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Trinity Rodman Slams Wimbledon Coverage Mentioning Estranged Dad Dennis Rodman
Trinity Rodman and Ben Shelton’s romance is all love.
Five days after the soccer star supported the tennis player courtside during his quarterfinal loss to eventual Wimbledon 2025 champion Jannik Sinner, she shared a peek into their love story while recapping her summer.
In her July 14 Instagram post, Trinity playfully posed alongside Ben on a European coast and shared sweet smiles and a kiss while wrapping her arms around his neck. The 23-year-old—the daughter of former NBA star Dennis Rodman and his ex Michelle Moyer—also provided some behind-the-scenes snaps from her time at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London, where Wimbledon is annually held.
Beyond the pics of her goal-winning guy, Trinity—who plays for Washington Spirit and the U.S. Women’s National team, but is currently out due to injury—shared multiple videos of her training both in the gym and on the soccer field.
“Not the summer that I had in mind but still loved every moment,” the Olympic gold medalist wrote in the caption. “Can’t wait to be back on the field.”
In April, the Spirit announced Trinity would be taking an indefinite amount of time away from the ongoing soccer season to manage a back injury, which she acknowledged is difficult to heal.
"Honestly, I don't think my back will ever be 100 percent," she told reporters in April, per ESPN. "We've managed [the injury] really well and I'm happy with the progression that we've had. But for me, I don't think my back will ever be the way it was my rookie year, which is unfortunate."
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Though she is out of commission for the soccer field, Trinity has been scoring goals in her romance with Ben. Since confirming their relationship in March, the pair have featured their love on social media multiple times, including another Wimbledon Instagram post of the pair smiling while they were cuddled up and about to kiss, which Trinity captioned, “Watching you with googly eyes.”
For his part, Ben commented on the July 5 post, “Why am I cheesin so big.”
Read on to learn more about the love lives of other tennis stars.
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Ben Shelton
A new sporting power couple emerged when the tennis player and soccer star Trinity Rodman sealed their relationship with a kiss on Instagram in March 2025.
And she's been a stalwart supporter throughout the Grand Slam tournaments, including slamming reporters who invoked her estranged dad Dennis Rodman by emphasizing the refocus on Shelton's successes at Wimbledon.
“For Ben’s matches he has his family there as his support system, which includes his dad,” Rodman wrote on her July 7 Instagram story, calling out the Wimbledon broadcasters for their commentary about her family. “My dads not even in MY life no need to bring him up during HIS matches when I don’t even want him talked about during mine.”
Taylor Fritz
Fritz made his relationship with Morgan Riddle official in 2020 after first meeting on Raya, and the influencer has stood by her boyfriend’s side as he’s worked us way up the ATP rankings.
“I met him and started travelling with him on the tour a few months later,” she told E! News in 2024. “And now, it’s been almost four years of that.”
And the duo have often shared glimpses into their romance. In fact, Fritz—who was married to fellow tennis player Raquel Pedraza from 2016 to 2019 and welcomed son Jordan in 2017—and Riddle were featured on the Netflix series, Break Point, which explored the world of competitive tennis.
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Coco Gauff
As of 2023, two-time grand slam champion was purposely keeping her love life private.
“I think I felt like I just, some parts of myself I love to share and then some parts I think I just keep to myself,” she told People in March 2023. “So I do feel like my life is a little bit in my hands too.”
Still, her boyfriend—whose fourth-grade teacher was coincidentally Gauff’s mom—has proven to be an important sounding board. “Last night, I started a little bit, but honestly, I just called my boyfriend,” Gauff told reporters about her 2023 US Open Win. “And I told him let’s talk until it’s time to go to sleep so we spoke until 1:00 am and then I went to sleep.”
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Grigor Dimitrov
Dimitrov and Eiza González made their relationship Instagram official in May 2025, just one month after sparking romance rumors. And since then, the Baby Driver star hasn’t held back in showing her support for the athlete throughout the ups and downs—including after having to Withdraw from the Wimbledon in early July 2025 due to a mid-match injury.
“Love of my life. I couldn’t be more proud of you,” González wrote on her Instagram Story July 7. “This is just a moment that will pass and will make you even stronger. But watching you today alongside the world was a reminder of who YOU are. You’re a winner. We all saw it. And you’ll do it again. I love you.”
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Alex De Minaur & Katie Boulter
After almost five years of dating, the tennis stars announced their engagement in 2024, with Boulter captioning the happy moment, “We’ve been keeping a small secret.”
The pair met in 2020 at a hotel where they were both staying. “We bumped into each other at six in the morning and ended up getting a coffee,” Boulter recalled to the Sydney Morning Herald in June 2024. “From that moment, I knew I was in it for the long haul.”
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Naomi Osaka
In January 2025, the four-time grand slam champion her confirmed breakup with rapper Cordae after five years together. And while emphasizing that they remain friends, she expressed gratitude over their romance as it brought them their little girl Shai.
“Honestly really glad that our paths crossed because my daughter is my biggest blessing,” Osaka wrote at the time. “And I was able to grow a lot from our experiences together.”
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Tommy Paul
Paul may have the skills on the court, but girlfriend Paige Lorenze, with whom he began dating in 2022, is a go-to coach when it comes to life outside the sport.
“She’s been on me about, I guess it’s self-care,” Paul told People in April 2025. “But just putting on more sunscreen and doing moisturizer at night.”
Still, Lorenze is no stranger to picking up a racket. “I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty impressed,” he gushed about his girlfriend’s tennis game. “She plays pretty good, she has the strokes down. She knows what she’s doing on the court.”
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Gael Monfils & Elina Svitolina
The tennis stars are in sync on and off the court. In fact, they met after Svitolina won the 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore before tying the knot in July 2021. A little over a year later, they welcomed their baby girl Skaï.
“I had the most amazing night of my life, which ended with the most beautiful girl around 6:00 am. Elina was strong and brave,” Monfils wrote on Instagram in October 2022. “I can’t thx enough, my wife, and God, for this special moment. Welcome to the world, my little princess Skaï.”
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