Age: 31                                 
From: Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria                                    

Energetic and down-to-earth, Tegan is a former professional tennis player who now coaches the game. She started serving up aces on tennis courts in Johannesburg when she was just seven years old. Then, at the age of twelve, her close-knit family moved to Pretoria, where there were more opportunities to develop her game. She turned professional at 17. “Winning” is the most important word in the ambitious, home-schooled Tegan’s vocabulary. Even if it means picking the fastest queue at the supermarket! To destress, Tegan puts on her running shoes and hits the road, and she has come to love the challenges posed by ultra-marathons. Victory in a 160km race is one of her proudest achievements. Tegan shares a home with her dad, brother, and pet rabbit, Bolt. Will it be game, set, and match for Tegan on The Bachelor SA? Here’s hoping Marc can keep up with the pace!

Quirky Facts

• Tegan likes her name a lot and has a ton of quirky nicknames. Her family and close friends call her “Tink”. Thanks to her last name, Edwards, she’s also been “Eddy”. And then there’s “Princess”, because she’s such a girly girl for someone who looks like a tomboy.
• She’s a sugar freak, who can’t survive without copious amounts of sweet stuff, in whatever form. To balance out the calories, she sticks to sugar-free cooldrinks.
• Her hobbies are scrapbooking and baking - and eating raw dough!