| JIMCOURIER | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (2011-2018) and is a Tennis Channel commentator: 2 wds. |
| ARTHURASHE | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (1981-1985) and wrote A Hard Road to Glory: 2 wds. |
| PATRICKMCENROE | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (2001-2010) and has been an ESPN commentator since 1995: 2 wds. |
| UPSET | Lead story on Tennis Channel, often |
| LOB | A ___ is a tennis shot that makes the ball seem like it's following a rainbow's path |
| ACE | What is a tennis serve too good for the opponent to return? (3) |
| DAVISLOVE | With 63-Down, 1997 P.G.A. champ who captained the 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup team |
| DANMASKELL | Former BBC TV tennis commentator and British Davis Cup team coach who died in 1992 (3,7) |
| EMIRSPAHIC | Centre back who captained the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2008 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| ASHUTOSH | Who was appointed as the new coach of the Indian Davis Cup team? (8) |
| SINGH | Who was appointed as the new coach of the Indian Davis Cup team? (5) |
| HUGOLLORIS | Goalkeeper who captained the winning team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup (4,6) |
| DEJAN | Manager of the Hungarian football team Ferencvaros who captained the Serbian national team from 2007 to 2011 (5,9) |
| STANKOVIC | Manager of the Hungarian football team Ferencvaros who captained the Serbian national team from 2007 to 2011 (5,9) |
| NADAL | Tennis champ who achieved the career Grand Slam in 2010 |
| FREDPERRY | British tennis champ who invented the sweatband |
| ASHE | Tennis champ who played for U.C.L.A. |
| CYBORG | Exhausted county tennis champ who's a bit robotic? (6) |
| MEGAN | Footballer who captained the US team to the 2019 Women's World Cup (5,7) |
| THOMASBJORN | Danish golfer who captained the winning European side at the 2018 Ryder Cup (6,5) |
