American tennis player Sachia Vickery has revealed that more of her contemporaries are signing up for OnlyFans because they’re frustrated with how little the sport pays its players.
A member of OnlyFans since 2025, Vickery shared her thoughts on the matter in an Instagram story after a call for questions from her followers, with the phrase “Been a while, ask me the tea.”
“Why do you think more tennis player are joining OF since you started on the platform?” one of the followers asked.
“Because they’re tired of being financially abused by the tennis circuit and want to live a good life,” Vickery replied, adding a laughing emoji.
“People have families and bills to take care of; at some point, they’re gonna look into other avenues of income,” she added.
Vickery also explained how she uses the platform. “I take my OF to the next level, but that’s a personal choice to maximize my account,” she said.
Born in Miramar, Florida, Vickery is 31. Her best singles ranking on the WTA Tour is 73rd in 2018. She is now ranked outside the top 600. According to ESPN, her total career earnings stand at around $2.2 million.
An official from Vickery’s camp told People magazine that she created her OnlyFans account while out of action for six months due to a major injury, and that she didn’t quit tennis to create it. It costs $12.99 per month to subscribe to her page.
In an interview with CNN in August 2025, Vickery stated that she had spent more than $100,000 on coaching, fitness, physical therapy, recovery, and scans. She claimed that players outside the top 100 are not paid what they should be paid, and she expects more players to sign up.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if I started seeing more players on there,” she said.
However, she is not the only tennis player using OnlyFans. Australian Nick Kyrgios created his page in 2023. In 2025, French tennis players Alexandre Muller, Chloe Paquet, Oceane Dodin, and Jonathan Eysseric signed sponsorship agreements with the platform, NSS Sports reported, citing the French sports newspaper L’Equipe. Spanish Pedro Martinez has also joined.
In March, Hungarian Panna Udvardy, then a top-100 player, announced she was joining OnlyFans after threats against her family that she had posted online during a tournament in Antalya, Turkey. Former top 100 player Arina Rodionova from Australia has an OnlyFans page too.
Players outside the top 100 have to pay for their own travel, coaching, accommodation, and food. These expenses exceed the amount of prize money they earn at smaller tournaments.
OnlyFans has reached out to athletes in sports other than tennis. Around 285 professional athletes are members of the platform, a spokesperson told Front Office Sports in May. The company takes 20% of its creators’ earnings.
