Former tennis star Anna Kournikova gave fans a glimpse of her daily life as a mom of three — just in time for Halloween.
Kournikova, 44, shared a rare family photo via Instagram on Saturday, October 18. The retired pro athlete shares son Nicholas, 7, as well as daughters Lucy, 7, and Mary, 4, with longtime partner Enrique Iglesias.
“🎃🎃⚽️🐥,” Kournikova captained her post, which included an image of the family seemingly wearing their Halloween costumes.
Kournikova wore a chicken suit with sunglasses while her daughters twinned in pumpkin costumes with matching orange Crocs. Nicholas, for his part, dressed up like a soccer star and crouched in front of his mom.
Several of Kournikova’s followers took to the comments section to share their disbelief about how much Nicholas, Lucy and Mary have grown.
“Kids are getting so big! So adorable!” a fan account wrote, with another adding, “So cute!!!! So happy you’re back posting my love, we missed you so much.”
Another fan replied, “I love it!! The sweetest little pumpkins and mama ducky.”
Kournikova and Iglesias, 50, have been together since 2001 after meeting on the set of his “Escape” music video. Since then, the pair have often kept their romance relatively private.
“When we met — although she came from the sports world — in a way, we kind of got each other,” Iglesias recalled to People in October 2023, detailing the origins of their love story. “She knew what my world was like. I kind of knew what her world was like. So that understanding helped a lot.”
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova fell for each other hard and fast, and now they are one of the strongest — and most private — couples in Hollywood. The King of Latin Pop and the former professional tennis player met in December 2001 on the set of his “Escape” music video, in which they had […]
He continued, “We just started connecting little by little and got stronger and stronger and stronger.”
According to Iglesias, he and Kournikova spend most of their days taking care of their little ones.
“When I pick them up from school and they’re having a bad day or one of them is crying or they’re fighting, we say, ‘Guys, what’s your favorite song?’” Iglesias told People at the time. “Then one breaks out into [my song] ‘I Like It,’ and then they all start singing it, and it’s so cute. I’m just enjoying now. I’m enjoying every single day.”
Iglesias previously explained how he and Kournikova have managed to keep their family life to themselves.
“It’s not that tough [to stay under the radar],” Iglesias said on Australia’s Today Tonight in November 2011. “You’ve got to have a sense of humor. [There have been rumors] I’ve been married about 28 times, have kids all over the world. … I think I’ve got twins in Australia, in Perth. Truly, you just laugh at it.”
As for Kournikova, she also has been candid about why the longtime couple never tied the knot.
“[Marriage] isn’t important to me,” Kournikova explained Women’s Health in 2020. “I’m in a happy relationship — that’s all that matters. I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.”
At the time, Kournikova did predict that having kids would be in her future.
“I absolutely want to have children, whether I have my own or adopt,” she said. “I love taking care of people.”
