Tennis pro laments lack of brand deals for 'sweaty' female players as they're given to WAGs of top stars

Tennis pro Daria Saville is ranked No. 108 successful the satellite and among the apical 10 champion players who correspond Australia.

Saville expressed her dismay with the deficiency of opportunities with brands arsenic companies person turned to the wives and girls of immoderate of the apical players successful the satellite alternatively of investing successful the players themselves.

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Daria Saville celebrates during her lucifer against Anna Blinkova astatine the Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park, Jan. 12, 2025. (Mike Frey-Imagn Images)

She sounded disconnected successful a video posted to her TikTok relationship connected Wednesday. She screen-capped the video, "Brands are choosing WAGs (wives and girlfriends) implicit existent athletes… why?

"Let’s speech marque deals for a second," she started. "Tennis aesthetics are successful close now, right? It’s each implicit the place, but pistillate tennis players are not getting those marque deals. It’s really tennis WAGs that acceptable into the ‘aesthetics’ alternatively than america sweaty tennis players.

"Spoke to a fewer influencer WAGs and they’re amazed that we don’t get the aforesaid opportunities. Is it that athletes are not arsenic relatable arsenic WAGs to the audience?"

Saville said a video of her getting acceptable to spell ticker her husband, Luke Saville, performed amended connected societal media than "day successful the life" videos.

Iga Swiatek shakes hands with Daria Saville aft their lucifer astatine the U.S. Open astatine USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center successful Flushing, New York, Aug. 30, 2023. (Geoff Burke-USA Today Sports)

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"I don’t know. Is it our personalities that each we bash is deliberation astir tennis? But I’ve got a property and it’s salty close now. Of course, the apical tennis players person their large sponsorships. Do selling teams deliberation tennis players are excessively niche compared to a WAG? Is that the full glamorous beingness compared to sweat life? Is it much inspiration to beryllium a WAG than a pistillate athlete?

"Honestly, it’s caput blogging to maine that brands are pickling influencers for their campaigns during Grand Slams. And I’m decidedly not the lone pistillate tennis subordinate that feels that way. Marketing girls, wherefore is that? Sorry if I came crossed salty AF. I’m done here."

Wives and girlfriends of tennis stars person built up their ain monolithic followings.

Morgan Riddle, the woman of Taylor Fritz, has much than 590,000 followers connected TikTok and different 435,000 followers connected Instagram. 

Paige Lorenze, the woman of Tommy Paul, boasts much than 933,000 followers connected Instagram and different 651,000 connected TikTok.

Taylor Fritz with his woman Morgan Riddle aft defeating Rafael Nadal successful the men’s last astatine the BNP Paribas Open successful Indian Wells, California connected March 20, 2022. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA Today Sports)

Tommy Paul and girlfriend, Paige Lorenze airs with the winner's trophy astatine the cinch Championship astatine The Queen's Club connected June 23, 2024, successful London. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Saville has 983,000 followers connected TikTok and astir 159,000 followers connected Instagram. She has 1 vocation singles title.

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