Stefano Vukov
Croatian tennis coach (born 1987)
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- Stefano Vukov (born 27 March 1987) is a Croatian tennis coach.
- Early life and playing career Vukov was born in Rijeka, Croatia.
- He started playing tennis at age 12 and went to attend college while aspiring to play professional tennis.
- 1122 in 2007, and retired in 2009.
- Coaching career In February 2019, Elena Rybakina, then ranked just within the WTA's top 200, hired Vukov to replace Moscow-based Andrei Chesnokov as her first traveling coach.
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WikipediaStefano Vukov (born 27 March 1987) is a Croatian tennis coach. He coached Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Elena Rybakina from 2019 to 2024, and again from 2025.
Vukov was born in Rijeka, Croatia. His mother is a dentist and his father is a software engineer. He started playing tennis at age 12 and went to attend college while aspiring to play professional tennis. Vukov played mostly on the ITF Futures Circuit, reaching a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of No. 1122 in 2007, and retired in 2009. A couple years later, he began to coach professionally at a tennis facility in Florida, working with future WTA Tour players including Sachia Vickery, Renata Zarazúa, and Anhelina Kalinina.
In February 2019, Elena Rybakina, then ranked just within the WTA's top 200, hired Vukov to replace Moscow-based Andrei Chesnokov as her first traveling coach. Rybakina credited Vukov, known for his analytic expertise, with helping to improve her game; she rose quickly through the rankings, entering the top 30 and winning her first two WTA Tour titles by early the next year. After Rybakina won her first major title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, Vukov followed through on a two-year-old bet to get a tattoo of Rybakina's name if she ever won Wimbledon.
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