Here are ten tennis romances –
vote for your favourite!
BJORN BORG AND MARIANA
SIMIONESCU
Bjorn Borg also known as ‘the
sexy swede’ won 11 Grand Slams between 1974 and 1981. His headband or the way
he served - it’s not clear what had women falling at his feet but whatever it
was there was barely a woman in the world who didn’t dream of being Mrs Borg.
Shortly before his retirement
in his mid-twenties, Borg married Romanian tennis player Mariana Simionescu. Unfortunately
it wasn’t to last, the couple divorced in 1984.
GAEL MONFILS AND DOMINIKA
CIBULKOVA
A little more recently,
flamboyant French star Gael became world no.7 in 2011 and one of the most
entertaining tennis players in history. He dated the Slovakian ‘pocket rocket’ Dominika
Cibulkova but they split after a short time. Probably for the best as she is
now engaged to Miso Navara (another tennis player) while he has been dating (and
is rumored to be engaged to) French student Chelsea Altman.
FERNANDO VERDASCO AND ANA IVANOVIC
Fernando Verdasco and Ana
Ivanovic had a short but stormy love story and in 2009 split for good. It seems
to have been an unhappy decision because they were reported to have
stopped speaking to each other and avoided each other at tournaments.
ROGER AND MIRKA FEDERER
Yes she was a tennis player
too – before a foot injury Mrs Federer was ranked no.76 in the world. The pair met in 2000 at the
Sydney Olympics, married 9 years later and had twin girls the following year.
Twin boys arrived in 2014 to complete their happy family - aww!
LLEYTON HEWITT AND KIM
CLIJSTERS
At 19 Australian superstar
Lleyton began dating Belgian player Kim Clijsters - he became the youngest ever
world number 1 the year after.
The couple announced their
engagement in 2003, but by late 2004 Kim was left heartbroken when Lleyton
called off their wedding. On a happy note though, the pair both married other
people within five years of the split – neither of them tennis players!
SERENA WILLIAMS AND PATRICK
MOURATOGLOU
Well we didn’t see this coming! We still don’t think it’s ever been confirmed, although pictures rarely fib
– yes the relationship between the world’s best female tennis player and her
French coaching assistant has become more than just business.
Oh the mystery - it’s
positively romantic in itself. JIMMY CONNORS AND CHRIS EVERT
Jimmy was known for being volatile
while Chris icy cold - no one would have put these two together! Perhaps two such strong
characters were always destined to clash.
GRIGOR DIMITROV AND MARIA
SHARAPOVA
Serena Williams warned Maria
that Grigor had “a black heart.” So it’s not surprising not many gave their
romance much of a chance. But thankfully they fell in love and the couple
helped each other cope with the relentless pressures of being a top ten tennis
players.
They have often had to put up
with rumours of a split,
but they’re still together and have proved over the last two years that a romance
even in the most intense of spotlights can work.
ANDRE AGASSI AND STEFFI GRAF
Andre is so flamboyant and
Steffi so clinical so no one expected this romance – seems opposites can
attract.
They had toured together for
more than a decade, then just before giving up tennis they fell in love. They
married in 2001 and now have two children in Las Vegas, proving that some
tennis romances really can go the distance.
Last but certainly not least is... ANDY MURRAY AND KIM SEARS
Who is your favourite?
They didn’t all end happily, but when it comes to drama, intrigue, tears, happiness and pure romance, we think we have the most romantic couples the game of tennis has produced.
There are really only two things left to say -
1.Start your very own romance with us right here at Flirtify, and
2. GOOD LUCK ANDY!
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