{"id":876190,"date":"2026-09-01T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876190\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:20:12","slug":"australian-tennis-legend-pat-cash-announces-engagement-to-singer-and-massage-therapist-charlotte-hodson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876190\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian tennis legend Pat Cash announces engagement to singer and massage therapist Charlotte Hodson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Australian tennis legend and coach Pat Cash has shared that he is engaged to his \u201csoulmate\u201d singer Charlotte Hodson after \u201cGod had it all planned to perfection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 61-year-old, best known for winning the 1987 Wimbledon singles title, announced his engagement to Hodson, 54, in a sweet Instagram post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Sharing a photo of himself and his soon-to-be wife, Cash said that \u201cEvery now and then, life can surprise you in the very best way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019m so incredibly lucky to know that through an amazing string of coincidences I found my soulmate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI can\u2019t help but believe God had it all planned to perfection. She said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It comes after the couple went public for the first time by attending Wimbledon together last year and sitting in the royal box.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Hodson is also a holistic remedial massage therapist and has worked with high-profile athletes, including American tennis player Kayla Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Music-wise, she performs with the band Chocolate Charlie, which has toured as part of The Pat Cash Experience \u2014 a live show combining tennis and music<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Cash was once married to Emily Bendit in 1990 and had twin sons, Shannon and Jett, before the couple divorced in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">His earlier relationship was with Norwegian model Anne-Britt Kristiansen, and while they were never married welcomed a son, Daniel and a daughter, Mia, in his early 20s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In 2010, Cash became a grandfather at the age of 44 when his daughter gave birth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/16694d081fe53b06765aa1c80dba66dd43a04a65.jpg\" alt=\"Pat Cash during day two of the 2019 World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconPat Cash during day two of the 2019 World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide. Credit: Mark Brake\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The former tennis player has been open about his mental health struggles and revealed that his children saved his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for my kids, I might have killed myself. I suffered from severe depression from the age of 19 until 35,\u201d he told The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt\u2019s no secret I experimented with drugs when I was younger, but the real issue was why I felt the need to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt was down to the stress I was under playing for my country, the expectations I put on myself and the expectations people put on me. I ended up checking into rehab for depression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThings got better when I retired from playing professionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Lifeline: 13 11 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian tennis legend and coach Pat Cash has shared that he is engaged to his \u201csoulmate\u201d singer Charlotte&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,10466,134,588,85,747],"class_list":["post-876190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrity-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}