American tennis star Sachia Vickery has revealed that financial pressures and injury setbacks pushed her to join subscription platform OnlyFans — a move she admits she never thought she would make.
“When I was younger dreaming about being a professional tennis player, it’s not something you think you’ll ever do,” the 30-year-old said in a recent interview. “But having a security blanket, something to do on the side and make good money from, doesn’t hurt. It’s given me a lot of financial freedom, even helping me fund my entire tennis career.”
Vickery, once ranked as high as world No. 73 in 2018, has struggled in recent years. A shoulder injury sidelined her for six months, and she has since fallen outside the top 500. While her career earnings are listed at $2.1 million, she insists that the figure is misleading.
“I can tell you, $2 million is absolutely nothing when it comes to tennis,” she explained. “I spent over $100,000 on coaching, fitness, physio, recovery, MRIs – people don’t see that part of it.”
The Florida-born player said her journey onto OnlyFans began after connecting with Australian star Nick Kyrgios earlier this year to create content for the platform’s TV wing. From there, she decided to post her own material. Within three months, she claims she earned six figures — “probably more than what I made at the slams,” she noted.
While OnlyFans is often associated with adult material, Vickery insists her posts remain within limits. “I have no sexual content on there. I have no nude content. Obviously, I have lingerie content, I have content where I’m really pushing the boundaries, but I’m never fully naked. I’ve never done sex videos,” she said.
She also acknowledged the stigma that comes with joining the platform. “When they see you have OnlyFans, they automatically connect you with being, like, OK, she’s a porn star. People don’t understand there’s a lot of different levels to OnlyFans. I saw it coming, and if it’s something that you can’t handle, you shouldn’t be on the platform in the first place. I don’t care what people think about me, I have extremely thick skin.”
Vickery suggested that other players, especially those ranked outside the top 100, are also eyeing similar paths. “We don’t have the luxury of having a safety net or financial freedom if we’re not inside the top 100. I have had players ask me curiously, what’s the money on there? Is it worth looking into?” she revealed.
She called on tennis’ governing bodies to rethink prize structures for lower-ranked players. “If you don’t want players on OnlyFans, why don’t we set up a system where you actually pay players outside of top 100 what we deserve? If tennis were a sport where players were getting paid what we actually deserve, you wouldn’t have people betting or doing OnlyFans or whatever it is,” Vickery argued.
Despite the controversy, the American says she has no regrets. Returning from injury at this year’s US Open qualifiers, she bowed out in the second round but stressed that OnlyFans has provided a crucial lifeline.
“If men want to throw money at me, why would I not take it? Wearing a bikini or wearing a swimsuit or working out is what I do all throughout the day. The only difference is, I’m documenting them now. For me, it’s not a big deal,” Vickery said.
Asked whether she would extend her OnlyFans career beyond tennis, she replied, “Right now, I’d say it’s a definite no. Pornography and sex videos, I don’t think I’d be able to do, but I’d be lying if I say I hadn’t thought about it.”