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6 of Tennis Pro Sloane Stephens’s Best SI Swimsuit Photos in Aruba

The athlete posed for photographer James Macari for the 2018 SI Swimsuit Issue.

Ananya Panchal

Sloane Stephens was photographed by James Macari in Aruba.

Sloane Stephens was photographed by James Macari in Aruba.

Tennis professional Sloane Stephens traded her tennis skirt for a series of edgy swimsuits in 2018 when she made her powerful SI Swimsuit debut with James Macari. She won her first Grand Slam singles title at the U.S. Open the previous year.

“After the U.S. Open, I went into the Sports Illustrated offices and I got to meet MJ [Day, SI Swimsuit editor in chief], and they were like, ‘You’re going to be in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit,’ and I was like, ‘You’re joking me,’” she said at the time. “This is not the most comfortable thing for me, to be in a swimsuit. It took a little push, but once I got past that barrier, I’m on a whole other level.”

The 30-year-old achieved her career-best ranking at No. 3 after the 2018 Wimbledon. She played in the French Open earlier this month and lost to No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.

Below are six of our favorite photos from her 2018 SI Swimsuit photo shoot in Aruba.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Before joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When she is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, Panchal can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast. Panchal has a bachelor’s in communications and journalism from Boston University.

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