Tennis player Elina Svitolina arrives in great shape in Roland-Garros, carried by love and the unfailing support of her husband, Gaël Monfils. Discover everything you need to know about your private life.
The tennis champion Elina Svitolina is preparing to face the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros. Before this match against Iga świątek, she confided in France 2. She returned to the essential support of her husband, Gaël Monfils. Here’s what you need to know about the couple.
How did Elina Svitolina meet Gaël Monfils?
Since 2018, Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils have been forming an accomplice couple, both on tennis courts and in life. In an interview granted in August 2019 to the site Tennisworldfrthe Ukrainian player returned to their meeting. “”I have known Gaël for some time now because we are constantly playing the same tournaments“, She said. At the time, Elina Svitolina was engaged in another sentimental relationship and their exchanges remained limited. But everything changed after an evening with friends and a photo posted on Instagram.”We couldn’t simply separate“, She confided.
Since then, their history has been strengthened over the events. In 2022, the two players put their careers in parentheses: Gaël Monfils, injured in the right heel, and Elina Svitolina, pregnant of their daughter Skai, born in October. This stop time allowed them to support each other. “”Gaël was a very important source of motivation for me“Said the tennis player to France Télévisions. Together, they gradually resumed training.”We returned gently together and we supported each other“She added.
Elina Svitolina filled by marriage: “All our families were gathered“”
In 2019, Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils formalize their relationship. However, the couple crosses an area of turbulence in early 2021, marked by a brief rupture. Gaël Monfils had then shared a touching message on social networks, explaining that, despite the love always present, they needed to take distance to flourish each on their side. A few months later, they meet … so as not to leave each other.
In July 2021, in Switzerland, the two lovers called themselves “yes” surrounded by their loved ones. An unforgettable moment, as Elina told an interview Tennisworldfr : “We had an extraordinary wedding, where all our families were gathered“A rare fact for the player, whose parents live in Ukraine, while those of Gaël are divided between the hexagon, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
“”That day, it was really special to see everyone in the same place“, She remembered. The couple lived this day as a real moment of grace.”We were super happy with the way the event took place. It was very special for both of us“Said the tenniswoman of 1m74.
Elina Svitolina, mom motivated by her adored daughter: “You can’t be sad“”
Since the birth of her daughter Skai, Elina Svitolina has discovered a new inner force. “”When you come home and you see this little baby, you realize that you can’t be sad, you have to do a million things“, She had said at a press conference after a match. Her daughter became a source of daily motivation, helping her to keep the course even in moments of doubt.
But this new role as a mother does not prevent her from being demanding towards herself on the court. “”In a sense, it’s good, but it is also true that I have to sit down and analyze things after a defeat, that I must speak to my coach, have this uncomfortable conversation on what I should improve and do“She said.
