| PALAVER | Old man, former tennis player in fuss (7) |
| PAVEMENT | Old man, former soldier, hugging chaps in walkway (8) |
| ESQUIRE | Tailor queries man's former address (7) |
| NE | Man's former name (2) |
| TORNADO | Ran amok in fuss caused by violent storm (7) |
| NASTASE | Tennis player in hospital - back seat casualty (7) |
| USELESS | Poor and ineffectual tennis player in America (7) |
| RACKETY | Noisy, like a tennis-player in action? (7) |
| AVOCADO | Create havoc, losing the head in fuss about out-dated bathroom colour? |
| OPENERA | It began for tennis players in 1968 |
| ASHE | Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, Arthur ... won his first title as a professional tennis player in 1970, taking the Australian Open singles |
| RIOS | Marcelo ...., former No 1 ranked male tennis player in the world (4) |
| MOREORLESS | Old English actor switched roles, ending in fuss pretty much (4,2,4) |
| REDWANSKA | Agnieszka ---, in 2012, became the first Polish tennis player in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final (9) |
| KERBER | Angelique - - -, tennis player in Germany's team, runnersup in the 2019 Hopman Cup Final (6) |
| FAFF | Very loud covering air force in fuss (4) |
| BASTINADO | Cricketer in fuss about special strokes to the feet? (9) |
| RACKETEER | Conman in fuss, always |
| ADAGIO | A golf international in fuss for playing slowly (6) |
| IFS | Doubts in fuss at regular intervals (3) |
