Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend, Julia Lemigova, at the men’s semi-finals at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York City over the weekend.
“I have been waiting for the right time to ask Julia to marry me. I thought this was the right place and the right time to pop the question and thankfully I got a ‘yes’,” said a relieved and happy Navratilova, a four–time winner of the women’s singles championship here. Lemigova added “We are very happy together and Martina has made our family complete.”
The couple has been together for six years and now live in Miami, Fla. with Lemigova’s two school-aged daughters.
Over the course of her career that spanned an amazing four decades, Navratilova won 59 grand slam titles, including a record nine Wimbledon singles championships.
Navratilova is at the U.S. Open in her capacity as one of the Tennis Channel’s lead on-air commentators. She is also an ambassador for the WTA Finals in Singapore through 2018. Navratilova divides her time between her family life, other broadcasting for the BBC and BT Sport and public speaking engagements. She is also a long-time advocate for civil rights, animal welfare and environmental issues. Lemigova is the founder of Russie Blanche, a manufacturer and distributor of luxury skin care products.
