Aryna Sabalenka is the fiercest, loudest, most fearless presence on any court she walks onto, and off it she has found a partner who matches her energy in Georgios Frangulis, the Greek Brazilian founder of the global acai brand Oakberry. The world number one and four time Grand Slam champion now has him in her player box between his business calls, and the two of them have turned their romance into one of the most watched love stories in sport.
What makes their timeline so fun to follow is how openly Sabalenka has let it play out, right down to the running joke where she publicly nudged him to propose until he finally did. She went from a woman who once shrugged at the whole idea of a wedding to someone lighting up beside a candlelit pool with a twelve carat diamond on her finger, and she never once pretended to play it cool.
Here is how it unfolded, from the brand deal that first put them in the same room to the ring she now wears on court.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
January 2024: An Oakberry Beginning
Sabalenka signed on as an ambassador for Oakberry just before she claimed her second Australian Open title, which put her firmly in the orbit of the acai brand that Frangulis had built from a single idea in 2016 into a business with hundreds of stores across dozens of countries. The two reportedly first crossed paths through that business connection, and at the time it read as a straightforward partnership rather than the start of anything more.
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April 2024: First Seen Together
By April 2024 the two of them were being spotted out in public, and their bond deepened during a genuinely hard stretch of her life as she worked through a painful personal loss. Sabalenka has since credited Frangulis with helping her heal, describing how he kept cheering her up and made sure they found fun together when she needed it most. He slotted into her world quietly, showing up courtside and letting her set the pace of how public they became.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
August to September 2024: Going Public With Love
That summer Sabalenka opened up about how much Frangulis had steadied her, and the dynamic between them flipped the usual script in the best way. She is the decorated athlete, and he is the partner scheduling meetings around her matches and telling anyone who asks that they simply lift each other higher. By September she was posting warm birthday tributes, calling him her love and thanking him for support she described as priceless.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
August 2025: A Very Public Hint
During one of her US Open matches a couple in the crowd got engaged mid rally, and Sabalenka clocked the whole thing from the baseline. She glanced over at Frangulis and joked, “No pressure,” then admitted afterward that she was trying not to smile too hard while staying locked into her game. She called the moment sweet and wished the newly engaged couple a happy marriage, and fans immediately understood the subtext aimed at her own boyfriend.
Photo: Courtesy of Georgios Frangulis
January 2026: A Courtside Nudge in Brisbane
After defeating Marta Kostyuk to lift her third Brisbane title in four years, Sabalenka grabbed the microphone, thanked her team for putting up with her intensity, then turned the spotlight on Frangulis in the stands. She smiled and said she hoped she could soon call him something other than boyfriend, and the broadcast caught him laughing nervously as the crowd reacted. She owned it completely, adding that she was simply applying a little extra pressure.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
March 3, 2026: She Can Finally Call Him Her Fiance
The pressure worked. On March 3, 2026, Frangulis proposed beside a pool scattered with white rose petals, ringed by pink, green and white blooms and dozens of candles, and Sabalenka was caught completely off guard in light wash jeans, a plain white tee and flip flops with her hair in a braid. She covered her mouth, said yes, and shared the video with a caption that needed nothing else, “You and me, forever.” A second post landed the joke she had been building toward for months, telling everyone she could finally call him her fiance.
The reaction was immediate and enormous, with congratulations pouring in from across the sport including Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff, her close friend Paula Badosa, and even Amanda Anisimova, the rival who had beaten her in a Grand Slam final. The ring did its own numbers online. It centers on an oval cut diamond of around twelve carats surrounded by emeralds, which happen to be her favorite stone, set on a platinum band and designed over several months by Isabela Grutman of Isa Grutman Jewelry to be personal to Aryna. In classic Sabalenka fashion she later joked that she had asked for fourteen carats and landed on twelve.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
March 2026: Playing With the Ring On
Days after the proposal Sabalenka won her first Indian Wells title, and she refused to take the ring off to compete. At her press conference she explained that the team had double checked whether the diamond could come loose and found no chance of it, so she felt comfortable keeping it on, adding that it felt comfy and shiny. Then came the punchline that went viral on its own, when she said she hoped the sparkle might distract her opponent and work in her favor.
The joy spilled into the rest of her life too. Around the same stretch the couple welcomed a Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy named Ash, who turned up courtside for the trophy celebration and gave her growing world a soft new center.
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Spring 2026: In No Rush to the Aisle
For all the excitement, Sabalenka made it clear she plans to take her time with the wedding itself. She has said the celebration needs real planning because she wants to do it the best way possible and wants everyone there to have fun, floating a timeline of maybe a year and a half, maybe two. In the meantime the two of them keep collecting stamps together, from thanking Madrid for making them feel at home to quick stops in Vienna between tournaments, the kind of easy shared life that makes the countdown to the big day feel unhurried.
Photo: Courtesy of Aryna Sabalenka and Georgios Frangulis
