‘Unhappy’ Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, 24, getting DIVORCED as she reveals ex-husband has taken beloved cat
WIMBLEDON champion Marketa Vondrousova is sadly getting divorced.
And her former partner has taken their beloved cat.
The current Queen of SW19, 24, stunned the tennis world with her remarkable run at the All England Club in 2023.
The unseeded lefty Czech beat Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 in the final, etching her name into the sport’s history.
Part of her fairytale storyline was her husband’s absence as he looked after their kitty back home – before flying out for the final as they called in an emergency cat-sitter.
However, tattooed Vondrousova has revealed she separated from Stepan Simek within months of her Wimbledon triumph.
Simek is two years older than Vondrousova and was a talented junior tennis player before his career was cut short by injury forcing him to divert into IT management.
They met as teenagers and began dating in 2016.
The couple got engaged just after her silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics then tied the knot a year later in July 2022.
But Vondrousova said things have not been easy for them and Simek has now moved out of their home.
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The world No7 told Blesk in her homeland: “I’m definitely not having a happy time in the last few weeks.
“Our marriage with Stepan ended a few weeks ago, we broke up.
“He moved out of the shared apartment with the cat.
“It just didn’t work out for us. It wasn’t what we both imagined, so we agreed not to be together anymore.
“Now we are formally resolving the divorce, but we have agreed on everything.”
As well as the painful divorce, Vondrousova is also grieving the tragic passing of her doting grandfather following his battle with cancer.
She headed back to Czechia from the Indian Wells event last month to see him one final time.
Vondrousova added: “I learned in America that he was no longer well, so I definitely wanted to see him again and say goodbye.
“I am very glad that I flew and that I made it. He still perceived that we were together.
“My grandfather was the person who stood at the very beginning of my tennis career, he was there for everything important.
“Without him, I would never have achieved what I have achieved in my career.”