The media-friendly former tennis player Ana Ivanovic (37 years old) and the famous former soccer player Bastian Schweinsteiger (40 years old) have broken up after nine years of marriage.

The famous sports couple met in 2014 and married in Venice in 2019.

Ana Ivanovic, who won the 2008 French Open and retired in 2016, and Bastian Schweinsteiger, a Bayern Munich and German football legend, have three children.

After months of speculation, Christian Schertz, Ana Ivanovic's representative, confirmed the separation due to "irreconcilable differences".

The lawyer told 'Bild' that the couple does not intend to make any statements about their breakup and asked that "fans understand and let them have their own space".

The causes of the "deep crisis" that has led to the breakup between Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger

Mail Sport reported in April that Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger were going through a "deep crisis" due to the tension that their different lifestyles was causing in their marriage.

Schweinsteiger, who was devoted to his role as a television commentator after triumphing atBayern Munich (2002-15), Manchester United (2015-17) and Chicago Fire (2017-19), had to travel frequently.

Ana Ivanovic, on the other hand, chose to spend more time in her native Serbia looking after her three children.

In June, it was reported in the German press that Schweinsteiger was seen kissing his alleged new girlfriend (Silva).