Anton Dubrov (; ; born 18 June 1995) is a Belarusian

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coach. He has coached

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(WTA) player

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since 2020. With Dubrov as her coach, Sabalenka became the world No. 1 in women's

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and has won 14

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-level singles titles, including three

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s at the

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, and 2024 US Open.

Playing career

Dubrov started playing tennis at age five. His peak

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(ITF) junior ranking was No. 272, reached in 2013. Over the course of his playing career, he earned a single

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(ATP) ranking point by winning just one out of his ten main-draw singles matches on the

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from 2013 to 2015, but continued occasionally to enter ITF qualifying draws until 2018.

Coaching career

Dubrov was

's longtime hitting partner before becoming her primary coach in 2020, replacing longtime coach

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after a stint with

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. Sabalenka, then ranked just outside the WTA's top 10, found increasingly consistent results with Dubrov, winning four WTA Tour titles in the first year of his coaching tenure. Ranked world No. 2 at the end of 2021, she credited him with helping her feel more "confident" in her game, offering feedback "in a nice way". In February 2022, as Sabalenka resisted her team's efforts to rework her serve while having high-profile trouble with

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s, Dubrov offered to resign, but Sabalenka convinced him to stay on, promising that "we'll come back stronger". An expert in

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was brought in to help fix her serve in August 2022, and after winning her first

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singles title at the

, she thanked her "craziest team on tour" of Dubrov and fitness trainer Jason Stacy for supporting her over a tumultuous previous year.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubrov, Anton 1995 births Living people Belarusian male tennis players Belarusian tennis coaches 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen