I think it is so tragic that some careers have been ruined by boyfriends/husbands and the heartbreak that ensued while for some others, their men actually made their careers better
Better Career After Getting a Man
Vesnina - She was a mediocre player but after getting married, she rose to #14 career high ranking and won Indian Wells!
Cibukova - her husband’s unwavering support helped Cibu finally reverse her 0-5 h2h against Radwanska & Vinci, leading to her capturing her biggest tournament win, the YEC over Kerber
Worse Career After Getting a Man
Henin - her husband, Pierre Yves, caused a distraction off the court, which lead to Henin skipping the 2007 AO (she was the heavy favorite) to finalize her divorce
Serena Williams - the untimely pregnancy stopped her from ever beating Court’s record 24 grand slam titles, but I’m happy that she found love nevertheless. Her family is more important than the history books, but sad that she cannot have both!
I don't know if it's true but I have the feeling that Kiki's losing streak's started just after her dating Thiem, in summer 2017... And this year she's having real good results after their breakup (WTA doubles finals + Fedcup)
I think it is so tragic that some careers have been ruined by boyfriends/husbands and the heartbreak that ensued while for some others, their men actually made their careers better
Better Career After Getting a Man
Vesnina - She was a mediocre player but after getting married, she rose to #14 career high ranking and won Indian Wells!
Cibukova - her husband’s unwavering support helped Cibu finally reverse her 0-5 h2h against Radwanska & Vinci, leading to her capturing her biggest tournament win, the YEC over Kerber
Worse Career After Getting a Man
Henin - her husband, Pierre Yves, caused a distraction off the court, which lead to Henin skipping the 2007 AO (she was the heavy favorite) to finalize her divorce
Serena Williams - the untimely pregnancy stopped her from ever beating Court’s record 24 grand slam titles, but I’m happy that she found love nevertheless. Her family is more important than the history books, but sad that she cannot have both!
Pennetta went down the spiral after Moya cheated on her (and she found it out on a tabloid) when they were discussing wedding. She found the strength to fight back and pushed her way to top 10 debut afterwards. You can see how horrible it was for her in the pictures of her first tournaments back from it, she had lost so much weight:
Chris Evert and John Lloyd. He got to marry America's sweetheart, and she ended up winning what, 7 French Opens? His ranking plummeted to outside the 100 - and they ended up getting divorced. I love Chris, but how many husbands has she had? Oh, and her last one last eight months to Greg Norman, so maybe there is Karma after all.
You could argue that Clijsters career was boosted by her relationship to Hewitt, but only for example in Australia, the fans love her down under and some of that has got to do with dating Hewitt, I think it helped her to win the Aussie Slam because she had so much support, it was almost like she was an aussie herself. Not taking away her huge talent as well.
I agree. And every single one of us has been through relationship issues and have had to go out to work/sit an exam/be interviewed etc. A champion is a champion, and most never make excuses.
I think this issue definitely belongs to the drama queen brigade.
I remember when Bartoli ordered her father/coach out of the stands at Wimbledon. Never heard the reason for her action.
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Didn't Patty Schnyder have a lot a trouble with boyfriends and husbands?
Yes, Patty had a thug husband at some point, that Rainer guy was.
Also I remember that Agnieszka Radwańska was screaming at her father to get out of the stands at RG one year. After that she ditched with her dad as a coach.
I won't mention any names because I am a Lady with a capital L! But I can't tell you how many matches I lost during what should have been the peak of my career because I was so sore for having so much hot sex with hot MEN (not WOMEN!) The men couldn't get enough of old Pammy, sadly my game (and my downtown Suzie!) took a pounding because of it.
Evonne Goolagong got married in June 1975 and then proceeded to make the final of every slam she played until Wimbledon 1978 (semifinals), winning two. She had a bèbé in 1977 and won Wimbledon as a mom in 1980, beating world #1 Austin, year end #1 Evert and #4 Mandliokva in the process. Woot woot.