“Change Your Coach”- Tennis Fans Urge Iga Swiatek to Sack her Staff After Inconsistent Start to 2026

Iga Swiatek has started the 2026 season almost the same way she began last season. At this time in 2025, her biggest problem was reaching a tour-level final; this year, she’s struggling to even reach a semi-final. A few days ago, she crashed out of the Indian Wells Open, a tournament she had won in 2024.

Before July 2024, Swiatek was known as a dominant winning machine in the women’s circuit. When she was on top of her game, she always powered past her opponents with ease, even in difficult circumstances. But now she can barely beat a top 20 opponent on the court, which has led to her losing her aura on the court.

Swiatek spent the first two months of the season without a top 20 win. She finally got one at the Indian Wells Open, where she defeated Qatar Open champion Karolina Muchova in straight sets. After the match, there was a growing belief that the former World No.1 may have finally found her spark, which would result in having a winning run on tour.

But shockingly, she failed to get past Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals. Before facing Svitolina at the California desert, Swiatek had beaten the Ukrainian star in four of their last five meetings. In fact, in their last meeting at the 2025 French Open, Swiatek crushed the World No.9 with ease en route to her semi-final exit.

However, at Indian Wells, Swiatek was far from her best. In fact, at one time, she was seen yelling at her team and throwing her racket before covering her face in embarrassment. The 24-year-old lost the match 2-6, 6-4, 4-6 after two hours and nine minutes on the court. That means she will have to wait until another tournament to get her first top-10 win.

That also means that the former World No.1 is yet to get beyond the quarter-finals of a tournament. At the Australian Open, she crashed out in the quarter-finals against Elena Rybakina. At Doha, she suffered the same fate against an unseeded Maria Sakkari. Fans on social media have now called on her to part ways with her team, as she needs to get back to her best. Here are some of the fans’ reactions on X:

if wim is at least a decent coach the serve problem would not be as bad as rn and iga could still be a little more competitive with the top 10

— jrubyjane_ (@ist_rubyjane) March 13, 2026

Suggestions 4 Swiatek ➡️
1. Daria HAS to go. Immediately!
2. Having your psych in the players box is coocoo. End it.
3. Wim hasn’t worked. Time for a new coach or beg for Tomasz to circle the block.
4. Find the love (for tennis) again. Tense and anxious Iga on court sucks.

🤷🏽‍♀️

— Lee (@OletaRebecca) March 13, 2026

At this point, she should definitely get rid of Wim and especially Daria. But she won't, so at the very least, she should hire a serving coach. Until either or both of these things happen, I won't expect big results from Iga going forward.

— mirrorzedge523 (@mirrorzedge523) March 13, 2026

Change de coach Iga par pitié

— Guillaume DiZeRyy 🇵🇱 (@DiZeRyy) March 13, 2026

Iga, I think you need to hire a real professional serve coach……
I am sorry to say that even Jess or Jasmine’s serve is much more consistent than yours… which is very disappointing.
The clay swing is coming and I don’t think wim and daria would improve anything.
So sad……

— Rhymeeeee (@Rhymeeeee1023) March 13, 2026

She has got too predictable. No variety of shots just wail away from back court. No drop shots , no volleys and serve is still not good. Get a new coach Iga!!

— Bryan Macmillan (@distanyships) March 13, 2026

Iga is wasting what should be her peak years as an athlete because she’s stubborn and panicking all the time

— J. ✌️ (@p3hagz) March 13, 2026

Sack daria and Wim and take back control of her own destiny

A 6x slam winner should not be so low on confidence it’s ridiculous

— J. ✌️ (@p3hagz) March 13, 2026

Since coach change it's getting worse and worse, Wim must leave, probably Daria too since she started even shouting during matches.

— Kocie (@K0cie1) March 13, 2026

The last time Swiatek reached the semi-finals of a tournament was at the Korean Open last September. After that, she exited in the round of 16 of the China Open before crashing out in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. At the 2025 WTA Finals, she crashed out in the group stage after winning just one match.

Iga Swiatek admits she played badly in her quarterfinals clash against Elina Svitolina

Iga Swiatek last made huge changes to her coaching team in September 2024. She parted ways with long-term coach Tomasz Wiktorowski after over two years together and winning four Grand Slams. Since her partnership with Wim Fisette, Swiatek has managed to win just one Grand Slam and that came at Wimbledon last year.

However, she’s not blaming her coaching team for her loss to Elina Svitolina. She revealed during her press conference that she struggled on the court, especially in the first set. The 24-year-old added that beginning the match poorly didn’t help matters as she struggled to find her rhythm:

To be honest, I’m struggling to describe this match coherently because I played very poorly from the start. I couldn’t get out of it. Every time I wanted to make a more intuitive decision and simply play my game, I completely missed my shots. In the second set, I started to win… Actually, I don’t really know why, because I just kept pushing the balls and wasn’t playing the way I wanted.

Swiatek and her team will go back to the drawing board after her disappointing run at the Indian Wells Open. She will have to find a way to finally beat a top-10 player, as she must do so to win a big title on tour. She will be back on the court for the Miami Open in Florida.

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