Renzo Furlan, coach of Jasmine Paolini, named WTA coach of the year 2024

By Chris Odde | @TheFanchild | Wednesday December 11, 2024

2024 It was a banner year for Italian tennis – again. And beyond women There are no Italian stars that shine less than Jaalini pahooliniwho broke out in a big way, reaching two major finals and rising to a high position of No.4 in the WTA rankings.

Paolini, who also won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics in women's doubles alongside Sara Ernani, finished last year in Cons.

Thanks to Paolini's great success his coach, Renzo Furlan, has been named the WTA coach of the year for 2024.

The award is voted on by WTA coaches. Started in 2018, the award had never been won by an Italian before. Previous winners are:

2018: Sascha Bajin (Nawomi Osaka)
2019: Craig Tyzzer (Ash Barty)
2020: Piotr Sierzutowski (Iga Swaitek)
2021: Conchita Martinez (Garbine Muguruza)
2022: David Witt (Jessica Pegula)
2023: Tomasz Wiktorowski (Iga Swaitek)

Furlan, a former world no.19. He first worked with Paolini in 2015, but became his full-time coach in 2020.