Katie Boulter confirms name change as tennis star shows off surname | Tennis | Sport
Katie Boulter has officially taken the surname of her husband Alex de Minaur after the tennis power couple got married. The pair got hitched earlier this month, with their nuptials taking place the same day Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon final.
The British star was previously asked whether she’d change her name after tying the knot, as the 29-year-old replied: “It’s a great question. We’re gonna find out. We’re gonna find out. I don’t know. That decision’s also not been made!” Her decision has since been confirmed, with Boulter now known as Katie de Minaur on social media platform, X.
However, the tennis star has yet to make the change on Instagram and Facebook with her maiden name remaining on her profiles, but did add in the initials ‘KDM’ in her bio on the former. The pair had been engaged since late 2024 before eventually getting married in Boulter’s hometown of Leicestershire, near the village of Woodhouse Eaves, where she grew up.
Their wedding took place just days after the tennis duo were eliminated from Wimbledon, with Boulter losing in the first round against Tyra Caterina Grant and De Minaur, 27, falling in the round of 16 against Flavio Cobolli.
The Australian No. 1 took the defeat hard and insisted he would take a break from the sport after yet another opportunity to claim his maiden Grand Slam faltered. He said after the defeat: “I won’t play a tournament for a while. But again, they just accumulate, right?
“The goals, the beliefs, the dreams that you have, they kind of start fading away or they feel a little bit further away than when they once were.” He continued: “I’m finding it harder. That’s the reality of it. At the end of the day, I’ve got no other option, right? I’m not going to say ‘I’ve had enough, I’m hanging up the racquets’.
“It’s fresh now. It hurts like hell now. But I’ll get back up. I’m a competitor, through and through. So I’ll get back up, and I’ll give myself another chance. I just want it to kind of happen to keep giving me that hope. If not, this is a tough, tough sport to play with with no hope.”
