The qualifying rounds of the 2025 Italian Open are underway, with the main draw set to begin on Wednesday, May 7. Taylor Fritz and fellow American Tommy Paul are seeded No. 4 and No. 11, respectively, and will therefore receive first-round byes.
Their girlfriends, Morgan Riddle and Paige Lorenze, will also accompany them during their campaigns in the Italian capital.
Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul’s girlfriends will join them at the Italian Open
Fritz and Riddle met on a dating app, Raya, and are now frequently seen together on the ATP tour. The 27-year-old is a content creator, social media influencer, and fashion enthusiast. As of May 2025, Riddle holds an impressive 435k followers on Instagram.
Lorenze, meanwhile, is a social media influencer, content creator, fashion enthusiast, and entrepreneur behind her own clothing and lifestyle brand, Dairy Boy. She recently made an appearance at Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand event in Miami, wearing a white bikini paired with a sheer cover-up and high heels. Lorenze also frequently accompanies Paul on tour.
In keeping with tradition, both women have traveled to Italy to join their partners ahead of their Italian Open campaigns. Lorenze shared a picture of her luggage, apparently from the airport, and added a tiny aeroplane emoji to share the update online.
Meanwhile, Riddle shared a series of pictures from her journey on her Instagram story, accompanied by some brief notes. She shared her mirror selfie in the first story and added Italy’s flag emoji to it.
“Back to regularly scheduled programming,” she wrote.
The 27-year-old later shared a picture from a Japanese shop with different varieties of onigiri (rice balls) displayed.
“necessary stop before a month in Europe (onigiri tanakaya in East Village),” she captioned.
Riddle shared another picture of the Japanese shop from the Airport, with several other interesting products on display.
“They have lots of ingredients and the best rice for making your own two!!!” she wrote.
Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz last competed at the 2025 Madrid Open
Paul and Fritz last competed at the Madrid Open, but neither managed a deep run and exited the tournament with similar results.
Paul, who received a first-round bye, faced Brazil’s João Fonseca in an intense second-round encounter. Both sets were decided by tiebreaks, but the American ultimately prevailed 7–6(7), 7–6(3). Paul secured a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Karen Khachanov in the third round, but fell 2-6, 2-6 to Jack Draper in the fourth.
Fritz, meanwhile, was unable to carry the momentum from his standout Miami run into Madrid. The American, who was seeded third, received a first-round bye and defeated Christopher O’Connell 6-1, 6-4 in the second round. He then received a walkover win against Benjamin Bonzi in the third round, but lost to the eventual champion Casper Ruud 5-7, 4-6 in the fourth.
Fritz boasts a 16-7 win-loss record this season, while Paul has edged ahead with a 17-7 record. However, neither has claimed an ATP title in 2025. The two compatriots will begin their campaigns in Rome on Friday, May 9.