Alexander Zverev has agreed to a settlement after the mother of his child accused him of physical abuse and a German court closed the case on Friday, lawyers for the French Open semifinalist said.
The agreement includes a monetary condition of €200,000 ($217,820), according to German media, with the player not guilty of any wrongdoing.
“The trial against Alexander Zverev was suspended today by the court with the agreement of the public prosecutor’s office and Ms. Brenda Patea,” the player’s lawyers said in a statement.
“Alexander Zverev agreed to this… to shorten the trial, especially in the interests of the child they have together. Alexander Zverev remains innocent.”
The decision comes hours before the 27-year-old Zverev faces Casper Ruud in the last four of the French Open on Friday.
The German was ordered last year by the Berlin-Tiergarten court to pay an undisclosed fine in the case in which his lawyers challenged the court order.
The world number 4 had rejected his ex-girlfriend’s accusation that she was the victim of bodily harm during an argument in 2020.
The couple had a daughter in 2021, but by then they were no longer together.
In January 2023, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) closed an investigation launched after another ex-girlfriend, tennis player Olga Sharypova, accused Zverev of domestic violence. The ATP cited insufficient evidence as a reason to drop the case.
