Emotional moment Aussie tennis hero Jelena Dokic chokes back tears as she praises Ash Barty for Wimbledon win– and reveals why footage of her parents cheering broke her heart

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Former tennis champion Jelena Dokic has fought back tears while reliving Australian women's world number one Ashleigh Barty's Wimbledon triumph.

Barty, 25, is the new queen of Wimbledon after beating World No.13 Karolina Pliskova in an epic three-set final to claim her second grand slam title on Saturday.

Heartwarming vision of Barty's parents Rob and Josie celebrating their youngest daughter's title win back home in Queensland sparked a lump in Dokic's throat during Channel Nine's tennis coverage the next night.

Dokic, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist, was choked up with emotion as she paid tribute to Barty's supportive parents.

The former world number four had a different upbringing where she allegedly suffered horrific abuse at the hands of controlling father Damir during the early stages of her tennis career.

Jelena Dokic became emotional while paying tribute to Ash Barty's parents Rob and Josie (pictured with their daughter)

'I just want to get this out before I fall apart,' Dokic began.

'I want to give a shout-out to her parents, Robert and Josie, because people underestimate the importance of family. She (Barty) talks about that all the time.

'As someone who didn't have that support, it is so important. This will set an example for parents in Australia and around the world; not how to raise a champion but a genuinely wonderful human being.

'This is how you support them. You don't pressure them, you're there for them and this is why she's there. So, big shout-out to them, well done.' 

Dokic opened up about the alleged mental and physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father Damir in her 2017 autobiography Unbreakable, where she claimed he regularly beat and whipped her from the age of six.

She alleged she was whipped with a leather belt if she had a bad training session and her shins were kicked with heavy dress shoes, often leaving her bruised and bloodied.

The tennis legend claimed the worst beating she endured at the hands of her father was after losing early on at the 2000 du Maurier Open in Canada.

She has given up on ever reconciling with her estranged father after his refusal to apologise.

Australian womens world number one Ash Barty (pictured) claimed her second grand slam title at Wimbledon

Jelena Dokic (pictured early on in her tennis career as a 17-year-old) claims she suffered abuse at the hands of her controlling father

Dokic's emotion was sparked by footage of Barty's parents celebrating the moment Ash won the Wimbledon crown.

They watched the Wimbledon final at the home of her daughter's manager Nikki Mathias on the Gold Coast.

Her dad watched the match sitting on the loungeroom floor to allow the family dog to sit on the couch. 

Barty's good friend and fellow Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua also paid tearful tribute to her parents. 

'They are just the most beautiful parents and I think to all parents out there that have kids in sport, take a look at Josie and Rob and how they've raised their daughter,' Dellacqua told Sports Sunday.

'She's got two sisters as well that she's extremely close with and I know face-times them a lot.

'I really want to say to Josie and Rob, congratulations for not only raising a great tennis player but a great human being. I think that's something that I really want to get across because Ash is.

While the rest of the family celebrated with a glass or two of champagne, Mr Barty celebrated his daughter's title with a can of Coke Zero. 

Barty was on the phone to her parents back home within an hour of her famous victory, two years after her maiden grand slam at the French Open. 

Rob and Josie Barty (pictured) cheered on their daughter Ash (left) from home on Saturday night

Mr Barty recalled how his daughter at the age of nine asked whether Serena Williams would be still be playing when she became world number one and how the precocious talent proved everyone wrong, including him.

'We are completely overjoyed. I loved tonight when things were going against her that she smiled and didn't let things get to her and that comes back to (mental coach) Ben Crowe,' Mr Barty told News Corp shortly after her win.

'Winning Wimbledon was something she spoke to her first coach Jim Joyce about on several occasions.'

He opened up about how close his daughter came to not picking up a racquet again after she quit the sport indefinitely to pursue other interests, including a cricket stint with Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash Women's League.

A hit on the court with Dellacqua in 2016 reignited Barty's love for tennis as she climbed from 325 in the world to the number one.

'I was 100 per cent certain she would never return to tennis. It was done and dusted,' Mr Barty recalled.

Rob and Josie Barty had no idea daughter Ash (pictured as a youngster) would go on to become the women's tennis world number one, let along win Wimbledon

He and his wife represented their state in golf and had no idea their youngest daughter would one day play on tennis' biggest stage.

'We weren't tennis players. We were golfers,' Mr Barty said. 

'We just thought she was one of these kids that could do everything.

'We had no idea. People used to say how good she was at tennis but we just thought she was a kid having fun.'

He insists there's no favourites in the Barty household and that Ash's older sisters Sara and Ali are treated the same as her.

'We're always onto them, all three girls,' he said.

'Even though they're women now, we tell them you've got to be respectful, you've got to treat them well and you've got to be a nice person.

Australian Ash Barty has won her second tennis grand slam after winning the Wimbledon final