British No 1 Laura Robson is to work with veteran American tennis coach Nick Saviano and Jesse Witten, the teenager’s agent has confirmed.
Robson has been without a coach since splitting from Miles Maclagan last month and has been training at Saviano’s academy in Florida during the off-season.
Robson worked briefly with 57-year-old Saviano as a junior and has since gone through a string of coaches, including Martijn Bok, Patrick Mouratoglou, Zeljko Krajan and Maclagan.
Saviano is unlikely to go to a lot of tournaments with Robson, who will instead travel with 31-year-old Witten.
The American, who will serve as both coach and hitting partner on the road, reached a career-high ranking of 163 three years ago, while in 2009 he made the third round at the US Open.
Saviano also coaches Robson’s best friend Eugenie Bouchard.
Next year will be a crucial one for Robson, who has seen Bouchard and American Madison Keys move past her to become the leading teenagers in the rankings.
Robson again performed well at the Grand Slams, making the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time and the third round at both the Australian and US Opens.
The 19-year-old was seeded for the first time at a slam in New York but finished the season ranked 45th after failing to produce her Grand Slam form on the regular WTA Tour, managing just one quarter-final in 2013 and losing in the first round nine times.