Gay tennis players

There are a handful of out gay tennis players offering vital LGBTQ+ representation at Wimbledon in London.

This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Tennis players. It includes Tennis players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.

No out gay men’s players, though one came close Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the first openly gay active men’s tennis player, played in the qualifying draw at this year’s open, but lost the.

Although Top Ten standouts Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev have stated that the ATP is progressive enough to accept gay players, former players who are now out of the closet say different things. “Tennis is perceived as that country club sport, a highly competitive individual sport played across every country of the world.