Ajla Tomljanović beat Serena Williams in the third round of the US Open on Friday (September 2), meaning her Tennis career is over.
The 40-year-old announced that she was retiring from tennis last month after winning a staggering 23 grand slam singles titles.
“I have never liked the word retirement,” she wrote inVoguein August. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a transition.”
“Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,” she continued.
Tears ran down her face as she lost to the Croatian-Australian athlete, who has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit and ranks at world No. 38.
Following her win, everyone wants to know more about Ajla, including who she is dating. Read on to find out all about her love life…
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Ajla dated Matteo Berretini
The 29-year-old recently split from fellow Tennis player Matteo Berretini, who she dated for around two years from 2019 to 2022.
He is an Italian professional tennis player who ranked as world No.6 in singles in January 2022 and reached the final at Wimbledon 2021.
The pair went public with their relationship in 2019, but rumours that they had broken up began flooding the internet in March 2022, and Matteo confirmed it in June.
During a press conference following his Queen’s Club Championships semi-final win, he said: “Yeah, I’m single but it’s not like something that I am looking for, like, it’s not that I’m waking up and have to find love.”
“It’s just something that is happening, it’s good for me, if it doesn’t, it’s another day, you know,” he continued before saying he’s spending more time with his team and family.
Ajla and Matteo were often spotted supporting each other at tennis matches and often attended events together including the 2021 Met Gala.
She was in a relationship with Nick Kyrgios
Before that, the tennis star dated Nick Kyrgios for two years from 2015 to 2017.
He is an Australian professional tennis star who has won seven ATP Tour singles, including the 2019 and 2022 Washington Open.
The athlete has reached eleven finals, including Wimbledon in 2022, and earned his career-high singles ranking of world No. 13 in 2016.
According to The Express, the 27-year-old was seen leaving a London nightclub with two women in 2017 and Ajla unfollowed him on Instagram the following day.
However, they rekindled their relationship briefly and a source close to the couple said: “Nick would have done anything to make it up to Ajla.”
“He doesn’t ever want to lose her again because she gets him. They’re pretty much the perfect match and he’s ready to settle down,” they continued.
However, things obviously turned sour again sometime before 2019, when Ajla found love with Matteo Berrettini.
The tennis star is currently single
In September 2022, Ajla is single following her split from Matteo and focusing on her tennis career.
It’s certainly paying off too as she beat Serena, who is arguably the best tennis player of all time, at the US Open on Friday (September 2).
She gained a 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1 victory at New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium and currently plays for Australia after previously representing Croatia.
The athlete was born in Zagreb, Croatia, but lives in Florida. She isn’t Australian, but decided to change her allegiance in 2014.
She applied for residence in the country because she “saw an opportunity to take her game to the next level by moving to Australia,” the New York Times reports.
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