Jelena Dokic goes public with new romance as the identity of her mystery man is finally revealed

Former Australian tennis champion Jelena Dokic has gone Instagram official with her new boyfriend Yane Veselinov.

The 42-year-old sports commentator shared a loved-up photo of herself and Yane to social media on Monday alongside a sweet caption.

Jelena gushed over her man, writing: ‘You are my calm, safe, peaceful and happy place. So glad I found you.’

Little is known about Yane, who is a hospitality operations manager, but his Instagram bio describes him as a ‘food and wine enthusiast, pleasure seeker and life enjoyer.’

Many of Jelena’s followers flocked to the comments to express their excitement over her relationship news.

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Former Australian tennis champ Jelena Dokic has gone Instagram offical with her new boyfriend Yane Veselinov

‘Oh YAYYYYYY!!!! So happy for you xxxx you deserve all the joy and happiness life has to offer,’ one person wrote.

‘This is so amazing, so happy for you beautiful,’ another said while a third added: ‘So happy for your happiness – you deserve this love.’

It comes after the couple were seen cuddling up at Melbourne Airport back in May.

Jelena was seen exiting her flight and grinning broadly as she accepted a warm embrace from her bearded man as she entered the terminal.

Late last year, Jelena revealed she has been ‘closed off’ to finding love ever since she split from her long-time Brazilian boyfriend Tin Bikic.

The couple were together for almost 19 years before announcing they had ended their relationship in 2021.

Despite saying that her walls have been up ever since, Jelena took to Instagram to make the heartbreaking admission that she’s ‘scared of being alone’ for the rest of her life.

‘Love. It’s been a challenging personal period. We don’t talk about this enough but relationship breakdowns are so tough,’ she said alongside a selfie.

It comes after the couple were seen cuddling up at Melbourne airport back in May

Jelena was seen exiting her flight and grinning broadly as she accepted a warm embrace from the bearded man as she entered the terminal

‘And if you have been the one left hurt or abandoned then let’s be honest, it’s just life shattering. And as you get older, it only gets tougher with more scars, pain and hurt.

‘My 19-year relationship ended 4 years ago and while we will always care for each other especially because we were together since we were 20, that chapter is over.’

Jelena went on to say that she was ‘built’ to love one person ‘unconditionally and so fully that it gets me in trouble’.

‘It turns into heartbreak and pain,’ she bemoaned. ‘I put up walls 4 years ago and I said they are never coming down.

‘But as life likes to show us, not everything we plan or think will happen actually does. So, of course, someone brought those walls down and I got hurt. Badly.

‘So, I guess the question is: Do we keep our walls down and hope love comes along? Or do we never give it a chance again and don’t allow the walls to come down?

‘There are people that will have different answers. I have now been alone and closed off for 4 years and I still don’t know what the answer is.’

Jelena and Tin Bikic were together for almost 19 years before announcing they had ended their relationship in 2021. Pictured together in 2013

The Australian tennis commentator said she now has ‘a lot of abandonment issues’ from her past, which make her ‘feel like I will be alone forever’.

Jelena was referring to the horrendous abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and tennis coach Damir Dokic. 

‘Am I the only one scared of being alone for the rest of my life?’ the media personality candidly asked her fans. 

‘Bringing walls down has also brought some feelings and triggers I never had before and I don’t know how to react or what to do,’ Jelena continued in the lengthy missive. 

‘Bottom line is it’s tough and what do we do? Close ourselves off forever or get hurt and feel pain in order to one day maybe feel that unbelievable and crazy love again?”

Jelena ended her searching questions by saying she had come down on the side of hope and openness.

‘I will never give up and one day those walls will come down again and hopefully the wait, pain, hurt and disappointment will be worth it and I will find that amazing love,’ she said.  

Jelena was left ‘shattered’ in the aftermath of her split from her long-time boyfriend Tin Bikic in 2021, revealing last year how heartbroken she was.