| IVANLENDL | Czech winner of all tennis grand slams bar Wimbledon |
| JANANOVOTNA | Czech winner of the 1998 Wimbledon women's singles title |
| EMIL | Mr. Zatopek, Czech winner of the marathon at the 1952 Olympics (4) |
| RODLAVER | Australian winner of 11 men’s singles tennis grand slams |
| RACKETABUSE | Per the New York Times, this is the most common penalty at tennis' Grand Slams, well ahead of infractions like "audible obscenity," "visible obscenity," and "late for match" |
| LAVER | Only man to win two tennis Grand Slams |
| NADAL | Rafael -----, winner of 13 tennis Grand Slam titles (5) |
| SELES | Monica ---, Yugoslav-born winner of nine tennis grand-slam titles |
| AGASSI | Winner of all four Grand Slam singles events in tennis |
| STEFFI | Tennis Grand Slam name of 1988 |
| DONBUDGE | First male tennis Grand Slam winner, in 1938 (3,5) |
| BUDGE | First tennis Grand Slam winner, in 1938, Don ... (5) |
| GRAF | 1988 tennis Grand Slam winner |
| STAN | Three-time tennis Grand Slam tournament winner Wawrinka |
| USOPEN | Final tennis grand slam of the year (2,4) |
| WIMBLEDON | Penultimate tennis grand slam of the year (9) |
| NERO | Winner of all of his events in the A.D. 67 Olympics |
| USA | Winner of all three tug-of-war medals in the 1904 Olympics: Abbr. |
| ALTHEA | Gibson who was the first person of color to win a tennis Grand Slam event |
| LENDL | Ivan ____ won every tennis grand slam singles title except Wimbledon, and later coached Andy Murray |
