Could it be a love match? Tennis star Emma Raducanu, 20, ‘is being courted’ by billionaire’s jet-setting son
- Ex-Harrow public school head boy Carlo Agostinelli is son of an American banker
- Emma and Carlo, 22, shared pictures of themselves in Mexico City last month
She will not play at Wimbledon because of wrist and ankle injuries, and has lost her UK ladies number one spot.
Away from the tennis court, however, former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, 20, appears to have formed her own ‘mixed doubles’ partnership with the son of a billionaire.
He is former Harrow public school head boy Carlo Agostinelli, 22, who also played football for America’s Stanford University while studying international relations.
Mr Agostinelli is the jet-setting son of London-based American private equity dollar billionaire Robert Agostinelli, 70, a former Goldman Sachs banker who once tried to buy Liverpool football club.
Could it be a love match? Ms Raducanu and the younger Mr Agostinelli both posted images of themselves enjoying each other’s company in Mexico City last month – and she has also been seen visiting his £2million flat.
Smiles: An injured Emma Raducanu and Carlo Agostinelli in Mexico City
British tennis star Emma Raducanu is dating the son of a billionaire, Carlo Agostinelli. Pictured last night in West London he was seen carrying a huge bouquet of white roses as she returned from training
Ms Raducanu was wearing Mr Agostinelli’s suit jacket as they got into a limousine and drove off
On Tuesday evening the pair arrived in a limousine together at the mansion block in Kensington, west London, which he calls home when he is not in Paris. He was holding a large bunch of roses, she a tennis racket.
When they emerged a couple of hours later, Ms Raducanu was wearing Mr Agostinelli’s suit jacket as they got into a second limousine and drove off.
Days earlier, Mr Agostinelli’s model sister Heloise had posted an image on social media of her and Ms Raducanu dining together in an exclusive Paris restaurant.
Emma Raducanu and Carlos Agostinelli in Mexico City in May, in a picture from his Instagram
Ms Raducanu and the younger Mr Agostinelli both posted images of themselves enjoying each other’s company in Mexico City last month. Picture from her Instagram
Mr Agostinelli’s model sister Heloise posted an image on social media of her and Ms Raducanu dining together in an exclusive Paris restaurant
The comments below were festooned with love heart emojis posted by the two women – as well as from Carlo and Heloise’s mother, Mathilde Favier.
Ms Favier – ex-wife of Mr Agostinelli senior, who has since married again – is the head of public relations at Dior in Paris.
Ms Raducanu is Dior’s paid ‘global fashion and beauty ambassador’. It is this connection that is believed to have brought the couple together.
And the trip to Mexico City from which Mr Agostinelli junior and Ms Raducanu posted pictures of themselves looking into each other’s eyes was focused on a Dior fashion show. Ms Raducanu has certainly come a long way, fast.
Mathilde Favier and her son Carlo Agostinelli together in Mexico City last month
Emma Raducanu and Mathilde Favier at Dior event in Mexico City last month, from Carlos’ Instagram
It is only two years ago that she was a schoolgirl unknown to the wider public completing her A-levels at school in Orpington, south-east London.
But just weeks after putting her textbooks away, she enlivened Covid-stricken Britain by reaching the final 16 at Wimbledon, before withdrawing from the tournament after seeking medical attention.
Then, just two months later, she sensationally won the US Open – and £2million – and became a national sporting superstar.
Lucrative sponsorships flowed in from firms including Porsche and British Airways, as well as Dior.
Since then, however, she has dropped to 128th in the world, a long fall from the top ten last year. While she recovers from three operations she is not due to play again until September