List of nicknames used in tennis explained

This is a list of verified common nicknames that notable professional tennis players were personally addressed by. Some are group names collectively referring to more than one player.

A

• Ace Queen = Karolína Plíšková^[1]
• The Arm, The Aussie Amazon, Mighty Maggie = Margaret Court^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
• A-Rod, Rocket Man = Andy Roddick^{[6] [7]}

B

• Boom Boom Boris, The Lion of Leimen, Baron von Slam = Boris Becker^[8]
• The Barcelona Bumblebee = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario^{[9] [10] [11]}
• "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra
• Bee = Barbora Strycova ^{[12] [13]}
• Big, Bad Betty = Betty Stöve^{[14] [15]}
• The Big Cat = Miloslav Mečíř^{[16] [17]}
  • • • Big Bill = William Tilden Jr. Big Foe = Frances Tiafoe Big Pancho = Pancho Gonzales Broadway Vitas = Vitas Gerulaitis^[18]
• The Bulldozer = David Ferrer^[19]
• Butch = Earl Buchholz^[20]

C

• California Comet = Maurice McLoughlin^[21]
• Can't-miss-Swiss = Martina Hingis^[22]
• El Chino (Spanish for "The Chinese") = Marcelo Ríos^[23]
• Chucky = Martina Hingis^[24]
• Clown Prince of Tennis = Frank Kovacs^[25]
• The Crocodile = René Lacoste^{[26] [27] [28]}

D

• Danimal = Danielle Collins^[29]
• DelPo = Juan Martín del Potro^[30]
• The Demon = Alex de Minaur^[31]
• (The) Djoker, Nole, Serbinator, Robocup = Novak Djokovic^[32]
• Dominator, The Prince of Clay = Dominic Thiem^{[33] [34]}
• Dreddy = Dustin Brown
• La divine (French for "The Goddess"), The Maid Marvel = Suzanne Lenglen^{[35] [36] [37]}

E

• Emmo = Roy Emerson^{[38] [39] [40]}
• El Peque = Diego Schwartzman^[41]
• El Pelon= Rafael Osuna^[42]
• Evonne Sing-A-Long, Sunshine Super Girl = Evonne Goolagong Cawley^{[43] [44]}

F

• Fat Dave, El Rey David = David Nalbandian^[45]
• FedEx(press), King Roger, The (Swiss) Maestro, God of tennis = Roger Federer^[46]
• Fiery or Fiery Fred = Fred Stolle^[47]
• The Flying Dutchman = Tom Okker^{[48] [49]}
• Fox, Carrot, Jannik The Merciless = Jannik Sinner
• The Four Musketeers =
  • • • • • • • • Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet René Lacoste Fräulein Forehand = Steffi Graf^[50]

G

• Gentleman Jack = Jack Crawford
• Gorgeous Gussie = Gertrude Moran^[51]
• The Great Dane = Caroline Wozniacki^[52]
• Guga, Clay Surfer = Gustavo Kuerten^[53]
• The Generator = Jennifer Capriati
• Gonzo = Fernando González^[54]

H

• Handsome Eight =
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pierre Barthès Butch Buchholz Cliff Drysdale John Newcombe Nikola Pilić Dennis Ralston Tony Roche Roger Taylor

I

• • Ivan the Terrible, The Terminator = Ivan Lendl Indian Express =
    • • Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
• Ice Borg or Ice Man = Björn Borg^[55]
• Ice Maiden, Ice Princess = Chris Evert^{[56] [57]}

J

• Jimbo = Jimmy Connors
• Juju = Justine Henin^[58]

K

• The King of Clay, El Matador (Spanish for "The Killer"), Raging Bull = Rafael Nadal^{[59] [60]}

L

• The Las Vegas Kid, The Punisher = Andre Agassi^[61]
• The Leaning Tower of Pasadena = Stan Smith^[62]
• The Lithuanian Lion = Vitas Gerulaitis^[63]
  • Little Bill = William Johnston Little Miss Poker Face = Helen Wills Moody^{[64] [65]}
• Little Mo = Maureen Connolly^{[66] [67]}
• Little Pancho = Pancho Segura^[68]

