(Melbourne) Former tennis player-turned-consultant Jelena Dokic on Monday slammed “disgusting” comments about her physique that were targeted at her on social media while covering the Australian Open.

The Australian, 39, conducts television interviews on Melbourne courts with the players after their matches.

“The ‘body shaming’ and ‘fat shaming’ the past 24 hours has been insane,” Dokic wrote on Instagram.

According to the former world No.4, born in Croatia and whose father is Serbian, insulting comments about her weight come from all over the world, but particularly from Serbia.

“And yes, many of these people are women. So much for ‘women supporting women’,” she added, referring to the “harmful and repugnant” comments.

Dokic, who said she was stalked and beaten by her father Damir for years, has previously spoken publicly about her mental health, revealing that she was close to suicide last year.

“The most frequent comment is ‘What happened to her, why is she so fat?’ “wrote the consultant on Instagram.

“I’ll tell you what happened, I find a way to survive and fight,” Dokic continued.

“And what I do and what happened really doesn’t matter, because size shouldn’t matter,” she continued.

“What matters is the online abuse, bullying and humiliation of fat people. That’s what matters, because those of you who do are just bad, mean, ignorant people,” she lamented.

Dokic, who won six titles in his career and reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2000, rose to prominence at the age of 16 in 1999 by beating world No.1 Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon.