PAT CASH is ready to say ‘I do’ again, after getting engaged to ‘soulmate’ Charlotte Hodson.

The 1987 Wimbledon champ, now 61, on Instagram with a gushing post.

Man in a suit and woman in a floral dress smiling at a tennis match.Tennis legend Pat Cash is engaged at 61 Credit: Instagram A smiling woman with blonde hair leaning on a man with a grey shirt and dark hair, with her arm around him.Cash announced his engagement to ‘soulmate’ Charlotte Hodson on Instagram Credit: Instagram

He wrote: “Every now and then, life can surprise you in the very best way. I’m so incredibly lucky to know that through an amazing string of coincidences I found my soulmate.

“I can’t help but believe God had it all planned to perfection. She said yes.”

was previously in a romance with Norwegian model, Anne-Britt Kristiansen, who he had two children with.

After they split, he married Brazilian beauty Emily Bendit, and they welcomed twin boys together.

In 2010, at the age of 45, Cash became a grandfather.

He has credited his children for saving his life, confessing, “I might have killed myself” after suffering with .

First love

When it has come to his love life, Cash has tried to remain private about who he was dating.

In 1985, he was playing in Houston and seeking treatment for a back injury.

He was taken out by his physiotherapist to a restaurant, where he would have a chance encounter with Scandinavian model Kristiansen.

They immediately hit it off and tried to maintain a long-distance relationship.

Black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo and a woman in a suit walking together.In the mid 1980s, Cash was in a relationship with model Anne-Britt Kristiansen Credit: Shutterstock Tennis player John Lloyd, wearing a Che Guevara cap, with his wife Chris Evert and their baby.In 1986, Cash and Kristiansen welcomed their first child, Daniel Credit: Getty Images Pat Cash celebrates his Wimbledon victory with his wife and child, holding the trophy.Cash celebrates winning Wimbledon in 1987 with Kristiansen and Daniel Credit: Getty Images

“We didn’t have mobile phones so we’d send letters or call,” Cash told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2013.

Kristiansen soon fell pregnant with their first child (Daniel, born in 1986) as Cash, then 21, began to rebuild his career following back surgery.

“We were just young people finding our way and raising a child together. Anne-Britt certainly cracked the whip on me.

“Mum always cleaned up after me, then all of a sudden I have this girlfriend who says, ‘I’m not doing any of that, forget about it.’ I was a hands-on dad.”

Soon after, their daughter Mia was born in 1988, but cracks began to appear.

Despite parting ways in 1989, Cash said he and Kristiansen “would never let the children hear us bickering and never say anything bad about each other”.

A year later

Cash, who once , was in love again in 1990.

This time it was with South American stunner, Emily Bendit, who was a maitre’d at a London nightclub.

A man and woman smiling with the man's arm around the woman's waist.Cash found happiness again in 1990 when he met Emily Bendit Credit: Shutterstock Black and white photo of a woman with long dark hair, laughing and sitting on a stool.Brazilian stunner Bendit was a maitre’d at a London nightclub Credit: Steve Lewis A man and a woman in patterned shirts smiling and embracing.Cash and Bendit divorced in 2002 after 12-years of marriage Credit: David Thorpe

He previously said: “Emily is a great woman. She took on two kids who weren’t hers.

“They say men try to find their mothers in their partners; to a certain extent it was like that. She was always cooking, inviting people over.”

In 1994, they welcomed twins, Shannon and Jett. He recalled, “fun days with summer barbecues and the kids running around with the neighbours” at their home.

However, Cash and Bendit divorced in 2002, after 12-years of marriage.

Reasons for their split were never disclosed.

Becoming a grandfather

At the not-so grand old age of 44, Cash became a granddad when Mia gave birth to a daughter called Talia.

“It’s like having a baby of your own,” he said back in 2013.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve gone to pick up Talia and said, ‘Daddy’s going to take you for a walk’, then I think, ‘Wait a minute, it’s grandaddy.'”

Mia added to her brood with a son she named after her dad.

Todd Woodbridge smiling with arms crossed, with the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in the background.Cash became a granddad at 44 Credit: Getty Images Pat Cash playing against Ivan Lendl during the Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles Final in 1987.In 1987, Cash became an icon after defeating Ivan Lendl in the Wimbledon final Credit: Empics Sport

“Little Patrick was named after me and his grandfather, so that was a proud and emotional moment,” he revealed.

He added: “I love spending time with the kids.”

His kids saved his life

Cash has been open about his struggles with his in the past.

From 19-35, he felt under immense pressure to perform and was crippled by injuries.

He admittedly experimented with recreational drugs to cope with the emotional turmoil, before checking into rehab in 1999.

Cash would go on to credit his children for pulling him through his darkest moments.

“If it wasn’t for my my kids, I might have killed myself,” he told The Guardian in 2014.

“I suffered from severe depression from the age of 19 until 35. It’s no secret I experimented with drugs when I was younger, but the real issue was why I felt the need to.

“It was down to the stress I was under playing for my country, the expectations I put on myself and the expectations people put on me.

Three men posing for a photo at an outdoor dining area.Cash shares a rare photo with sons Jett, left, and Daniel, right Pat Cash, coach of Coco Vandeweghe, intently watching a match at the 2018 Hopman Cup.In the past, Cash has been open about his struggles with his mental health Credit: Getty Images

“I ended up checking into rehab for depression. Things got better when I retired from playing professionally.”

A happy ending?

is now prepared to marry for a second time, after proposing to singer-songwriter and massage therapist, Hodson.

They made their public debut as a couple at in 2025, and were duly photographed in the Royal Box.

She has worked with rising American tennis star Kayla Day since 2023.

Hodson’s band, Chocolate Charlie have also toured on The Pat Cash Experience, a live show that combines tennis and music.

A smiling woman and man posing on a red carpet for the "Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition" World Premiere.Cash has found love again with singer-songwriter Charlotte Hodson Credit: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images A man and woman watch Wimbledon, the woman holding a program that reads "Championing Opportunity For All."Cash and Hodson were spotted in the Royal Box at Wimbledon Credit: Visionhaus/Getty Images Two people smiling at a stadium.Cash has called Hodson the love of his life Credit: Instagram

Last year, in a rare confession about his personal life, Cash poured his heart out about his fiancée.

“I don’t know if we’ll go down the marriage route, but she’s the love of my life that’s for sure,” he told The Mirror .

“It’s taken me all these years to find the woman of my dreams. Not that the other women weren’t fantastic, but she’s very special.”