2. The new Olympic champion is dating Andreas Athanasiou. He
is an NHL player who plays for Los Angeles Kings - Nelly's favorite team
3. Nelly Korda's father Petr Korda is a former tennis player
who won the 1998 Australian Open and at some point of his career was ranked
second in the world. Her Mother Regina Rajchrtová (Korda) also has been a
professional tennis player.
4. Nelly Korda and her sister Jessica are the first
sisters to be paired together at the Solheim Cup. That happened in 2019 when
they won the two matches which they played as a team.
5. In 2013 when Nelly Korda was still 14 years old played at
the U.S. Women's Open where she managed to make the cut and finished tied for
64th.