Lleyton Hewitt and coach Tony Roche will team up again under a sharing arrangement with Tennis Australia. Roche has been re-appointed as Davis Cup coach under Patrick Rafter, but also has a side deal with Hewitt under Tennis Australia.
"I've been discussing this with Rochey for a few months now prior to him accepting the job as Australian Davis Cup coach," Hewitt said in a statement. "When he asked me about taking that role with Pat, I thought that would work in well with what we were planning for myself.
"I will be working in conjunction with Tennis Australia, and have Rochey as my main coach and at other times through the year work with Josh Eagle, a Davis Cup coach. We will be really taking a team approach into next year, with Rochey being at the major events and Josh being an integral part at other times."
Eagle is the husband of former Austrian standout Barbara Schett.—Matthew Cronin