Moms on Tour
Mom's the word: Serena, Vika & active WTA mothers
Paying tribute to mothers still competing on the WTA Tour. As Serena Williams once said: “My heroes have changed. After having a child, my heroes are moms because women are superheroes."
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Tatjana Maria, pictured here with eldest daughter Charlotte, recently announced that she is expecting her second child.
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In January, Serena Williams celebrated a victory in Auckland, her first WTA title since maternity leave, with daughter Olympia.
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Victoria Azarenka gave birth to son Leo in 2016.
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Former year-end doubles World No.1 Sania Mirza and husband Shoaib Malik welcomed their first child, a son named Izhaan, in 2018.
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Luxembourg's Mandy Minella had her daughter, Emma Lina, in October 2017.
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Newly-returned Kim Clijsters is the mother of three, Jada, Jack and Blake - and famously celebrated her 2009 and 2010 US Open wins with her eldest.
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Kateryna Bondarenko has two daughters, Karin and Eva, and returned from her second maternity leave last year.
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Former World No.2 Vera Zvonareva gave birth to her first child, Evelina, in 2016.
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Evgeniya Rodina had her first child, Anna, in November of 2012, and lost to Serena Williams in a historic match between two moms in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2018.
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Former World No.68 Andreea Mitu (right) gave birth to her son, Adam, in January of 2018, and returned to the tour in style, winning the BRD Bucharest Open with Irina-Camelia Begu that July.
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Patricia Maria Tig gave birth to her daughter Sofia in November of 2018 and returned to the WTA last summer, reaching the final in Bucharest on home soil.
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A four-time major quarterfinalist in doubles, Alla Kudryavtseva gave birth to her son in December 2018
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Former WTA World No.35 Olga Govortsova gave birth to Dominic in February 2018. She explained to Tennis.com: "Before everybody was traveling with puppies, now everybody is traveling with babies."
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Samantha Stosur announced the birth of daughter Genevieve, who was born on June 16, with partner Liz in July 2020.
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