Overview
- Cilic announced on Wednesday that he and Vilim Visak have ended their professional partnership, posting reciprocal thank-you messages on Instagram that left open the possibility of working together again.
- The pair began coaching each other in 2020 and produced three ATP Tour titles and an unexpected run to the 2022 Roland Garros semifinals during their time together.
- Cilic’s right knee problems interrupted the partnership: he had surgery in early 2023, played only two events that year, staged a brief comeback in early 2024 and then underwent a second operation in May 2024.
- Cilic, 37 and ranked around No. 86, is entered for the Canadian Open in Montreal and is expected to play the US Open, but no replacement coach has been announced and his immediate team plans are unclear.
- The split is both personal and professional—Visak was a childhood friend—and could prompt a short-term coaching stopgap or broader reshuffle as Cilic weighs the final phase of his career.