Piotr Sierzputowski

Piotr Sierzputowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 21 September 1992) is a Polish tennis coach best known for coaching the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Iga Świątek from 2016 to 2021.

Career

Born in Nowy Dwór Gdański, Sierzputowski is a former junior tennis player who took up coaching in his early teens, helping to train his younger sister, Alicja Sierzputowska, though he soon also coached other girls professionally at a local tennis club in Pomerania. While supporting his sister's career, he spent some time working in the United States with her and other players, including at the Johan Kriek Tennis Academy, before moving back to Poland to be an assistant coach at Legia Warsaw's tennis club. Within a couple months, Sierzputowski became her primary coach and she his only student.

Świątek was quickly successful on the WTA Tour—in 2020, she made a surprise run at the French Open to claim her first major title, at age 19. She was named the WTA's Most Improved Player and Fan Favorite of 2020, and Sierzputowski won the WTA Coach of the Year Award. However, in the off-season before 2022, she and Sierzputowski split amicably due to "burnout" after six years together, wishing each other well on social media; he was replaced by Tomasz Wiktorowski.

In early 2022, Sierzputowski began working as a tennis commentator on Eurosport Polska, including for some of Świątek's matches.

Awards WTA Coach of the Year (2020)