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A pro tennis player without a clothing sponsor bought 'vintage' dresses online for the Australian Open: 'I've found them on eBay'
For Destanee Aiava, who doesn't have a clothing sponsor, her on-court styles were completely up to her. And she chose to pay homage to past champions.
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- Destanee Aiava wore vintage tennis outfits she found on eBay at the 2025 Australian Open.
- She sported replicas of dresses worn by past champions, including Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic.
- Aiava made it through three rounds of qualifying to earn a spot in the main draw.
If you've been following Week 1 of the 2025 Australian Open, you've probably noticed a lot of the same outfits.
Adidas has its players kitted out in bold red for the first major of the year, known as "The Happy Slam." Many of Nike's athletes, including Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz, are wearing green and yellow.
It's not uncommon for tennis players to wear the same kit throughout the entirety of a tournament due to their endorsement contracts.
But for qualifier Destanee Aiava, who doesn't have a clothing sponsor, her on-court styles were completely up to her — and she chose to pay homage to past champions Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki, and Ana Ivanovic by wearing their iconic looks from the late 2000s and early 2010s.
She couldn't get the gear through Nike or Adidas, though. Aiava bought the dresses secondhand online.
"I've found them on eBay — for double the price that they were originally for," she told tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg. "But yeah, I just like looking on Depop, Facebook Marketplace, eBay to find the old, vintage outfits that I loved when I was little."
Ranked just inside the top 200, the 24-year-old Australian-Samoan had to battle through three rounds of qualifying rounds to earn a slot in the main draw.
For her first match in qualies, she wore a light pink Nike dress that Sharapova sported at the 2012 US Open.
For round two, Aiava got her hands on a pink and purple number worn by Ana Ivanovic at the 2010 US Open. Robert Prange | Matthew Stockman
She wore a different pink Ivanovic dress for her third-round match, which propelled her into the main draw of the AO.
@BenRothenberg I was going to leave this to you but they've already played a whole 1 game and you haven't posted yet so I can't wait any longer - @destaneeaiava is in 2009 AO Ivanovic today
