Lisa Bonder is regarded as one of the best American female tennis players of the 20th century. She won four titles in the 1981-1991 WTA tour before she retired.
Despite her complicated love life, she stole the hearts of many Americans through her skills and tactics as an athlete.
Did She Really Fake DNA To Dupe Kirk Kerkorian?
Lisa Bonder got herself involved in a child support lawsuit with her ex-husband, Kirk Kerkorian. The latter was an American billionaire and was considered one of the most important figures in the shaping of Las Vegas.
Bonder and Kerkorian dated for a while before she got pregnant. She wanted the child to be a legitimate child so she forced the billionaire to marry her. They got into a 30-day marriage contract with a prearranged divorce in 1999.
Bonder was 48 years younger than the billionaire when she married him. The marriage lasted for only one month. Before they tied the knots, they both signed a prenuptial agreement. The marriage only lasted for 28 days. The marriage was said to have ended when she told her billionaire husband to start a $25 million trust fund for her daughter, Kira.
During the child support lawsuit, Kerkorian suspected that Bonder’s ex-boyfriend Steve Bing was the father of Bonder’s daughter. This allegation was later confirmed by DNA paternity testing.
Bing later sued Kerkorian for $1 billion dollars for stealing his dental floss and the suit was settled eventually.
Lisa Bonder Career
Bonder was one of the best tennis players of her time. She turned professional on 21 June 1982 and played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1991. She won her first title in 1982 in Hamburg, West Germany, and the other three tournaments in Tokyo from 1982 to 1983.
Throughout her active career years, she did quite well and made a name for herself. Lisa Bonder reached a career-high ranking of no.9 and retired with a 139-126 win/loss record.
Here Are Other Facts About Her
1. Lisa Bonder spent her early life in Michigan
Lisa Bonder is the daughter of Seth and Julia Bonder. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 16, 1965. Her parents later divorced so Bonder was raised inSaline, Michigan.
Her father was an American engineer and founder of Vector Research, Inc. His parents were migrants from Russia. Since after her parents divorced, nothing was heard of her mother again.
2. Lisa Bonder has been married twice
Lisa Bonder’s first husband was Tom Kreiss whom she married on January 10, 1988. During that time she changed her surname to Bonder-Kreiss. Her husband, Tom Kreiss was also a tennis player but later stopped playing and ventured into business.
The couple had their first son, Tylor Jennings Kreiss on February 8, 1989. Kreiss was from one of the wealthiest families in the United States.
Bonder left Kreiss to be with shortly after their divorce.
3. Her daughter was denied her inheritance
After Kirk Kerkorian cut off Bonder’s daughter Kira from his will, her biological father Steve Bing died at the age of 55 after jumping from a 7th-floor apartment in Los Angeles.
Kira made a court appeal on her father’s $451 million will after she proved she was his daughter through taking a DNA test with a sample from Bing’s morgue.
Apparently, she was not the only child to contest the will. Her father had a son with an English actress Elizabeth Hurley in 2001.
While Kira was expecting to manage her father’s $451 million estates, her half-brother Damian also expected $330 million. Unfortunately, both of them were denied any inheritance from the will because according to their grandfather, they are illegitimate children.
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4. Bonder’s divorce settlements
Lisa Bonder made lots of money after her divorce from Kerkorian. She demanded $100,000 monthly child support and a $7 million trust fund for their supposed daughter.
Her ex-husband gave her $1.2 million to renovate her house and also paid her $50,000 monthly for child support.
after he passed in 2015 at the age of 98, Bonder contested his will and received $8.5million from his $4.2 billion fortune.
5. Her billionaire ex-husbands were dropouts
Kirk Kerkorian became a dropout in the eighth grade. He then trained as an amateur boxer under the name Rifle Right Kerkorian. He won the Pacific amateur welterweight championship at that time.
Even her first husband who instantly became a millionaire at the age of 18 dropped out of college. His grandfather died and left him over $600 million.
6. Height and weight
The 59 year-old retired tennis player stands 5 feet 10 inches tall (1.78m). She has blue eyes and blonde hair. She has not provided her other body measurements.
7. Net worth
Bonder’s prize money was $212,395 and her net worth is speculated to be nothing less than $1 million. Her net increased significantly after she received her divorce settlement for Kirk Kerkorian’s will.
