Mery ‘Xisca’ Perello (Rafael Nadal’s Wife) Age, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mery Perello

• Xisca Perello is the wife of the famous tennis player Rafael Nadal. She is the Projects Director at the Rafa Nadal Foundation.
  

• Her real name is Mery, but she likes to be called by her nickname Xisca.

• Mery Perello and Rafael Nadal attended the same high school, but they were in different classes.

• Xisca and Nadal started dating in 2005; after they were introduced by a common friend.
  

  Xisca Perello with Rafael Nadal in her younger days

• After completing her college studies, she started working for a company in London named “MAPFRE.” The company was also a sponsor for Nadal at the time. However, she soon had to quit after hearing several rumors that she had got the job only because of Nadal.

• Thereafter, she moved back to her hometown and started working for an insurance company.
  

  Xisca Perello at one of Nadal’s matches

• Even though she stayed away from the media, their relationship did not stay a secret for long. Pictures of them together started showing up in the newspapers, and the paparazzi were always around to take interviews of Xisca.
  

  Xisca Perello with Rafael Nadal

• Perello serves as project director for the Rafa Nadal Foundation. It is a charity which Nadal launched in 2008.
  

  Xisca Perello at an event organized by the Rafa Nadal Foundation

• She is a very reserved person. Once she explained as to why she was not with Nadal all the time-
  

  It would asphyxiate me and then he would have to be worrying about me.”

• Perello avoids the media and does not want the attention or the status of a celebrity. Once in an interview, she explained about her being away from the media-
  

  It’s not a world I want to be part of, nor do I think Rafa would have chosen to be with a woman who looked for that in life.”

• She rarely attends Nadal’s matches. Once, in an interview, she stated-
  

  We mutually decided to give each other space. Nadal needs space while competing and I would get tired if I had to just hang around waiting on his needs. If I followed him everywhere, I think there’s a risk we might stop getting along”

• Nadal proposed to Xisca in May 2018, and they got engaged. In July 2018, she was first spotted wearing her engagement ring during Nadal’s Wimbledon match.
  

  Xisca Perello spotted wearing her engagement ring

• She got married to Rafael Nadal on October 19, 2019, in Majorca, Spain; after being in a relationship for 14 years.
  

  Xisca Perello with Rafael Nadal after getting married