His professional accomplishment has gained widespread acclaim in his own country, but the same cannot be said for his personal life.
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Nikoloz Basilashvili has continued to make Georgia proud by achieving numerous firsts for his country on the tennis court. Ranked currently 23, Basilashvili is a player who is capable of making life difficult for anyone on a given day. The 29-year-old has five singles titles to his name and famously reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final at Indian Wells last year. Stefanos Tsitsipas was among the players he defeated to reach the title match. However, he lost the final to Cameron Norrie. His first title success came in July 2018, when he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament.
On the back of his first crown, Basilashvili climbed to World No. 35 in the world rankings, his highest singles position and the highest by a Georgian player in the post-Soviet era. The 29-year-old achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 in May 2019. His professional accomplishment has gained widespread acclaim in his own country, but the same cannot be said for his personal life. A few eyebrows have been raised in connection with an event involving his ex-wife Neka Dorokashvili. More on his ex-wife, rumoured current girlfriend, and personal life can be found here:
Born on 23rd February 1992 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nikoloz Basilashvili started playing tennis at age five. Basilashvili’s father is Nodar, who is a dancer of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, and his mother is Natalia, who worked as a physician. He also has a brother, Tengiz. Nikoloz can also speak Russian and English apart from his native language.
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After dating for a few years, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Neka Dorokashvili tied the knot in 2013. Reportedly, the couple celebrated their wedding with only their close friends and family. The couple share a son together. However, their marriage made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Basilashvili was arrested on domestic violence charge in May 2020. He allegedly had assaulted his former wife Dorokashvili in front of a minor. The Tbilisi city court decided to bail him out paying 100K GEL, as per reports.
Neka Dorokashvili is a popular Georgian fashion model and is also a fashion designer, influencer, investor, entrepreneur, and creative director. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1992, she is also the founder of the Neka Clothing Brand. Not many details about her family are available as it seems that Neka wants to keep her private life away from the limelight.
Neka Dorokashvili Instagram handle is ‘nekadorokashvili’. She is extremely popular on Instagram with 352k followers. Her clothing brand handle is – @nekaclothingbrand.
The couple has a son together. His name is Lukas, who was born in 2015.
Nikoloz Basilashvili is reportedly dating German model Charlotte Helen. At times, Charlotte has been spotted cheering for Basilashvili from the stands. During the Indian Wells Open, the cameraman’s focus shifted towards Charlotte when Basilashvili was in action.
