Andy Murray ditches coach Jan de Witt after an unsuccessful trial together

Andy Murray has ruthlessly cut ties with German coach Jan de Witt following an unsuccessful trial period together at the Australian Open.

Former world No 1 Murray was knocked out in straight sets in the second round of the Grand Slam tournament by Japan’s Taro Daniel. 

As revealed by the Telegraph, Murray, who split from long-time coach Jamie Delgado at the end of the 2021 season, has wasted no time in ditching De Witt in light of his disappointment in Melbourne.

De Witt is a respected coach that has years of experience on the ATP Tour circuit, having coached world No 16 Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon and Nikoloz Basilashvili, who Murray beat in the first round of the Australian Open.

Murray had been working with Jan de Witt (left) on a trial basis but has now terminated that

Murray and De Witt began working together out in Abu Dhabi at the exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championship event.

He reached the final, before losing out to Russian star Andrey Rublev, and felt his time with De Witt had been successful enough to go to Australia together.

Murray’s early signs under the German continued to look promising as he bulldozed his way to the final of the Sydney Classic, his first ATP Tour-level final since 2019, only to lose out to Aslan Karatsev.

While both those runs gave him confidence, that all escaped him in defeat to Daniel and he was particularly scathing of his own display, insisting that changes had to be made as a result. 

Under the German coach (left), Murray (right) showed early promise in two other tournaments

‘Tonight is not good enough,’ he said. ‘Making the second round of slams is not something I find particularly motivating. I want to be doing better than that.’ 

Back in December Murray, now 34, explained that he would not rush into a permanent replacement for Delgado because he wants to find the ‘right’ fit. 

‘The decision is an important one for me,’ Murray said.

‘Obviously I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be playing so I want to make sure that the person that’s with me for the last period of my career is the right one.’

Those comments came on the back of a trial he had with Spanish coach Esteban Carril at the Stockholm Open. 

Murray sits outside the top 100 in the world rankings and so while he is planning to play in Doha and then Dubai in February, he will need to be granted a wildcard for both ATP Tour events. 

Murray was left furious at his display at the Australian Open and has now made a coach change