"Our fantastic adventure comes to an end": tennis player Daniil Medvedev and his long-time coach Gilles Cervara end their collaboration that began in Cannes

The first round of the 2025 US Open marked a turning point.

Eliminated from the start by the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, Daniil Medvedev has made official the end of his collaboration with his iconic coach, Gilles Cervara .

For eight seasons, the Frenchman accompanied the Russian from juniors to a victory at the US Open in 2021, five other Grand Slam finals and a world No. 1 ranking reached in February 2022.

"Our fantastic eight-season adventure comes to an end," Cervara wrote on Instagram. "I loved coaching you, supporting you, and finding solutions with you and the team to help you perform."

For his part, Medvedev praised the role of his coach: "Twenty titles, the world number 1 spot, but above all lots of good times and memories that will stay with us forever. I am grateful to you for guiding me during all these years."

An anchorage on the Côte d'Azur

Based on the Côte d'Azur since 2011, arriving in Cannes in 2014 at the age of 18 to train at the Elite Tennis Center , Medvedev then lived in Antibes with his family before moving to Monaco in 2017.

It was in this context that he met Gilles Cervara, with whom he built the foundations of a discipline and a game that would propel him to the top.

"France gave me this work ethic," the Russian recalled a few months ago about his adopted country, emphasizing the importance of this training period on the Côte d'Azur in his career.

An electric relationship

On the circuit, the duo distinguished themselves as much by their successes as by their sometimes heated exchanges .

Medvedev's outbursts often made the rounds on social media, but Cervara always knew how to restore calm. It was also in this intensity that this prolific collaboration was born: 20 titles , including a US Open, six Masters 1000 and a year-end Masters .

Cervara emphasizes this atypical alchemy: "I will remember your unconventional magic as a player, which is your strength. It will come back, I am sure of it."

Complicated season

Medvedev has not won a single tournament on the main circuit for more than two years.

In 2025, his early eliminations at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and then the US Open caused his ranking to fall to 13th in the world .

The end of his adventure with Cervara, which began in 2017, appears to be a turning point for the Russian, who is seeking to relaunch a career that was losing momentum .