Carson Branstine, a professional model, will fulfil her dream on Monday as she makes her debut at Wimbledon.
It will be interesting to see if she can cause an upset as she faces tournament favourite and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Court 1.
The Canadian is currently ranked at 190. She financed her WTA career through different means.
The stunning brunette has been earning money through modelling to pay for her tennis expenses.
She said: “I love being in front of the camera during a shoot. It’s fun, I love fashion.
“It’s been one of the reasons I’ve been able to pay some of my trips.
“I didn’t want to ask my parents for anything. I wanted everything to come from me and from my tennis.
“I wasn’t signed by these agencies because of my tennis, it was for my look.
“Modelling and tennis are weirdly similar: you are an object a lot, and people sometimes forget you’re a person too.”
She won three matches in the qualifying round to reach Wimbledon, including a victory against Lois Boisson, who was a French Open semi-finalist.
Her account is full of pictures from her tennis and modelling lives. One fan hailed “beyond gorgeous” and “Goddess of Olympus” and “perfection”.