British tennis star Katie Boulter has announced her engagement to fellow professional Alex de Minaur. Boulter and De Minaur have been together for around five years and have played mixed doubles together. De Minaur has described himself as 'an honorary Brit' having been supported vociferously during his run to the quarter-final at Wimbledon in July.
Sharing a photo of them beaming, with her engagement ring in shot, Boulter wrote on Instagram: "We've been keeping a small secret...". Boulter had already teased the news last week with another Instagram post of them sitting in front of the sea in Alicante, Spain, as the sun set with the caption: "Today was a good day".
The pair are extremely popular on the tennis circuit and their news went down a storm in the comments section. "About damn time," De Minaur's fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis joked. Paula Badosa congratulated the pair while Boulter's Billie Jean King Cup captain Anne Keothavong wrote: "Whoop! Whoop!!" German player Eva Lys said she was "tearing up" at the announcement.
De Minaur is ranked No.9 in the world in men's singles after a strong 2024 season. He is Australian but has enjoyed the support of the British crowd in recent years thanks to his relationship with Boulter. “Oh, 100 per cent. I’ll take all the support I can get. I can be the honorary Brit here at Wimbledon,” De Minaur said in the summer. “I do feel very loved out there, I must say. I always love coming here to Wimbledon and playing here. I always feel like I play some of my best tennis.
