early US Open loss. They mutually agreed to finish their collaboration after 5 and a half productive years, throughout which they’ve received eight titles collectively, together with two Masters 1000 shields.
The Pole achieved his career-best rating a month in the past however determined to discover new alternatives and take his tennis to an excellent larger degree. Hurkacz and Boynton joined forces in Indian Wells 2019, and the Wroclaw native reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final over Kei Nishikori and Denis Shapovalov.
5 months later, Hubert notched his first ATP title in Winston-Salem and completed the season contained in the top-40. The Pole might have performed higher in 2020, though he achieved one other year-end top-40 end result.
Hubert Hurkacz ended his collaboration with the coach Craig Boynton.
His first notable end result got here in Miami 2021, with the world no.
37 ousting Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner en path to a trophy. The outcomes weren’t good within the upcoming months, and all of it modified at Wimbledon. The large server took down Daniil Medvedev and Roger Federer en path to his first Main semi-final, incomes 720 ATP factors and shifting nearer to a spot within the top-10.
Hurkacz received there in October and reached the Paris Masters semi-final earlier than embracing his first ATP Finals. Two years in the past, Hubert lifted the ATP 500 title in Halle and secured one other year-end top-10 end, notching 41 ATP wins however lacking the ATP Finals.
The Pole barely stayed within the top-20 final yr earlier than elevating his degree in Shanghai, claiming the second Masters 1000 crown and dropping the Basel closing.
Hurkacz entered the ATP Finals as an alternate and changed Stefanos Tsitsipas within the closing round-robin match.
He confronted world no. 1 Novak Djokovic and fell in three units, ending one other season within the top-10. Hubert reached the quarter-final at this yr’s Australian Open and lifted the title in Estoril, his eighth and final with Craig Boynton.
The Pole misplaced the Halle closing to Jannik Sinner earlier than injuring his knee within the Wimbledon second spherical, lacking the Olympic Video games and returning in Montreal. He collected two Masters 1000 quarter-finals earlier than the US Open. Hurkacz prevailed over Timofey Skatov within the first spherical earlier than dropping to Jordan Thompson within the subsequent duel, struggling an early defeat and parting methods together with his long-term coach.
