She was one of the best tennis players and switched rackets for porn content

Ashley Harkleroad He went from playing professional tennis to becoming a porn star to make more money. The 37-year-old American tennis player, who reached the Top 50 of the WTA rankings, completely turned her life upside down.

She won 8 WTA titles and in 2003 managed to climb to 39th place in the ranking, her best professional score. Almost 10 years later, in 2012, the tennis player decided to retire.

After his retirement, he continued to comment on tennis matches on the American Tennis Channel. Once his internship as a commentator is overshe decided to try something radically new: to become a porn actress.

Harkleroad released an adult film in April of this year, on the OnlyFans platform, which has been a hit in recent months. The former tennis player appears in the film with her husband, also a tennis player, Chuck Adams. “Followers would pay up to five dollars for an erotic photo,” Ashley said.

It is not the first time that the former tennis player has moved to these areas, because in 2008 she became the first professional athlete to pose completely naked for Playboy magazine.

“I’m the first professional tennis player to be on the cover of Playboy and now on OnlyFans. Why not?”acknowledged with pride.

Formed by Batata Clerc

Ashley Harkleroad was named to be one of the great tennis players of the United States. It is that in the 90s I was a child prodigy in this sport and everything was on track for a great professional era.

In 2002 it was formed by the Argentine José Luis Clerc, who accompanied her in her early years in the WTA circuit. However, an injury and some bad career decisions about her shattered everything he imagined about her. Her beauty in her led her to be tempted by Playboy magazine, where she was on the cover and was seen openly showing her whole body, and her name was tied to that decision.

She was the first professional tennis player to pose nude. She scored 213 wins in her service record, eight titles and became number 39 in the world (January 2007). However, her name remained tied to Playboy. However, she does not regret it.

In a letter posted on the Behind the Racquet website, the former tennis player told her story, reflecting not only what it meant for her to be featured in the popular publication (“My Playboy cover highlights my tennis career and shows the my free spirit, “she said), but also the problems that a young woman trying to enter the professional world of tennis may encounter, such as eating disorders, personal relationships and borderline situations with contracts.

“At just 14 I was already the best tennis player in my country. At 15, I turned pro and signed a five-year contract with Nike. At 16 she was number 3 in the Junior world. At 17, I reached the Roland Garros Junior final and won a $ 50,000 Challenger. At 18 she was number 39 on the WTA rankings. Later, I tore my elbow ligament, decided to avoid surgery and took six months off to heal the wound, the only solution was to stop. Ever since I was 13 I treated tennis as if it were a job, now I saw myself burned and in a dark place, “she said in the publication.

“Around that time I developed an eating disorder. I didn’t know how to handle the pressure of the tour, my expectations doubled because of my family, my team and my managers. When I took that time off, I didn’t even lock my ranking, so I went from the top 50 to the top 200. Eight months later, I felt strong mentally and physically to play again, “he said in another heartbreaking one. paragraphs.

Harkleroad finally retired in 2012. Today she is the mother of two children.