Zverev ‘settles assault case together with his ex-girlfriend out of courtroom’

Alexander Zverev has reportedly settled his assault case with his former girlfriend Brenda Patea out of court. 

The German tennis player, 27, had been accused of ‘physically abusing Patea and damaging her health’ during an argument that took place in May 2020. 

The news came just hours before he was set to appear in the semi-finals of the French Open, with journalist Jonathan Crane writing on X (formerly Twitter) that ‘both parties have now reached an out-of-court settlement.’

The reporter adds that ‘there is no admission of guilt by Zverev.’

The World No 4, who clinched his first title of the season at the Rome Masters in May, will now face off against Casper Ruud in the semi-final of the men’s singles at Roland Garros on Friday, having beaten Alex de Minaur in the quarter-finals on Wednesday in three sets.

Alexander Zverev (right) has reportedly settled his assualt case with his ex-girlfriend Brenda Patea (left) 

Journalist Jonathan Crane broke the news on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday morning 

The case had been settled ‘out of court’ with the tennis player (left) making ‘no admission of guilt’ 

He also beat 14-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal in the first round of the tournament with speculation arising ahead of the Grand Slam that this could have been the Spaniard’s last appearance at Roland Garros.  

Zverev had received an order from a Berlin court to pay a fine of close to £392,000 for physically abusing Patea, a model and the mother of his child, on October 2 last year.

The 27-year-old denied the allegations made against him and subsequently contested the penalty order – which led to a public trial, that began on Friday, May 31 in Berlin.

On the first day of the trial, both sides had outlined their arguments with the prosecutor stating that after a ‘heated argument’ at a Berlin apartment, the ATP Tour tennis player is alleged to have pushed Patea against a wall and strangled her with both hands.

Zverev’s defence lawyer, Alfred Dierlamm, said the accusations were ‘unfounded and contradictory’. He added that the court would later see messages and hear from witnesses which would give an objective picture of the events’.

The trial was set to continue into June and July and there was also a possibility that Zverev could have missed Wimbledon – which will run between July 1-14.

There was also a chance that the German could have been summoned to court during the French Open, but it appears he has remained in Paris over the last fortnight, having not been required to attend the trial in person.

Zverev and Patea are thought to have dated for less than 12 months between 2019 and 2021 when their daughter Mayla was born.

Ahead of the beginning of the French Open, the world No 4 had been asked whether the trial would be a distraction.

Patea (pictured left) had alleged Zverev of phisically abusing her back in 2020 and claimd he had strangled her 

Zverev and Patea are thought to have dated for less than 12 months between 2019 and 2021 when their daughter Mayla was born 

 Zverev was fined nearly £400,000 by a German court after the accusations were made, but has since denied the allegations which led to the commencement of a trial on May 31 

The tennis player has advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open and will play Casper Ruud on Friday

He said: ‘Not at all. I believe in the German system. I believe in the truth, as well. I know what I did, I know what I didn’t do.

‘At the end of the day, that’s what’s going to come out, and I have to trust in that.

‘I’m not going to lose this procedure. There’s absolutely no chance I mam. That’s why I can play calmly, and I think my results have been showing it.’

His representative Schertz Bergmann, stated that the penalty fine was ‘scandalous’.