| VENUSWILLIAMS | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| MARGARETCOURT | Australian tennis player who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| RITADOVE | First African-American woman to hold the post of U.S. poet laureate |
| ASHBARTY | First Australian woman to achieve No. 1 ranking in tennis: Evonne Goolagong Cawley; second Australian to achieve the No. 1 ranking: ? (3,5) |
| ELS | South African golfer Ernie who held the #1 ranking in 1997 |
| PETESAMPRAS | Youngest man in tennis's Open Era to win the US Open at 19 years 28 days (1990): 2 wds. |
| LLEYTONHEWITT | Second-youngest man in tennis's Open Era to win the US Open at 20 years 6 months 13 days (2001): 2 wds. |
| JOHNMCENROE | Third-youngest man in tennis's Open Era to win the US Open at 20 years 6 months 24 days (1979): 2 wds. |
| HENRYSEGRAVE | First man to hold the world land and water speed records simultaneously (5,7) |
| SEGRAVE | Henry, first man to hold the world land and water speed records simultaneously (7) |
| OSAKA | First Japanese tennis player with a WTA #1 ranking |
| VENUS | First name of the First African American woman to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the Open Era. (5) |
| PETERNICOL | The first British squash player to hold the World number one ranking |
| ALTHEAGIBSON | American tennis player who became the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title in 1956 |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved author who died August 5 and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| CATHERINE | In 1990, Dame ... Tizard became the first woman to hold the rank of Governor General |
| MARIE | ___ Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry |
| DIANNE | Durham who was the first African American woman to win a national title in gymnastics |
| RACHELREEVES | Who recently became the first woman to hold the position of UK chancellor of the exchequer? (6,6) |
| MAEJEMISON | First African-American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992: 2 wds. |
