Derek Jeter will go down as one of the best to play the game of baseball. Apart from being a wonderful player, Jeter was also an excellent leader in the game. He was one of the very few athletes who did not involve in any controversy in a two-decade-long professional career.

Jeter was an outstanding ballplayer. No doubt about that. But when it comes down to personal life, the former New York Yankees captain was quite popular among women in his younger days.

From Mariah Carey to Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Minka Kelly, and a few others, Jeter has a long list of women he dated before marrying his model wife, Hannah Jeter. Apart from these popular names, Jeter reportedly dated a former Miss Universe.

Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta had a working relationship with Derek Jeter and Tiger Woods

Dating back to 2000, when Indian model, Lara Dutta was Miss Universe, baseball phenom reportedly dated Dutta. However, neither Jeter nor Lara has ever confirmed their relationship. 

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In 2001, the rumor of the two dating each other came into the limelight when she was attending golf legend Tiger Woods’ every charity event.

Per India Today, Lara clarified that Jeter and Woods were only colleagues. And she shared only a “working relationship” with them.

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However, A New York Post report even suggests that Derek was totally into Lara. He tried his best to establish a relationship with the 2000 Miss Universe. But Lara was not ready to have a relationship with the then-Yankees captain. So, it never went beyond that.

Currently, Jeter is the father of three lovely daughters with his supermodel wife, Hannah Jeter, whom he married in 2016. Lara Dutta, on the other hand, married the Indian tennis sensation, Mahesh Bhupathi in 2011.

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It has been over 20 years since Jeter and Lara met. But to date, none of them has said a word about their reported relationship with each other.

What do you think could be the reason Derek Jeter and Lara Dutta did not continue?