| ILIENASTASE | Romanian tennis player noted for on-court histrionics |
| NASTASE | Ilie, Romanian tennis player noted for his on-court antics (7) |
| TOMIC | Bernard, German-born Australian tennis player noted for his on and off-court altercations (5) |
| TARANGO | Jeff, U.S. ex-tennis player noted for his bad boy antics and disqualified from Wimbledon in 1995 (7) |
| SHRIVER | Pam, U.S. ex-tennis player noted for her doubles partnership with Martina Navratilova (7) |
| KIRKSTEVENS | Canadian former snooker player noted for his natty (often white) attire |
| ILIE | Romanian tennis player Nastase |
| PAVEL | Romanian tennis player; 2001 Canada Masters singles tournament winner (5) |
| ANDREI | Romanian tennis player; 2001 Canada Masters singles tournament winner (6) |
| LUTZ | Bob, U.S. tennis player noted as a doubles partner of Stan Smith (4) |
| HOYLE | English astronomer, mountain climber and chess player noted for his explanation of nucleosynthesis a |
| ILONAMAHER | U.S. rugby union player noted for her social media following (5,5) |
| SIMONA | ___ Halep Romanian tennis player who won the Ladies' Singles in 2019 Wimbledon Championships defeating Serena Williams |
| HALEP | Romanian tennis player; 2014 French Open women's singles championship runner-up (6,5) |
| GARETHTHOMAS | Welsh ex-rugby player noted as an LGBTQ+ campaigner (6,6) |
| ION | Romanian tennis figure Tiriac |
| NASTY | Nickname of Romanian tennis star, Ilie Nastase |
| ALEPH | Romanian tennis star seen cycling, showing character |
| IT | Former Romanian tennis star served as Boris Becker's coach/ mentor, initials (2) |
| DRAMA | Tot with a penchant for histrionics (5) |
