Okay, so, I was messing around with this idea about gay women’s tennis players, right? It all started when I was watching a match and noticed how many awesome female players there are. Then I remembered some of the big names like Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King who came out way back in the ’80s. That got me thinking, “I wonder how many openly gay players there are now?”
So, I started digging around. First, I tried to find a list of current players who are out. I found out about Daria Kasatkina, which was cool. But I wanted a full list, you know? That turned out to be harder than I thought.
Then I got sidetracked looking at the number of players in general. I found out there are like 1,814 pro tennis players on the men’s tour (ATP) and 1,106 on the women’s tour (WTA). Man, that’s a lot of people trying to make it big in tennis! And apparently, around 5.6 million adults played tennis in 2023 and about 42% are women.
While I was down this rabbit hole, I stumbled onto something about Wimbledon’s all-white rule. I didn’t realize it was still a thing. It’s interesting how traditions like that stick around, but it didn’t really help me with my original question.
And then I found the whole Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas love story, this couple everyone’s talking about in the tennis world. They call them “Tsitsidosa.” They are both 26, pretty young. This was a fun fact, but again, not exactly what I was looking for.
My Action Steps
- Step 1: Started by searching for lists of openly gay women’s tennis players.
- Step 2: Got a bit lost looking at the total number of pro tennis players and some general stats.
- Step 3: Briefly looked into Wimbledon’s all-white dress code.
- Step 4: Came across information about the “Tsitsidosa” couple.
So, yeah, I didn’t exactly find a definitive list of gay women’s tennis players, but I learned a bunch of other random stuff about tennis. It was a bit of a wild goose chase, but hey, that’s how these things go sometimes, right? I guess the search continues!
