You don’t have to be a tennis superfan to be familiar with pro player Taylor Fritz and his girlfriend Morgan Riddle. Currently ranked #9 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals, Taylor and his place in the sport have been taking the world by storm because he’s so freakin’ good. Like, this guy rose to fame after defeating Rafael Nadal at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters-kinda good. And off the court, Taylor’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle shows us everything else that goes on once the cameras stop rolling and the games are over.
She’s an influencer
Morgan has a really impressive number of followers on both TikTok and Instagram, and she’s known for her fashion, beauty, and travel ~content~. Because she jets around the world with Taylor, she’s also able to give tennis super-fans an inside look at the world of competitive tennis and make it more relatable to younger audiences.
Morgan is from Minnesota
Yep, even though she travels the world and has called New York City her home for most of her adult life, Morgan actually spent her childhood in Minnesota and discussed her Midwestern roots during an episode of the Hold On to Your Racket podcast.
“I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I’m from the Midwest originally,” she told co-hosts Josefina Gurevich and Shravya Pant. “My dream was always to go to New York,” she added. Morgan explained that while tennis plays a huge role in her life now, that wasn’t always the case.
She attended Wagner College
According to her LinkedIn profile, Morgan graduated from Wagner College in New York City in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature. During her time there, she def kept busy as the president of the student alumni association and the public relations chair for the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Oh, and she also completed eight (!) internships, according to that same Hold On to Your Racket podcast. Casual!
Morgan and Taylor have been together for 3+ years
At least, that’s what our FBI-level investigative skills (we just went on Instagram) are telling us based on an anniversary post Taylor uploaded in which he celebrated being with Morgan for two years. The caption read, “2 years has flown by with @moorrgs ❤️ I love you and I can’t wait for all the fun times still ahead for us 🎉Thank you for all the love and support always…we really make an amazing team ❤️.”
…And she had no knowledge of tennis at the time
Like, according to an interview with ATPTour.com, Morgan “didn’t know a thing. Literally not a thing. I knew who Federer was. I didn’t even know who Nadal was. That’s not a joke.” But dw! In the past three years, she’s made up for it by immersing herself in the sport and regularly attending games. And dating a professional tennis player also helps too, lol. “I literally didn’t know anything about it. But I know a lot now. I would consider myself a tennis expert at this point, I really would,” she added.
