[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/lesbian-tennis-players-made-history-by-playing-together-at-wimbledon\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/lesbian-tennis-players-made-history-by-playing-together-at-wimbledon\/","headline":"Lesbian tennis players made history by playing together at Wimbledon","name":"Lesbian tennis players made history by playing together at Wimbledon","description":"Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen's first time playing doubles together was at Wimbledon. They have been together for three years.","datePublished":"2019-07-08","dateModified":"2019-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-08-at-11.58.03-AM.png","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-08-at-11.58.03-AM.png","height":976,"width":1308},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/lesbian-tennis-players-made-history-by-playing-together-at-wimbledon\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":252,"keywords":[" marriage equality","Alison van Uytvanck","Greet Minnen","Wimbledon"],"articleBody":"Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen made history last week as the first out gay couple to play together at Wimbledon in London, England. The pair have been together for three years, and this was their first time playing doubles together in a grand slam tournament match. They won against British tennis players Katie Swann and Freya Christie.\u201cWe [would like to] see more people coming forward and saying \u2018It\u2019s OK,\u2019\u201d\u00a0van Uytvanck\u00a0told\u00a0The Guardian after the match. \u201cI think people would have more confidence.\u201dhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bzi4qwxiNxt\/?igshid=18i7qmi8m8xstLast year, van Uytvanck kissed Minnen in the stands after beating Garbine Muguruza at Wimbledon. \u201cI know it was a big deal but we just didn\u2019t think about it,\u201d Minnen told the\u00a0Telegraph. \u201cShe had just made the biggest win of her career and I was so happy and not thinking in that moment.\u201dMinnen says the reaction from sponsors as an out tennis player has been more positive than negative. “We represent something different,” she said.Two other out gay women, Johanna Larsson and Richel Hogenkamp, competed in this year’s singles tournament. It’s still rare for men’s tennis players to be out; Brian Vahaly is the only living out gay men’s tennis player and he didn’t come out until after he retired from playing professionally.Van Uytvanck said, “I hope we are something that people can look up to, like a role model to come out.”"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Lesbian tennis players made history by playing together at Wimbledon","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/lesbian-tennis-players-made-history-by-playing-together-at-wimbledon\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]