Ayan Broomfield is a Canadian tennis player, actress, and model best known for being the girlfriend of rising American tennis star Frances Tiafoe. She first rose to prominence as a college tennis player at UCLA before her relationship with Big Foe brought her to the limelight. She has further garnered attention for appearing as one version of Venus Williams in the 2021 biographical film King Richard.
In 2022, Ayan became the center of attention again as her boyfriend wowed the crowd at the 2022 US Open. She has since continued to garner interest even though her tennis playing career has somewhat taken a backseat to her work in front of the camera. Below is more about her.
Ayan Broomfield Biography Summary
- Full Name: Ayan Broomfield
- Date of Birth: August 13, 1997
- Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ethnicity: Mixed
- Nationality: Canadian
- Education: Clemson University and University of California, Los Angeles
- Profession: Tennis Player, Actress, and Model
- Height: 1.70 m (5 feet 7 inches)
- Weight: 68 kg
- Net Worth: $1.5 Million
- Marital Status: Dating
- Boyfriend: Frances Tiafoe
- Ayan Broomfield Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Broomfield
- Instagram: ayan.broomfield
Ayan Broomfield is a Canadian
Ayan Broomfield is a native of Canada. She was born in Toronto, the capital city of the province of Ontario, on August 13, 1997. Much about her early life is not known, but it is public knowledge that Ayan spent the bulk of her childhood in her home country before moving to the United States to attend college.
She attended Clemson University, where she studied Language & International Trade. Ayan would later transfer to the University of California, Los Angeles, in July 2017, where she completed her studies.
Who are Her Parents?
Ayan Broomfield’s parents are simply known as Mr. and Mrs. Broomfield. Much about them, including their first names and what they do for a living, is not known even though Ayan has shared photos of them on her social media page. While a few publications have reported her parents’ names as Frances Taifoe Sr. and Alphine Kamara, this is not true as the aforementioned duo are the parents of Ayan’s boyfriend, Frances Tiafoe.
Because there is a dearth of information available about her family, it is not clear how many siblings the tennis star has. However, she is reported to have an elder sister named Kai, who played college tennis at Marshall college.
Ayan is an NCAA National Champion
Ayan Broomfield had a decent career as a college tennis player. She first played at Clemson University from January 2016 to May 2017 before transferring to UCLA, where she found some success.
In 2019, as a member of the UCLA Bruins, Ayan teamed up with Gabby Andrews to win the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship. The duo defeated University of Michigan’s Kate Fahey and Brienne Minor to win the NCAA doubles championship. Her performance and subsequent victory in the doubles competition ensured that she was voted the ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year and was an All-Pac-12 honoree and a Pac-12 All-Academic selection.
She Has Won Two Doubles Titles on the ITF Tour
Ayan Broomfield may not have achieved as much as her boyfriend in tennis, but she has a few titles to her name. The Canadian, who mostly competes on the ITF circuit, won her two doubles titles on the tour. Her first was alongside Maria Patrascu in 2014, while her second victory came the following year alongside Marie-Alexandre Leduc.
Ayan enjoyed her highest career ranking in 2015 as she was ranked world number 680 in singles and world number 467 in doubles. She has since dropped off in the rankings as in 2022, she was ranked 1,578th in the world in the singles rankings.
Is Frances Tiafoe’s Girlfriend in King Richard?
Ayan has done some work in front of the camera, albeit in a body double role. In 2021, she featured in the Will Smith movie King Richard, where she appeared as a body double for actress Saniyya Sidney, who played the role of Venus Williams.
King Richard was not Ayan’s first production. In 2019, she featured in an Amazon Prime short documentary titled “Ayan Broomfield Tennis Story.”
Ayan Broomfield and Frances Tiafoe Began Dating in 2015
Ayan Broomfield has since 2015 been in a romantic relationship with Frances Tiafoe. The Canadian tennis player met her American counterpart through a mutual friend named Vickie Duval, who is also a tennis player. They began dating in 2015 but only went public with it in 2018.
According to Frances, his first communication with Ayan was via Instagram, and as time passed, they got closer and eventually started dating. The couple gained attention in 2020 when they created a video with other tennis players to raise awareness of racial abuse amidst the death of George Floyd. They have since then been pictured together at various events.
Ms. Broomfield is notably always in the stands when her boyfriend is playing. She was heavily pictured in 2022 at Flushing Meadows when her husband became the talk of the town with his exploits at the US Open.
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