Australian star Alex de Minaur forms one half of a tennis power couple with his partner Katie Boulter.
The duo have both made it safely through to the Australian Open second round with De Minaur outlasting Milos Raonic and Boulter defeating Yue Yuan.
While De Minaur has worked his way into the top 10, Boulter is more unknown in tennis circles.
The Sporting News explains everything you need to know about De Minaur and Boulter.
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Boulter is a 27-year-old tennis player from England, with a career-high ranking of 50 achieved in September last year.
She first played Wimbledon qualifying in 2014 as a 17-year-old before reaching her first Grand Slam main draw at the All England Club in 2017.
In 2018, she won her first match at a major with victory against Veronica Cepede Royg at Wimbledon, before bowing out in the second round to Naomi Osaka.
Boulter has been on the rise in recent years, reaching the third round of her last three majors and winning a WTA title at the Canberra International in 2023.
At the United Cup 2024, Boulter earned the best win of her career as she downed world no.5 Jessica Pegula in three sets.
She got through her first round match at Australian Open 2024 with a straight sets win against China’s Yuan.
Boulter will meet the winner of 12th seed Qinwen Zheng and Ashlyn Krueger in the second round.
Boulter and De Minaur’s relationship became public news in March 2022.
With Boulter on the WTA tour and De Minaur on the ATP, tennis often takes the pair away from each other.
However, Boulter and De Minaur teamed up to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon 2023, winning their first match but losing their second.
The duo avoided playing each other in mixed doubles at the United Cup with Australia using a specialist doubles pairing.
However, there is a chance that both could make their Olympics debut at Paris 2024 and tussle it out for their respective nations in a contest.
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De Minaur is currently the world No. 10 in men’s singles – a career-high ranking.
In doubles, the Australian is the world No. 178.
According to the official ATP website, de Minaur has taken home US$11,223,939 (AU$16,420,072) in tournament winnings.
That sum includes prize money from both singles and doubles events.
