Novak Djokovic played in the first round of the Wimbledon tournament against a French tennis player who has a side gig: Modeling on the OnlyFans website. Alexandre Müller, ranked 41st in the world, faced the legendary Serbian on Centre Court. Müller, 28, has never managed to get past the second round in any of his 12 Grand Slam appearances. But he has amassed a huge fan base outside the world of sports thanks to his account on the notorious adult platform.
In his biography, he describes himself as “the sexiest professional tennis player from France.” OnlyFans, as is well known, is a paid platform where people upload provocative and sometimes semi-pornographic content to their private accounts and earn money from the public.
Müller, who has earned about $3 million in tennis prize money over his career, insists that he does nothing beyond uploading shirtless photos of himself in the gym.
The tennis player, ranked fourth in France, claims the site's management is trying to change its provocative image, and he actually enjoys showing behind-the-scenes content from tournaments around the world.
However, he clarifies that, unfortunately, he is not allowed to film or publish content from the locker rooms at Wimbledon, and he can only show public areas.
“My agent told me that OnlyFans wanted to support me. Of course, I wondered whether it was problematic to sign with them, but when I saw the project, I realized they really want to change their image. They support a lot of players—golfers, boxers, UFC fighters... a lot of athletes.
“At first my friends laughed at me. Then I showed them the platform, and they said: ‘Okay, this is actually really cool.’ Now everyone wants to join.
“I started two years ago. After two or three months, the ATP (the governing body of tennis) told me to remove the OnlyFans logo from my shirt sleeve. They said it didn’t suit the ATP’s image and wanted me to stop.”
“On Instagram, I only get messages from people who bet on me and lost, and they curse a lot. When I go on OnlyFans, there are only real fans who support me and send me nice messages—even after losses. I enjoy talking to people like that—not the ones on Instagram. About 99% of the people who contact me are really nice. No problem.
“People ask me what happens behind the scenes—what the gym looks like, the courts. I just upload tennis content. Do I upload provocative photos? No, no. I don’t do that. Because I don’t want to. My job is tennis player. Not adult film actor. I’ve received lots of messages like: ‘Alex, can you show me this?’—but I’m not giving up my body.
“I like to show people where I travel in the world, beautiful places, my routine. It’s not easy being a tennis player. We train every week, there are almost no vacations. But I enjoy this life.”