After Taylor Fritz was eliminated in the first round of the 2026 French Open (aka Roland Garros), there’s a strong case to be made that Ben Shelton is now the American with the best shot to make waves in this major tennis tournament.
The 23-year-old Shelton is the No. 5 seed in the tournament, which means that he wouldn’t have to face other world-class competitors like Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, or Novak Djokovic until later in the tournament. And his first round matchup arrived on May 25, against Spain’s Daniel Merida Aguilar.
One person who is rooting for Shelton to make a deep run in France is his girlfriend, USA women’s soccer star Trinity Rodman.
These two began dating in 2025 after several social media exchanges and are still clearly going strong. While Rodman’s own soccer season will most likely keep her from attending any of Shelton’s French Open matches, she’s surely keeping up with how he’s doing as much as possible.
Ben Shelton’s Birthday Message to ‘Beautiful’ Trinity Rodman Before French Open Warms Hearts
Rodman is about six months older than her boyfriend, and celebrated her 24th birthday on May 20.
While they weren’t together for it, this didn’t stop Shelton from showing Rodman love with a social media post he made that day, which was captioned, “24 😍 Happy birthday beautiful”.
One photo in the post shows them about to embrace outside, another shows them kissing at one of his matches, several others show Rodman spectating him, one is of them on a private jet together, and there’s another of them posing inside of what appears to be a Lamborghini.
The top comment on the post is from Rodman, who simply wrote, “❤️❤️❤️”.
It’s cool to see that these two are able to manage their own hectic schedules and ensure that the other is feeling support and special.
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