AS a promising young athlete with stars in her eyes, Rachel Stuhlmann might have dreamed of hitting the top spot in tennis.
But a plastic surgeon has said splashing out on cosmetic work over the years proves it is game over for Rachel’s competitive tennis career.
Recently, Rachel uploaded a video of herself to Instagram dressed in a bright red crop top and tennis skirt. While taking to the court and knocking around a few tennis balls, Rachel was seen promoting a can of energy drink.
One of the 31-year-old’s followers asked: “Sorry if this is a stupid question, have you played in any tournaments?”
Commenting on another Instagram post showing Rachel touting her clothing line another wrote: “Most attractive human on the planet in my opinion.”
Others have dubbed her the world’s sexiest tennis influencer.
While a video of Rachel showing her followers how to perform a forehand, saw one fan comment: “New approach to tennis.”
Interestingly, in an interview with the website Fanword, Rachel said of her career aspirations: “Already at a young age, I was eager to be the best player out there.”
She went on to add: “I was focusing hard on getting better and since I wasn’t born super athletic, I had to put in a lot of extra hours on and off the court.”
In an exclusive interview, plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Westreich told The U.S. Sun: “For Rachel’s purposes of becoming an influencer, the cosmetic work that she has had done has worked very well. The cosmetic work she has done is moving her career forward, at least on the current path. I don’t think that she is doing anything dangerous. Rachel still goes on the court, but it is more just showing up in tennis dresses. She stands there holding a tennis racket or slices the ball. It looks like Rachel can still play tennis and she has instructional videos. But most of what is happening now, at least on Instagram, is just posing on a tennis court. I cannot imagine that breast augmentation is going to help the tennis team.
“It will not impede, but I would imagine if she was at a professional level, the breast augmentation probably would be a negative. I think anything short of that, it is probably not affecting too much.”
Dr. Westreich speculates that Rachel has had one or two breast augmentations, as well as a possible Brazilian Butt Lift, rhinoplasty, and some lip filler.
“The cost is probably aggregate somewhere around $150,000,” he said.
“Maybe except for the size of the breast augmentations, all the work is done quite well. What is interesting is that Rachel really does look like a completely different person. Even when you look back to the images in 2017, which is only six years ago, it is still a pretty significant transformation.”
Through the years, Rachel has become one of the most renowned faces in tennis, but not because of her skills on the court. Touted as the world’s number one tennis influencer by Outkick and the 5-foot-11 player appears to have dramatically transformed her shape.
Still, the St. Louis-born busty brunette believed she had what it took to make it as a professional. Rachel started playing tennis regularly in high school, and when she joined the University of Missouri, Rachel played division one between 2010 and 2014.
After graduating, she began contributing as a writer to sites such as Tennis.com and worked for Bleachr LLC and TopCourt as a media manager and blogger. Today, Rachel’s busy YouTube channel features her experiences in tennis as well as how she keeps fit.
“It appears that Rachel has now become the world’s number one influencer in tennis instead of a professional player,” added Dr. Westreich.
“She has had quite a bit of cosmetic work done. Some of the look change is the spray tan, the styling, the eyelashes, and the hair and all that. It is a pretty remarkable transformation. It is very hard to tell if Rachel has had more than one breast augmentation. In 2013, she did not have this size, so I would say she might have had a second breast augmentation. Rachel’s body shape has changed significantly as well.
“In terms of the proportions of her waist, it is also possible that she had also a Brazilian butt lift. You can also get those sorts of changes purely with muscle building. I could be getting thrown off by the proportional changes to the rest of her figure as well. Plus there are changes to the type of clothing that Rachel is wearing at different times. In 2017, Rachel wears sports bras underneath her tank. Then in 2023, she does not. I do believe at some point between 2013 and 2017, Rachel may have gotten her nose done. In 2023, Rachel got her lips done. If you look at her Instagram, she has had lip augmentation. Overall, Rachel is in a certain kind of proportion. Obviously, this is a certain kind of proportion that some people strive for in her particular industry.”
