Sam Sumyk

Sam Sumyk
Country (sports) 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 (2020-2021)
Harmony Tan (2021-2022)
Arthur Cazaux (2024-)[1]
Coaching achievements
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)
Last updated on: 1 October 2024.

Sam Sumyk (born 1967)[2] is a French tennis coach.

Until late March 2020, he coached WTA tennis pro Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but the two parted ways after just over six months.[3] He also coached Donna Vekic from September 2020 until the end of 2021.[4]

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.[5]

  1. ^ "Arthur Cazaux a enfin choisi son coach, ancien vainqueur de Grand Chelem". Midi Libre (in French). 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ Fein, Paul (February 2012). "How Coach Sam Sumyk Molded Victoria Azarenka into a Champion". Tennis Confidential. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Sumyk and Pavlyuchenkova split after six months". 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. ^ "Donna Vekic on Sam Sumyk". 2020-12-01.
  5. ^ Myles, Stephanie (February 6, 2015). "Eugenie Bouchard hires Sam Sumyk as new coach". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 6, 2015.