Andy Murray could have a new coach in place in time for Wimbledon.
The World No 3 announced his split from Amelie Mauresmo on Monday after almost two years together.
Both insisted the decision was mutual, with Mauresmo, who has a nine-month-old son, struggling to commit the amount of time to the partnership that Murray desired.
The timing appears far from ideal coming less than two weeks before the start of the French Open, which kicks off a hectic summer that also includes Wimbledon, a Davis Cup quarter-final, the defence of Murray’s Olympic title and the US Open.
Jamie Delgado, who Murray appointed as his assistant coach in February, will take on the lead role until the Scot finds the right person to succeed Mauresmo.
And Murray told the BBC ahead of his first match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome that could be as early as next month.
He said: “There’s a week after the French Open finishes and before Queen’s, so possibly at Queen’s I could try something out. I’m not going into a full-time relationship with a coach without having tested it and trialled it.
“I’ve done that with all of my coaches over the years and you do need a bit of time on the court together to see how the practice and the communication is going.”
Murray made the ground-breaking decision to appoint Mauresmo following the end of his hugely successful partnership with Ivan Lendl.
Although he was unable to add to his two grand slam titles under the guidance of the Frenchwoman, Murray insisted it should be viewed as a success.
He told a press conference in Rome: “I think it did work. For two years I think the results that we had were good.
“Maybe unless I had won a grand slam, maybe ultimately that’s how people may judge whether it worked or not, but when she first came into the team, I was really struggling.
“My confidence was low and I was going in the wrong direction.
“When she came on board, my results actually really picked up. For me, the time we spent together was positive.
“It’s just a shame I wasn’t able to win one of the major events, because that’s what both of us wanted.
“It was just difficult with the amount of time required to do the job and the amount of time we were able to work together.
“We certainly could have tried through to the end of Wimbledon but, longer term and medium term, the same thing was going to continue happening.
“It just made more sense to stop now.”
Murray opens his campaign in Rome against Mikhail Kukushkin today.
