Vukov is barred from obtaining coaching or Grand Slam credentials, but Rybakina wants him back on her team — and could boycott the WTA.

The Athletic reveals that Vukov is still banned by the WTA and he cant officially be a part of her team in Australia.

Stefano Vukov, coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, has been provisionally suspended due to a breach of WTA’s Code of Conduct, the governing body for women’s tennis confirmed on Friday.

Elena Rybakina has confirmed rumors and she is indeed back to working with coach Stefano Vukov just four months after a split that occurred in pretty mysterious circumstances. At the start of the week, Russian tennis insider Sofya Tartakova claimed that the Croatian coach was set to accompany the Kazakh tennis star at Melbourne Park.

But, according to The Athletic, the WTA has confirmed that Vukov is provisionally suspended while under investigation for a breach of the tour’s Code of Conduct. We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

Stefano Vukov, the former coach of World No. 6 Elena Rybakina, has been issued a provisional suspension by the WTA Tour just days after Rybakina announced Vukov would be re-joining her team for the 2025 season,

Stefano Vukov, Elena Rybakina’s controversial coach, is set to be barred from the Australian Open after the WTA Tour confirmed he was under investigation and provisionally suspended. Croatian Vukov, who was Rybakina’s coach from 2019-2024,

It has been some start to 2025 for Elena Rybakina and perhaps not in the best way with bombshell news dropping going into the early hours of Friday morning that Stefano Vukov who days ago returned to the team of the former Wimbledon champion has been provisionally suspended by the WTA.