The most famous couples in the world of sports

From tennis courts to ski slopes, there are many sports champions who have met and fallen in love. Although many didn't quite last the distance, some remain in the pop culture lexicon years after the demise of their relationship. Let's take a look at some of the most iconic sports power couples.

Ana Ivanovic, winner of Roland Garros in 2008, married former German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger in 2016. They have three beautiful children together. The couple now work together on philanthropic projects, as Ivanovic told Vanity Fair in 2024.

Andre Agassi married Steffi Graf, another tennis legend, in 2001. The intimate ceremony, held in Las Vegas, was witnessed only by the couple's mothers. After being the top stars in their sport in the 90s and 2000s together, the couple has chosen to live a life away from the spotlight and reveal little about their life together to the media.

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The former New Zealand All Blacks star is happily married to field hockey player Honor Dillon. The couple married in 2011 and, as reported by Playersbio, have four children: Marco, Fox, Rocco and Cruz.

Not all the stories in this gallery have a happy ending. One example is Argentine tennis player Gisela Dulko and Boca Juniors and Argentina national team midfielder Fernando Gago. The couple separated in 2010, ending their marriage of ten years, as reported by Yahoo Sport.

Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec met at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when they were both representing Switzerland. The couple married in 2009 and remarkably have two sets of twins, the first in 2009, Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, and the second in 2014, Leo and Lenny, according to People magazine.

It was a love story that seemed like it would never end, but was ultimately done in two years as Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova and the Slovenian basketball player of the Los Angeles Lakers, Sasha Vujacic, came to an end in 2012. "I would like him to remain a friend forever. We had really beautiful moments together", Sharapova said, as reported by Bleacher Report.

Tiger Woods, one of the greatest golfers in history, seemed to have found romantic stability with Lindsey Vonn, an Olympic ski champion. However, in 2015, the couple announced the end of their relationship, after three years, as reported by numerous media outlets.

Laure Manaudou and Frédérick Bousquet were one of the most famous sports couples in France. Manaudou, a former Olympic swimming champion, and Bousquet, a silver medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 4x100 swimming, separated in 2014, according to Yahoo France.

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The relationship between the two alpine ski champions, the American Julia Mancuso and the Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, ended in 2013 after three years of a great love story, as reported by Neva Sport.

Will Claye and Queen Harrison, both accomplished Olympians, caught the world’s attention when Claye proposed to Harrison shortly after winning silver in the triple jump at the 2016 Rio Olympics. According to Runners World, they tied the knot two years later in Tokyo.

One of the longest-running sports couples is the legendary American surfer Laird Hamilton and former volleyball star and model Gabrielle Reece. The two are still happily together after marrying in 1997.

American alpine skier Bode Miller and American beach volleyball player and model Morgan Beck got married in 2012. Parents of six children, their lives were sadly marked in 2018 by the tragic death of their second daughter, aged just 19 months, who drowned in a neighbor's swimming pool, according to Vanity Fair.

A solid love story between two symbols of Italian tennis, Fabio Fognini and Flavia Pennetta, which began in 2014. From their union three children were born: Federico, Farah and Flaminia.

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