"Eric remains my friend and the one who helped me into the top 10," Gasquet, who has won 10 matches and lost nine this year, said in a statement.

The 22-year-old Gasquet was knocked out in his first match at the Hamburg Masters earlier this week and was beaten in his first-round match at the Rome Masters.

Gasquet will now be coached by Guillaume Peyre along with Nicolas Mahut within Team Lagardere, the players' management company.