Love and Tennis: The role relationships serve in a player’s career

The idea of getting involved in the sport of tennis at a young age and deciding to go pro with be exciting, monumental and enjoyable because players are doing something they have a passion for — no matter what. Relationships also become part of that equation and they are harder to find, form and even keep than succeeding at a game of tennis for players on tour. The player has their team of coaches, hitting partners, physio people that help to keep them in shape and even some have a sports psychologist, but they all need that emotional backing, that person to serve as their love interest, who is there for them and supports them psychologically when things are going good and when the wins are hard to come by and seem difficult to acquire.

When one goes back in the day to the saga of Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors that was the romance of all times. The traveling and touring somehow takes the sizzle out of the love connection, fizzles it down and causes it to end. Many players thrive well with not having a relationship for a time and they say “I just want to concentrate on my tennis”. Relationships oftentimes provide a good thing, a secure feeling for the player who can look at their love interest with acknowledgement and compliment in the stands and many players will point to their love one who is buried in the crowd, content to not be known to the entire tennis community — if that is always possible. Kim Clijisters and Lleyton Hewitt were in a well known relationship. They got along well together but when it came down to the wedding, it was noted that Kim had situations with Hewitt’s parents on marrying in Australia, but she wanted a wedding in Belgium. The differences grew greater …

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