Alexander Zverev is open to being coached by Boris Becker, but he admits the tennis great won’t join his coaching team until he can answer one important question.

Zverev returned to his “family environment” in May 2023 as he split with Sergi Bruguera after a year together, leaving his father – former player Alexander Zverev Sr – in sole charge of his coaching set-up.

“For me, I want to go back on my path and I want to be in this familiar environment again,” Zverev said about the decision.

The father and son combination have had an excellent 2024 campaign as the German won the Paris Masters, finished runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros and climbed to No 2 in the ATP Rankings.

But Zverev has made no secret of the fact that he is willing to add another coach to his team, but

“The right person has to be there. I won’t just take anyone just because I or others think it’s right,” he told Tennis Magazin. “I did it, I tried to work with many people. But I found that only one person really helped me a lot.”

The name of the legendary Becker always pops up due to their good relationship.

Becker has been without a coaching gig since he parted ways with Holger Rune in February this year, but there is one sticking point about a potential partnership with Zverev.

There are still question marks about his availability to travel around the world after he was imprisoned in the United Kingdom following his tax evasion conviction.

No one is quite sure if Becker is able to travel to the UK for Wimbledon or the United States for the US Open and for Zverev it is important to have his coach with him at the big tournaments.

“I love Boris and I also believe that he has an incredible knowledge of tennis,” he said.

“But I don’t know how he feels about travelling. That’s the only question mark for him. As soon as he has solved and clarified that, we can talk about it.

“We are always in contact with him and often talk to each other. Now for Australia, it will stay as it is and then I will see.”

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Zverev will start his 2025 tennis season at the United Cup in Australia as he steered Germany to the title last year with victory over Poland in the final.

He will then head to Melbourne for the season-opening Grand Slam. Last year he reached the semi-final before losing in five sets against Daniil Medvedev.