[3] That year, she reached her first two Grand Slam quarter-finals, at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to Dinara Safina and Williams respectively.

[5] In December 2010, van Grichen started to coach Ana Ivanovic on a trial basis,[6] however, the pair ended their relationship in February 2011 following Ivanovic's unsuccessful Australian Open campaign.

[7][8] In December 2012, van Grichen started coaching former Top 30 player Jarmila Gajdošová.

[9] Later, he moved on to coaching Canada's Eugenie Bouchard but the pair split shortly after Wimbledon in 2013.

[11] Under his stewardship, Puig went on to win her first career singles title at the 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg.