Morgan Riddle fangirls over Taylor Swift while cheering for boyfriend at US Open: ‘mother is here’
Morgan Riddle has been cheering away throughout the U.S. Open for boyfriend and tennis star Taylor Fritz. But another Taylor caught sent her into shock this weekend.
At New York City’s Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sept. 8, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were also in attendance for the U.S. Open championship game, an iconic matchup between Fritz and Jannik Sinner of Italy.
In an Instagram story, Riddle shared a selfie shot with her hand over her mouth, writing, “oh my god mother is here.”
Sinner ultimately beat Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the final Sunday afternoon. Had Fritz come out on top, Riddle’s boyfriend would have become the first American man to win the U.S. Open since 2003.
Nevertheless, Riddle stood by her man’s side, sharing a sweet message on Instagram.
She wrote, “what an amazing week @taylor_fritz i could not be more proud of you and grateful to support you. your dedication and drive inspires me so much every day.”
“Forever your biggest fan,” she concluded the post, adding a red heart emoji.
The ever-stylish 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 Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Last year, the New York Times 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, per Interview magazine. 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 acronym for athletes’ “wives and girlfriends.”
She posted one of her first viral videos in January 2022 and asked fans to help her style her look for the Australian Open.
In December 2022, Riddle posted her first YouTube video, 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 “Wimbledon Threads,” 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.
Morgan Riddle has been known to poke fun at her boyfriend
During the U.S. Open, Riddle took the opportunity to call out some “beef” between Fritz and ESPN’s social media.
On Aug. 30, Fritz retweeted a post from ESPN that dubbed him “ the first American man to reach the second week at all four majors in a year since Andre Agassi in 2003.” In his post, Fritz thanked the sports network for the shoutout before calling ESPN out for not following him on social media.
“You follow my gf and not me on insta so we have beef,” Fritz wrote.
After her boyfriend’s win over Frances Tiafoe on Sept. 6, Riddle shared a screenshot to her Instagram story showing that ESPN now follows both Riddle and Fritz on Instagram.
“Proud of you,” Riddle said over her post.
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