The former world No.3 "will aim to strengthen the high-level sector of 14 years and over, male and female, in particular with a view to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games", announced the FFT in a press release.
Ljubicic, 43, coach of Roger Federer from 2015 to 2022, "will bring to French tennis his expertise and his requirement to support young French players in their career and their training", underlines the authority.
"Ivan is driven by that extra + little something + that makes and nourishes champions. His approach to tennis, focused on performance at all times and down to the smallest detail, is driven by this culture of winning that we want to instil to our French hopes", explains the president of the FFT Gilles Moretton in the press release.
Believing that "France has a very rich, very promising breeding ground", the Croatian underlines his "total commitment" and his "strong desire to share the values which forge champions".
Winner of ten titles on the ATP circuit, including the Indian Wells Masters 1000 in 2010, Ljubicic also won the Davis Cup in 2005 and bronze in doubles at the Athens Olympics (2004), associated with Mario Ancic.
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