M

• Madison Avenue = Madison Keys^[69]
• Masha, the (Siberian) Siren = Maria Sharapova^{[70] [71]}
• The Magician = Fabrice Santoro^{[72] [73]}
• Marvelous Molla = Molla Bjurstedt Mallory^[74]
• Mosquito = Juan Carlos Ferrero^{[75] [76]}
  • Le Mozart Noir (French for "The Black Mozart") = Yannick Noah Muscles = Ken Rosewall^{[77] [78]}
• Musterminator = Thomas Muster
• Muhammad Ali, Smokin' Jo Willy, Tsunami = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga^[79]
• Muzza = Andy Murray^[80]

N

• Naochi = Naomi Osaka^[81]
• Nasty = Ilie Năstase^[82]
• Newk = John Newcombe
• Navrat the Brat = Martina Navratilova^[83]
• Ninja = Agnieszka Radwańska^[84]

O

• Original 9 =
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Billie Jean King Rosemary Casals Nancy Richey Peaches Bartkowicz Kristy Pigeon Valerie Ziegenfuss Julie Heldman Kerry Reid Judy Tegart

P

• The Paignton Peach = Sue Barker^{[85] [86]}
• Peanut = Mareen Louie-Harper^[87]
  • Peachy = Fern Kellmeyer Pico = Juan Mónaco
• Pistol Pete = Pete Sampras^[88]
• The Pocket Rocket = Dominika Cibulková^[89]
• Prime Time = Grigor Dimitrov^[90]
• Psychedelic Strokeswoman = Françoise Dürr^[91]

Q

• Q = Wang Qiang^[92]
• Queen Vee = Venus Williams^[93]

R

• The Rocket = Rod Laver^[94]
• Rusty = Lleyton Hewitt^[95]
• Rabbit = Wendy Turnbull^[96]

S

• The São Paulo Swallow, the Tennis Ballerina = Maria Bueno^{[97] [98] [99]}
• Senorita Topspin = Conchita Martínez
• Scud = Mark Philippoussis^[100]
• Sliderman = Gaël Monfils^[101]
  • Special Kei = Kei Nishikori Spice Girls^[102] =
    • • • Anna Kournikova Martina Hingis Stanimal, Stan the Man = Stanislas Wawrinka
• Superbrat = John McEnroe^[103]
• Super Simo = Simona Halep
• Swiss Miss = Martina Hingis^{[104] [105]}
• SW19, Meka = Serena Williams^[106]

T

• Tabasco = Fernando Verdasco^[107]
• Tappy = Art Larsen^[108]
• The Tennis Baron = Gottfried von Cramm
• The Tiger = Aryna Sabalenka^[109]
• Tiger Tim, Timbo, Tin Man = Tim Henman^[110]
• Ted = Cuthbert Tinling^{[111] [112]}
• Tomic the Tank Engine = Bernard Tomic^[113]
• The Tower of Tandil = Juan Martín del Potro^{[114] [115]}

W

• Wild Thing = Nick Kyrgios^[116]
• Willie = Guillermo Vilas^[117]
• The Wizard = Norman Brookes^{[118] [119]}
• The Woodies =
  • Todd Woodbridge
  • Mark Woodforde

X

• X-Man = Xavier Malisse^[120]

