Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova are known more for their sexiness than their tennis skills. Now there's a new sexy tennis player in town, and not only is she showing off her skills on the court, she's also letting the world see what she looks like under her tennis whites by posing in an upcoming issue of Playboy.

You may know Ashley Harkleroad as the tennis player who, earlier this year, had to sit out a few matches when she had a cyst removed from her ovaries. While recovering, she didn't just sit around wishing she was back on the court or watching endless hours of reality TV. Instead she was given the chance to bare it all in Playboy, and she used her time wisely to accept the fun offer. In a recent Reuters article, she stated: "I was just laying there for three weeks, and, you know, an offer came to me."

Harkleroad also added, "I thought, well, I'm not really doing anything right now so I thought about it and it was something that I did. I'm proud of my body. I was representing a female athlete's body."

While other athletes, such as Gabrielle Reece and Amanda Beard have appeared in Playboy, Harkleroad is actually the first tennis player to bare all for the magazine. "I stay in shape and try to stay fit, so like I said, I'm just trying to represent a female athlete and her body. That can be sexy too, you know." Harkleroad will grace the mag on July 13th.