Tennis Star Sachia Vickery Defends OnlyFans Account: ‘Easiest Money’ ArticlePure

Sachia Vickery stays busy on and off the court.

The tennis player, currently ranked 559, went viral for defending her presence on OnlyFans this week. As she competes in the US Open 2025 qualifiers in New York City, Vickery found time to hit back at her critics in a recent Q&A on her Instagram Stories, where she discussed balancing her two worlds.

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“I’m very open-minded and I don’t care what people think of me,” said Vickery, per The Daily Mail. “It’s also the easiest money I’ve ever made and I enjoy doing it.”

Speaking more towards her stance on those who choose to go on the platform, Vickery said, per The Daily Mail, “I will never talk s— about girls on OnlyFans ever again for the rest of my life. Because the amount I made on there in my first two days, I am overwhelmed. I am just shook really.”

When PEOPLE reached out to Vickery for comment on Aug. 20, a representative stated, “The only comment we have is that what Ms. Vickery does on the OnlyFans platform should not be considered ‘sex work’ as stated in the Daily Mail article.”

The statement continued, “She posts suggestive material. There is no full nudity or sexual acts performed. The Daily Mail article misrepresented her, hence why no quotes were provided by Ms. Vickery.”

Additionally, the rep shared that Vickery “was off 6 months due to a major injury and in that time is when onlyfans was pursued, tennis was not stopped to go into onlyfans.”

In the Q&A, the athlete also discussed her relationship status, revealing that she now requires a $1,000 deposit fee to date her. 

“I no longer date for free due to the behavior of men I now require a pre-date deposit send me 1,000 and we can make it happen my cashapp is $Sachiavick,” she said, per The Daily Mail.

Hours after sharing her Q&A responses, Vickery doubled down on her statements by sharing a video in which she dances to a Jessie Reyez song in a bikini.

“Imagine hating me and I’m in my room like this everyday?? ?,” she wrote over the video. Vickery followed it up by sharing a screengrab from a $1,000 payment she got to “go out on a date.”

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“Y’all thought I was joking ??? ,” she wrote over the screenshot. “1k pre date deposit is now my requirement I no longer date for free due to male behavior think if it as a future investment like this gentlemen ?.”

Vickery is not the only tennis star venturing into OnlyFans. Male tennis pros on the platform include Alexandre Müller and Nick Kyrgios.