See also

• Lists of nicknames

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jil Teichmann s'offre Karolina Pliskova et se hisse jusqu'en finale à Cincinnati. 2021-12-05. L'Équipe. fr.
2. Web site: Margaret Court: astounding champion who found God and lost the respect of a nation . . Russell Jackson . 2 June 2017 . ...it was often said Court's arms were three inches longer than the average woman of her size, which earned her the nickname The Arm.
3. Web site: Steve Tignor . The 50 greatest players of the Open Era (W): No. 4, Margaret Court . . 27 February 2018 . Court's tour-mate Rosie Casals nicknamed her The Arm, for the long, strong right arm that she used to deliver heavy hooking serves, reach out and intercept passing shots, and hammer home winning smashes..
4. Web site: Margaret Court: The Aussie Amazon . National Film and Sound Archive. 25 September 2021 .
5. Web site: 8 September 2012. 50 Years Ago In Tennis – Rod Laver Clinches His First "Grand Slam". World Tennis. Smith's only other loss was to another young American, Carole Caldwell, but "Mighty Maggie" won 13 of 15 tournaments,.
6. Web site: Kevin Mitchell. US Open tennis 2012 diary: A-Rod and a hard face. The Guardian. 29 August 2012.
7. Web site: 30 August 2005. Moon Tennis. www.nasa.gov. NASA. They call him the "Rocket Man." Tennis pro Andy Roddick holds the world's record for fast serves: 155 mph..
8. Web site: Steve Tignor. Germans aging gracefully. Tennis.com. 12 December 2008.
9. Web site: Sanchez-Vicario retires from tennis . . 12 November 2002 . Sanchez-Vicario earned the nickname, "The Barcelona Bumblebee" for her buzzing, tenacious style..
10. Web site: Jesper Fjeldstad . Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to cause a buzz in Adelaide . . 20 November 2015 . She was nicknamed the “Barcelona Bumblebee” for the way she hustled down balls and demoralised opponents with her consistency and variety..
11. Web site: CNN Open Court: Barcelona Bumblebee . . 2016 . Affectionately known as the Barcelona Bumblebee, Sánchez-Vicario lived up to her moniker, buzzing the width and breadth of the court in the dogged pursuit of tennis balls, none seeming too distant to be deemed a lost cause..
12. Web site: David Kane . 'I was not afraid to be scared' - World No.1 Strycova reflects on whirlwind summer at US Open . Women's Tennis Association (WTA) . 2 September 2019 . Bar are the first letters of my name, bee is like my nickname [...].
13. Web site: Michele Galoppini . WTA Linz: Buzarnescu "I hope I can be an example", Strycova "Give me Roger for mixed doubles" . Spazio Tennis . 13 October 2017 . There is a bee representing you often. Is a sort of nickname? Who made it up? Yes, it’s my nickname. To be honest, in the past I played many times doubles with Iveta Benesova and she made it up at that time, it was 2011 or 2012. And since then people call me ‘bee’ [smile]..
14. News: Barry Lorge . Steady Stove Bursts Young Austin's Balloon . Washington Post . 8 September 1977 . Stove – who once flipped the man who gave her the nickname "Big Bad Betty", [...].
15. Web site: Wimbledon – Mackie's Magical Mystery Tour Rolls On . Inside Tennis . 6 July 2018 . The late, great Bud Collins once gave the Dutch tennis legend Betty Stöve the nickname "Big Bad Betty.".
16. Web site: Stewart Fisher . Miloslav Mečíř, the Big Cat with the cream of Slovakian tennis at his disposal . . 10 February 2012 . Clad in his classic Reebok gear, and adorned with trademark beard, the stylish Slovak was content to exist on his wits on the baseline, breaking cover only every now and then to languidly dispatch outrageous winners from the most unlikely angles of the court. It is a style which earned him the nickname the Big Cat....
17. Jaime Diaz . Big Cat on the prowl . . 20 April 1987 . His ability to cover the court with long, even strides has earned him the nickname Big Cat..
18. Web site: James Buddell . Remembering Vitas... 20 Years On . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) . 17 September 2014.
