Wimbledon star is dating former athlete she bumped into in coffee shop after losing at SW19
American tennis player Danielle Collins was sent packing from Wimbledon at the third-round stage, but every cloud has a silver lining given she found love with a man she met in a coffee shop in London
Danielle Collins has revealed how she met her boyfriend at a coffee shop after losing at Wimbledon
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Pro tennis star Danielle Collins is in a relationship with a man she met at a London coffee shop after losing at Wimbledon.
The American was ejected from Wimbledon this year following a one-sided loss to Iga Swiatek in the third round, where she briefly forgot the rules. Despite never advancing past the fourth round in the ladies' singles, she did reach the semi-finals of the women's doubles event in 2022.
Collins, 31, had her best Wimbledon run last year, making it to the second week before being ousted by eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova. The world No. 54 has experienced plenty of disappointment at the All England Club, having competed at Wimbledon eight times. However, her 2024 loss to Krejcikova came with an unexpected bonus.
After the match, Collins visited a nearby coffee shop before returning to the United States. There, she met Bryan Kipp, a former college athlete, and they started dating shortly after.
Men's star Carlos Alcaraz has opened up on the difficulty of maintaining a relationship as a tennis star. But Collins and her beau are still together, with Kipp recently seen supporting Collins at the Charleston Open.
During the tournament, Collins spoke about their serendipitous meeting in London in a frank interview with the Tennis Channel (via the Daily Express). And it certainly put a silver lining on her exit from the Grand Slam shortly prior.
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Collins exited Wimbledon 2025 after losing to Iga Swiatek in straight sets
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"He's had a really busy work week. We have been going out for a while now," she said. "We met at a coffee shop in London, so that was pretty exciting. I didn't think I would meet someone at a coffee shop.
"Who would have thought? Just after the tournament, Wimbledon. He didn't know anything about tennis, and he didn't know I was a tennis player, which was really nice.
"He was actually a bigger fan of golf and so he said, 'Well I really like golf. I don't really know much about tennis.' And I was like, 'Yes! That's so exciting.'
"It's fun to kind of be around someone that has interests in other things and that's not as familiar with the sport, because you get to learn and grow with them and help them."
The American will look to make a renewed run at the US Open on home soil
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Collins also revealed the sheer joy of sharing her love for tennis with her partner, who is more inclined towards other sports: "We haven't had a lot of time on the court for me to teach him, because we just don't find enough time 'cause we're doing golf and he's also at my matches a lot, and he's working.
"But in the future, I'm hoping we'll play like the husband-wife doubles. I explained to him that this is a big deal in the tennis world, so hopefully that doesn't tear us apart."
As for the competitive edge to their relationship, she shared: "He is very competitive. He was a football player at Columbia. Very smart, engineer major. So, I'm more kind of like the jock in the relationship, and he's definitely more of the cerebral one."
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