Raonic parts with coach Carlos Moya after career-best year

Canada's Milos Raonic returns in his first round match against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. (Alastair Grant/AP)

Sportsnet Staff November 30, 2016, 2:54 PM

Despite turning in the best season of his career, Milos Raonic has decided to part ways with coach Carlos Moya.

Thank you to Carlos Moya for helping me tremendously this year, alongside my team, to get the best out of me. Under Carlos' direction and tutelage I have played my best yet to date. We will no longer be continuing our coaching relationship but remain close friends. I wish him all the best.

A photo posted by Milos Raonic (@mraonic) on Nov 30, 2016 at 11:10am PST

Raonic hired Moya in January to replace former coach Ivan Ljubičić, who had worked with the Canadian since 2013 alongside Riccardo Piatti.

Per Raonic's staff: Milos will still work with coach Riccardo Piatti, who has been on-board since 2013. Off-season training in Monte Carlo.

— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) November 30, 2016

After suffering through various injuries in 2015, Raonic entered the year as the world’s 14th ranked player, but climbed all the way to No. 3 by season’s end — besting his previous season-ending ranking of No. 8 in 2014.

The 25-year-old Thornhill, Ont., native beat Roger Federer to win his first and only tournament of 2016 at the Brisbane International in January and followed it up by reaching the quarter-finals or better in his next five tournaments.

But the high point of Raonic’s season came when he beat Federer in a memorable match to advance to his first Wimbledon final, where he lost to Andy Murray in three sets.

Raonic finished the year with a 52-17 record.

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