19. Web site: 'Bulldozer' David Ferrer ready to face Rafael Nadal at French. 2021-12-05. gulfnews.com.
20. Web site: Earl Butch Buchholz Overview ATP Tour Tennis. 2021-12-05. ATP Tour.
21. News: 'California Comet,' noted for flashy style, helped game to national popularity; Maurice McLoughlin dies at 67; U.S. Tennis Champion in '12-13 . The New York Times . 12 December 1957.
22. News: Navratilova hears Hingis' cheers. 28 December 2012. Miami Herald. 10 April 1997.
23. Web site: Daniel Fuenzalida categórico ante polémica entre el Chino y Jordi Castell: "Marcelo Ríos es un peligro para la sociedad, desde la parte de la enfermedad mental". 2021-12-05. RedGol. es-ES.
24. Web site: Seth Stevenson . Swiss Miss Bliss . Slate . 1 June 2006 . Her waxy, bulbous forehead (which has inspired some on the tour to nickname her "Chucky")..
25. Web site: Fein. Paul. Nick Kyrgios: entertainer or embarrassment?. 2021-12-05. Sportstar. 11 September 2019 .
26. Web site: The story of the crocodile . . 17 August 2015 . Nicknamed 'The Crocodile' as a result of a bet with his tennis team captain, René Lacoste made this unique animal the iconic logo of his brand..
27. Web site: Tom Sweetman . Rene Lacoste: The lasting legacy of 'Le Crocodile' . . 11 September 2014 . So tenacious was Lacoste's style of play on court, building his game from the baseline and keeping his opponents on the move with an array of precise groundstrokes, he earned the nickname "Le Crocodile".
28. Web site: René Lacoste . . He was known as "The Crocodile", a nickname he earned from the American press after he reportedly made a bet with the French Davis Cup captain..
29. Web site: Tennis.com. Tennis is viable—one of three takeaways from the UTR Pro Match Series. 2021-12-05. Tennis.com.
30. Web site: Ciriza. Alejandro. 2021-03-23. Del Potro, de martirio en martirio. 2021-12-05. El País. es.
31. Web site: The Demon Uncovered: Alex de Minaur On Why 'Every Day Counts' ATP Tour Tennis. 2021-12-05. ATP Tour.
32. Web site: the djoker djokovic – Google Search. www.google.com.
33. News: Grohmann. Karolos. 24 May 2019. 'Prince of clay' Thiem hopes his time has come in Paris. Reuters. Reuters. 7 February 2020.
34. Web site: Abulleil. Reem. Prince of clay looks to dethrone the king. The Roland-Garros Tournament official site. Fédération Française de Tennis. 7 February 2020.
35. Web site: "La Divine" Suzanne Lenglen lights up the Antwerp 1920 Games . Olympic.org . 24 August 2019.
36. Web site: Joel Drucker . Remembering Suzanne Lenglen, who—yes—never competed at Roland Garros . Tennis.com . 24 May 2020 . Pick your adjective to describe the woman dubbed "La Divine", which translates into "The Goddess"..
37. Frank Deford. 6 November 1972. Here come a ton of tennis books, some of them to be welcomed with open arms.. Sports Illustrated. 37. 19. M1. [...] wonderful characters like Mile. Lenglen and Maurice McLoughlin remain only clichés, the Maid Marvel and the Flame-Thatched California Comet..
38. Web site: Fiery and Emmo maintained Australia's empire . . 15 January 2007.
39. Web site: David Law . Roy Emerson: Emerson, the cream Down Under, rises again . . 17 January 2004 . Known as "Emmo" to his wide circle of friends on the circuit, he was gregarious and could lead the partying without jeopardising his high standards of play..
40. Web site: Joel Drucker . Joel Drucker: In the Orbit of Emmo . The Tennis Channel . 18 October 2017 . He was once so popular in his native Australia – and the world, beloved by all of his peers and millions of fans -- that a letter simply marked "Emmo" arrived on his doorstep..
41. Web site: Tennis news: Diego Schwartzman interview: El Peque talks facing Rafael Nadal, his progress at the Slams and why size doesn't matter. Sport360 News.
42. Web site: Garcia. Hector Sr.. 2020-06-04. Rafael "El Pelón" Osuna, murió un dia como hoy accidente aéreo. 2021-12-05. Momento Deportivo RD. es.
