A complete timeline of Zendaya and Tom Holland's relationship

These days, there are vanishingly few celebrity relationships that seem destined to last. After last year’s swathe of shocking A-list break-ups, the “relationship goals” pool was looking disappointingly shallow. 

But one A-list couple who never cease to disappoint is the internet’s favourite transatlantic duo Tom Holland and Zendaya. 

Since they were first papped kissing in 2021, the pair have been pretty private about their relationship, save for Tom’s adorable habit of reposting pictures of Zendaya on his Instagram story, accompanied by some variation of the heart eyes emoji. 

But over the years they seem to have opened up a little more, most recently being spotted on a cute tennis date at Indian Wells in California over the weekend. The couple were watching the women’s final, and were spotted singing along to Whitney Houston in their courtside seats. 

The pair have been close friends since they were cast as the leads of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2016, but it didn’t take long for rumours to start to swirl about a potential romantic connection. 

Here’s a full timeline of Tom Holland and Zendaya’s friends to lovers romance. 

2016: Tom Holland and Zendaya are cast as co-stars in the reboot of the Spider-Man franchise

In March 2016, news breaks that Holland and Zendaya had been cast as the iconic couple