Male gay tennis players

But on 7 December, the LGBTQ+ papers lit up with front page news: French doubles players Fabien Reboul (ATP Doubles No. 46) and Maxence Broville (ATP No. ), had posted an Instagram photo of the pair passionately kissing each other. Joao Lucas Reis has made history to become the first openly gay active professional male tennis player. The world No came out publicly on social media in honour of his boyfriend Gui Sampaio Ricardo's birthday, sharing photos of the paid with a sweet message announcing their relationship status. Happy life,' the year-old Brazilian captioned the photoset of himself and the actor and model.

Here are some of the top ATP stars who have publicly said they would support an openly gay men’s pro tennis player: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Liam Brody, Kevin. Selec: English Spanish. Brazilian Joao Lucas Reis, ranked st in the world and the 11th-best tennis player in Brazil, publicly came out as gay. He is the first active male professional tennis player to openly acknowledge his homosexuality.

The second Grand Slam event on the tennis calendar, the French Open, or Roland Garros, got underway in Paris on Sunday (25 May), and there are several gay tennis players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation. By Adrian Margaret Brune. It was an otherwise ordinary day in the world of tennis. Just two weeks before, the men had wrapped their season in Turin and the women had said goodbye in Texas.

The Australian Open officially kicked off in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday (14 January) and there are a handful of out gay tennis players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation at one of the first grand slam of the season. When Brazilian tennis player Joao Lucas Reis da Silva posted a loving birthday message to his boyfriend on Instagram, he did not think it was a big deal. After all, Reis da Silva had previously uploaded personal photographs of his partner Guilherme Sampaio Ricardo on other birthdays, and also on Valentine's Day. Their relationship was not a secret.