The Paige Spiranac of Tennis, Rachel Stuhlmann, Wraps Up 2022 In Dominating Fashion

What a year it's been for, Rachel Stuhlmann, the world's number-one tennis influencer, as named by OutKick. We're talking about a historic run like Roger Federer dominating tennis for four straight years as the No. 1 player.

While Paige Spiranac was busy dominating the tabloid headlines via her golf dominance, the other country club sport -- tennis -- was sitting in the corner fiddling its thumbs trying to figure out a way into the mix. Enter Stuhlmann, who now boasts a significant 231k Instagram follower count.

And she's delivering results to those followers.

Since the U.S. Open, she's been to Paris to influence the Rolex Paris Masters event and then she returned to the States for this past weekend's All American Tennis Cup where she handled interview duties. On Instagram, Stuhlmann described it as "An unforgettable weekend."

Then it was off to her home city, St. Louis, for another tennis event and now 2022 is over. It's time for the holidays and a chance to regroup before 2023 cranks up with what should be a trip to the Australian Open for Stuhlmann, who played college tennis at Missouri.

There are hundreds of tennis brands that would be dumb not to do a deal with Stuhlmann to get her on the ground in Sydney -- hey brands, it'll be summer down there if you were unaware -- to do some influencing. Think about how golf influencer and social media savant Alexandra O'Laughlin will pop up at golf events in Ireland where she's modeling a watch. That's what Stuhlmann should be doing in Australia.

And conducting interviews with tennis royalty.

And pumping out Instagram content for those in the U.S. dealing with winter.

Here's exactly how a brand should deploy Rachel in Australia:

I just guaranteed some tennis brand millions upon millions of eyeballs. Hire Stuhlmann for Australia and it's game on.

"With the ATP Finals wrapping up, this is the very rare and short time of the year that the tennis season is 'off,'" Stuhlmann wrote Monday on Instagram.

"I’m using this time to work on a variety of different projects, plan for next year, and spend time with family and friends."

And then coming back to dominate 2023.

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Joe Kinsey is the Senior Director of Content of OutKick and the editor of the Morning Screencaps column that examines a variety of stories taking place in real America. Kinsey is also the founder of OutKick’s Thursday Night Mowing League, America’s largest virtual mowing league. Kinsey graduated from University of Toledo.