Boulter is back in action at Queen’s on Monday as the summer grass court season gets under way
Katie Boulter and her fiance Alex Di Minaur(Image: Katie Boulter/InstagramKatie Boulter/Instagram)
Katie Boulter is back in action at Queen’s today, having been handed a wildcard entry to the summer tournament and start of the grass court season in London.
The Brit will face eighth seed Leylah Fernandez in the opening round, which would see her come up against world No 2 Elena Rybakina in the third round if she advances through her two first matches.
Boulter, currently the British No.3, will reignite her partnership with Emma Raducanu in the doubles, with “Boulter-canu’ set to get some valuable game-time under their belts ahead of Wimbledon next month.
“For the moment, Queen’s is the perfect place for us to get some matches and some time on the grass,” Boulter said in the build-up to Queen’s.
“I really enjoyed my time last year playing with her; it was super fun, but also we both really wanted to win and had one goal in mind.”
“It’s really nice to play with Katie,” Raducanu said, speaking to the press ahead of the HSBC Championships.
“We try to make Queen’s our tournament that we play together. I don’t play doubles very often, but the experience last year was really fun.
“We had a full Court 1 watching and supporting us and it was really fun. I’m excited to hopefully do it again this year and the opportunity to play with her on a home court.”
Boulter is set to tie the knot with world number six Alex de Minaur later this year.
They announced their engagement back in December 2024.
“We bumped into each other at six in the morning and ended up getting a coffee,” she said of the pair’s first meeting.
“From that moment, I knew I was in it for the long haul.”
Earlier this year, she shared some brief details about their upcoming wedding.
“I’ve not been a massive dreamer about my wedding,” Katie said to The Telegraph. “As long as my family are there, I’ll be happy.”
“I did sort of dream about a destination wedding,” she added. “Having a place you can go back to that’s your place. So it’s possible it’ll be in the middle of nowhere.”
de Minaur has previously said they won’t be marrying in his native Australia or the UK, while he has also added he has been involved in the prep for the big day.
“This is a 50-50 relationship, so honestly, the fact that we’re both tennis players [means] we are both doing as much as we can together,” he said. “I have been making some of the decisions so far. But when it comes to the details like napkins and flowers, that’s not my forte.”
The pair have emerged as one of tennis’ power couples and have a combined net worth of between $5million and $6.5million, according to Celebrity Net Worth estimates.
Boulter spoke earlier in his career about being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome which robbed her of 12 months of her career.
Back in 2018 she said she “struggled to live her everyday life, let alone train”, revealing she had been diagnosed in 2016.
She added: “I hope I encourage people to do sport, and for those who have similar conditions to me, inspire them. It can be a career for them. I hope they see what I’ve achieved and realise they can do it, or do whatever they want to — that they can achieve their dreams.”
In January 2021 she told the Guardian she felt she had “officially conquered” the condition.
“I’m still very careful with what I do,” she told the newspaper. “There are certain exercises I’ve categorically ruled out. But in terms of chronic fatigue I now feel like I’ve officially conquered it. I am as strong as I have ever been physically. And mentally I feel like I’m in a great place after that very difficult time [in 2019]. It gives me a lot of faith I can get back to being No82 and then push on from there.”