Tennis player Taylor Fritz advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals Sept. 1, and his girlfriend was once again his biggest supporter from the sidelines.
The ever-stylish Morgan Riddle has traveled the world with her boyfriend over the years, following his tennis journey and solidifying herself as an authority in the fashion world along the way.
Riddle, 27, is a media savant-turned-influencer, with hundreds of thousands of followers on , and . Last year, the deemed the Minnesota native the “most famous woman in men’s tennis.”
Here’s what to know about Riddle.
Morgan Riddle and Taylor Fritz met on a dating app
Riddle told the New York Times in 2023 that she met Fritz in Los Angeles, where the couple currently lives, in 2020 on the dating app Raya.
She told the publication that she had just moved to California earlier that year and “did not try particularly hard” to win over Fritz when they first began dating.
In the article, Fritz, now 26, said he was upfront with Riddle early on that he lives a nomadic life, traveling the world in pursuit of tennis success.
“I prefaced it,” he told the Times. “I was like: ‘Look, this is not how it’s going to be. I don’t have this free time. I’m going to be traveling, like, every single week.’ But I also said, ‘You know, it’s not a bad deal — you can travel all over the world, if you’re up for it.’”
The two ended up moving in together after just a few weeks of dating. They currently reside together in Los Angeles, though are constantly traveling, as Riddle documents online.
Before he started dating Riddle, Fritz married and welcomed a son with fellow tennis player Raquel Pedraza,The couple divorced in 2019.
Morgan Riddle’s influencer era took off in 2022
Across her popular social media platforms, Riddle brings followers along on her life as a tennis WAG, an .”
She posted one of her first viral s in January 2022 and asked fans to help her style her look for the Australian Open.
In December 2022, Riddle posted her first , which she now releases weekly. Her YouTube account features vlog and day-in-the-life style videos that showcase her adventures traveling to various tennis tournaments across the globe with Fritz.
Riddle told the New York Times in 2023 that by posting just one TikTok video, she makes five times the amount of money she made at her previous job.
“I’m really happy with what I’m doing, and I’m making good money,” she told the newspaper. “People are allowed to make all the judgments they want. A lot of times people have assumptions about me, but then they watch my YouTube, or they listen to me on a podcast, and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I was wrong.’”
Morgan Riddle and Taylor Fritz were featured in the Netflix show ‘Break Point’
Riddle might also be recognized from her feature in the Netflix series, “Break Point, which gave a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of rising tennis stars.
On the show, Riddle is seen cheering on Fritz during matches and eating takeout with him in their hotel room. Because Fritz didn’t advance in the tournament the show was filming, the couple was not followed extensively.
Wimbledon pegged Morgan Riddle to host ‘Wimbledon Threads’
Wimbledon hired Riddle in the summers of both 2023 and 2024 to host a fashion series that featured the chic outfit choices at the major tennis tournament.
Grace Barber, the senior producer for the sports production company that created the series, said in 2023 that she was initially “apprehensive” about the show.
“I just assumed that because she’s, like, really hot and got loads of followers and is Taylor’s girlfriend, she’s basically coasting,” she told the New York Times.
However, after working with Riddle, Barber described her as “hard-working, funny and self aware.”
“She’s got a really clear directive, creatively, of where she wants to go,” she said. “She’s got a plan.”
Since “Wimbledon Threads,” Riddle has worked as a correspondent for the F1 Australian Grand Prix. She’s also worked with brands like Miu Miu, Wilson, Dyson, Apple, Hermes, Ralph Lauren, Heineken, Celsius and Kendra Scott, among others.
In 2023, she also released a jewelry line with the company Lottie, when she sold a bracelet and necklace, both gold pieces with a tennis racket charm.
Morgan Riddle formerly worked in media
At Wagner College in New York, Riddle studied English language and literature and graduated in 2019, according to her LinkedIn page.
Before focusing her career on content creation, she worked as a media director for Gamers Outreach, per her page. She was also previously an influencer campaign manager and an on-air host, covering entertainment news.
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