43. Web site: Matt Majendie. 30 January 2015. 'Sunshine super girl' Goolagong Cawley defied prejudice to become a star. CNN. Nicknamed the 'Sunshine super girl' early in her career, Goolagong Cawley achieved exactly that feat in 1971, winning the first of Grand Slam titles..
44. News: Dee Jefferson. 3 September 2019. Tennis champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley celebrated in new Australian play. ABC News. Her play Sunshine Super Girl (named after a nickname given by fans) will chart the life of Australia's first Aboriginal woman world champion....
45. News: Wimby day 1 as it happens. BBC Sport. 23 June 2008. 10 May 2010.
46. Web site: French Open – Roland Garros – Men to watch. 2008-05-13. Jeremy Stahl. 2007-05-22. Eurosport. After a previously disappointing claycourt season, Fed-ex won his first clay title of the spring in Hamburg. . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314232650/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21052007/58/french-open-roland-garros-men-watch.html . 2008-03-14.
47. Web site: Fred Stolle AO – Tennis . Sport Australia Hall of Fame . Fred Stolle had his Wimbledon singles frustrations, but overflowed with success everywhere else as one of the overpowering Australian group in the 1960s and 1970s. He was known as "Fiery Fred" or "Fiery" to his teammates for his outspoken competitiveness..
48. Web site: Where are they now? Tom Okker . . 5 September 1995 . The Flying Dutchman, as he became known, reached the Wimbledon semi-finals 10 years later before retiring in 1981....
49. Web site: Tom Okker – The 1968 U.S. Open runner-up who got the first-prize paycheck . World Tennis Magazine . 24 August 2018 . "The Flying Dutchman" was his nick-name and he and Ashe played a thrilling five-set final in 1968....
50. Web site: Wimbledon legends: Steffi Graf. BBC Sport. 31 May 2004. Known as 'Fraulein Forehand', Graf could hit that shot like a hammer..
51. Web site: Wimbledon Memories: Gertrude 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran . Petticoated.com . 2009-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100101051810/http://petticoated.com/gussie19.htm . 2010-01-01 . dead .
52. Web site: Spits. Scott. 2018-01-27. Australian Open 2018: Caroline Wozniacki defeats Simona Halep to claim grand slam title. 2021-12-05. The Sydney Morning Herald.
53. Web site: James Buddell . Gustavo Kuerten... Remembering 1997 Roland Garros . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) . 8 June 2017.
54. Web site: Top 5 Tennis Nicknames. 2021-12-05. www.tennisnow.com.
55. Web site: Björn Borg: My life is perfect. https://web.archive.org/web/20071026003743/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/25/stborg125.xml. dead. 2007-10-26. 2008-05-13. Mark Hodgkinson. 2007-10-25. Daily Telegraph . London.
56. Web site: Evert: grit, grace and glamour. 2008-05-13. Larry Schwartz. ESPN. While the titles piled up the next few year for the "Ice Maiden", the public that had adored her started to lose interest..
57. Chris Evert: "Anyone can be a champion." . Vanity Fair . 31 May 2019 . "The English press thought a schoolgirl should be giggly, so they dubbed me the ice maiden", Evert recalls..
58. Web site: Bierley . Stephen . Henin announces retirement from tennis . The Guardian . 2008-05-14 . 2010-05-20.
59. News: All hail the King of Clay, Rafael Nadal. 28 February 2018. ESPN.com. 1 May 2017.
60. News: Kidd. Patrick. Umpire brings out raging bull in Rafael Nadal. . 2021-12-05. 0140-0460.
61. Web site: The Career of Andre Agassi . 2009-03-15 . 2009-06-17 . igotennis.com .
62. Web site: Fred Tupper . U.S. tennis sweep forecast . . 26 June 1972 . [...] the 6‐foot‐4‐inch Smith has all the credentials. Finalist to Newcombe a year ago, winner at Forest Hills, the "Leaning Tower of’ Pasadena" has the big serve‐and‐follow game that is the absolute requisite to win on fast Wimbledon grass..
63. Web site: Read 'em and Leap. 2008-05-14. 1979-11-19. People.
64. Book: Collins, Bud. Bud Collins

