Caroline Wozniacki and David Lee got married in June 2019 and are expecting their third baby
Get to know Caroline Wozniacki’s lifelong teammate.
The former tennis No. 1 player is married to former NBA All-Star David Lee, her husband of four years. The couple got engaged in November 2017 and tied the knot two years later in an intimate ceremony in Italy.
Now, the couple are expecting their third child.
Wozniaki — who recently made her return to professional tennis after announcing her retirement in December 2019 — initially stepped away from the game for various reasons, among them being her desire to start a family with Lee.
In an Instagram post announcing her retirement, Wozniaki explained that there were a number of things she wanted to “accomplish off the court.” She wrote, “Getting married to David was one of those goals.”
Since getting married, the pair have checked off several boxes on the tennis star’s list, including expanding their family, welcoming two babies and traveling the world with them. Both Wozniacki and Lee share their day-to-day happenings on social media, including sweet updates on their children.
Lee has cheered Wozniacki on through her personal life as a mom and professional career as an athlete. During an interview with Vogue in December 2018, he opened up about sticking by her side no matter what choices she makes in the future, saying, “Whether that’s fifteen minutes from now, or fifteen years from now, whatever she decides—all I’ve told her is, ‘I’m supporting you.’ … It’s just a matter of doing it on your terms.”
“I couldn’t be more proud to be your husband and proud of the family that we’ve built together!” Lee wrote in tribute to his wife in early June 2023. Later that month, Wozniacki made the decision to return to the court — one marriage, two kids and nearly four years after announcing her retirement.
Read on for everything to know about Wozniacki’s husband, David Lee.
He played college basketball for the Florida Gators
A Missouri native, Lee was born and raised in St. Louis before accepting an athletic scholarship from the University of Florida where he played for the Florida Gators’ basketball team from 2001 to 2005.
While in Gainesville, the then-player on the rise helped the team reach the tournament all four seasons — averaging double-digit points his final three seasons, plus helping the Gators to their first SEC Tournament Title in the program’s history.
In 2016, Lee was inducted into the UF Athletics Hall of Fame.
He’s a two-time NBA All-Star
Lee was selected 30th overall in the in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, where he spent five seasons before being signed and traded to the Golden State Warriors in the 2010 offseason. In his fifth and final season with the San Fransisco-based team, he won an NBA championship.
Amid his 12-season run in the NBA, Lee played for five teams, including the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs. Following his stint as a free agent in June 2017, the two-time All Star retired later in November that year.
I really came to the conclusion that the reason I’d keep playing was so that I could sit in this interview and say I played 14 years instead of 12,” he told Vogue in 2018. “Ego-wise, I’m not a Hall of Famer, so what stats am I trying to pad, and for what reason?”
Throughout the course of his professional basketball career, he made two All-Star Game appearances in 2010 and 2013. He averaged 13.5 points per game and 8.8 rebounds throughout, in addition to his victorious 2015 championship with the Warriors.
