Editing Richard Krajicek (section)

==Personal life==
Richard Krajicek is the son of [[Czech people|Czech]] immigrants and grew up in [[The Hague]]. In primary school, he was in the same class as later professional [[Road bicycle racing|road bicyle racer]] [[Michael Boogerd]].<ref>{{cite web| last= Gelink| first= Roeland| date= February 2020| title= Michael Boogerd brak door in Bezuidenhout| url= https://bezuidenhout.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Editie-Februari-2020-BZHNieuws-70.pdf| trans-title= Michael Boogerd broke through in Bezuidenhout| website= Bezuidenhout.nl| language= Dutch| access-date = 12 May 2025}}</ref> In the nineties Krajicek had a relationship with Italian actress and model [[Lory Del Santo]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tio.ch/people/gossip/1256324/lory-del-santo-i-cried-only-for-richard-krajicek|title=Lory Del Santo: "I cried only for Richard Krajicek"|website=Ticinonline|date=1 May 2018|language=it|access-date= 15 July 2020}}</ref> with whom he had a son who was born prematurely and died of an infection after two weeks of life.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.corriere.it/cronache/22_luglio_31/lory-del-santo-intervista2-a921074a-0f3b-11ed-ab90-1e61a5c98d2a.shtmll |title=Lory Del Santo: "Eric Clapton e la morte di nostro figlio? Questione di secondi. Marco Cucolo non sa che fare di sé, ma va bene così" |date=31 July 2022 |language=it |access-date=2022-07-31}}</ref> In 1999, he married model, writer and hostess of Holland's Next Top Model and Benelux's Next Top Model, [[Daphne Deckers]], with whom he lives in [[Muiderberg]] and has two children (a son and a daughter).<ref>[https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/44842327/alec-deckers-over-achternaam-ze-dachten-ons-meer-anonimiteit-te-geven Alec Deckers over achternaam: ’Ze dachten ons meer anonimiteit te geven...’] – website of Dutch newspaper [[De Telegraaf]]</ref> Nicknamed "de Kraai" ([[Dutch language|Dutch]] for "the crow") in his home country, one of Krajicek's siblings is [[Michaëlla Krajicek]], a half-sister and fellow tennis professional. A distant cousin of his is another tennis player, the American [[Austin Krajicek]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/NCAA-champs-storm-E-ville-Futures-event-10434489.php|title=NCAA champs storm E'ville Futures event|date=11 August 2011|website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer}}</ref>

Krajicek is a member of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD), a political party in the Netherlands.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2009/11/Krajicek-schrijft-mee-aan-VVD-verkiezingsprogramma-ELSEVIER251046W/ Krajicek schrijft mee aan VVD-verkiezingsprogramma] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908111708/http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2009/11/Krajicek-schrijft-mee-aan-VVD-verkiezingsprogramma-ELSEVIER251046W/ |date=8 September 2014 }}, Elsevier, 17 November 2012</ref>