Jabeur had made no secret of her desire for motherhood. She famously opened up in a 2023 documentary about her life and career that losing that year’s Wimbledon final to Marketa Vondrousova was crushing in more ways than one, as she hoped to get pregnant and take maternity leave had she won that title.
“So not only not winning Wimbledon, but the idea of having a baby vanished with the trophy,” she said then.
“I always knew that tennis is important, but not the most important thing in life,” she says now, just weeks ahead of welcoming “the best title I won in my life.”
“I always say my game reflects my character,” she adds. “That’s who I am. Being a kid is fun, and I want our son to have that. I want him to be creative, to make jokes. Most important is that he’s a good person and makes a change in the world.”