    . Bud Collins. The Bud Collins History of Tennis. 2016. New Chapter Press. New York. 978-1-937559-38-0. 36. 3rd. [...], Helen Wills (called Little Miss Poker Face because of her lack of expression on court).

65. Fein. Paul. April 2006. Who is the greatest female player ever?. Inside Tennis. 2007-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20070519011316/http://www.insidetennis.com/0405_bestfemale.html . 2007-05-19.
66. Web site: 1955: American tennis star 'Little Mo' to quit. . 1955-02-22 . 2010-05-20. She earned her nickname "Little Mo" from the sportswriters who likened her explosiveness on court to the battleship USS Missouri, known as "Big Mo".
67. Web site: Maureen Connolly Brinker . . After winning the Grand Slam, Connolly was dubbed "Little Mo," referring to the firepower of "Big Mo," the USS Missouri..
68. Web site: Little Pancho. 2021-12-05. Nebraska Press.
69. Web site: The Diesel, Danimal and the Flying B: Behind tennis' best nicknames. US Open.
70. Web site: 2017-09-09. Maria Sharapova on failing that drug test: 'I felt trapped, tricked'. 2020-07-16. The Guardian.
71. Web site: Ruhi Batra. 14 April 2008. The fast life of the Siberian Siren. The Times of India.
72. Web site: 'Magician' dreams of Centre Court as stage for one last trick . . 16 June 2008 . Pete Sampras famously labelled him "The Magician", a tribute to his unpredictable use of spins, lobs and drop shots..
73. Web site: Ed McGrogan . The forehad of Fabrice Santoro . . 15 July 2009 . Fabrice Santoro, who's nicknamed "The Magician" by his fellow pros for his ability to conjure a bewildering array of angles, spins, and changes of pace with his two-handed ground strokes,....
74. Book: A.N. Rygg . Norwegians in New York, 1825–1925 . 1941 . Brooklyn . 209 . Brooklyn, N.Y., The Norwegian News Company . Two Norwegian Women, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory—the girl from Norway—and Sonja Henie, have been preeminent in American sports. "Marvelous Molla" was born in Oslo and was trained as a teacher of gymnastics and as a masseuse..
75. Web site: Richard Jago . Juan Carlos Ferrero goes green as the Mosquito rediscovers his buzz . . 30 June 2009.
76. Web site: Federico Coppini . The Mosquito – Juan Carlos Ferrero . Tennis World USA . 29 October 2017.
77. News: Jessica Hinchliffe . Loretta Ryan . Ken Rosewall: Tennis legend Muscles reflects on career, looks forward to sport's strong future . . 6 January 2016 . Rosewall still answers to the nickname Muscles, which was given to him many decades ago. "It's a nickname that was started by my twin compatriot who is unfortunately no longer here — Lew Hoad", he said. "He had all the muscles and I didn't have any so the name stuck.".
78. Web site: Scott Spits . Muscles memory: 50 years since Ken Rosewall kick-started the Open era . . 25 May 2018 . When the Open era commenced in 1968, bringing together the two streams of tennis, Rosewall was 33. Crucially, the lightly framed champion nicknamed ‘'Muscles'’ was far from done..
79. Web site: Holt . Sarah . The Muhammad Ali of tennis . BBC Sport . 2007-06-30 . 2009-11-19.
80. News: Murray advances to Australian Open men's final . . 26 January 2013 . [...] a group of Murray fans wearing white shirts with blue letters spelling his nickname "Muzza"....
81. Web site: Renee. Shana. Naomi Osaka Will Serve You Now. 2022-01-01. Bleacher Report.
82. News: McEnroe overruled – by scientist. 2008-05-14. 2008-04-16. BBC News.
83. Book: Howard, Johnette . The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova, Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship . 2005 . 9780767918848 . Crown Archetype . registration .
84. Web site: Agnieszka Radwanska, Tennis's Ninja, Retires at 29 . . 14 November 2018.
85. Web site: Famous Devonians . BBC . Known locally as the Paignton Peach, Sue Barker was one of the world's top tennis players during the 1970s..
86. Still a Devon girl at heart... . DevonLife . June 2020 . They called her the ‘Paignton Peach’ because she had it all going for her – youth, a brilliant tennis talent and eyecatching good looks – and she was from Devon..
87. Web site: Dwight Chapin, Chronicle Senior Writer . Where are they now? / 'Peanut' Louie-Harper / This tennis nut made a name for herself on court . Sfgate.com . 2002-02-10 . 2009-11-19.
88. Web site: Pistol Pete, man of emotion. https://archive.today/20120721043754/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Tennis/ATP/2003/08/31/173403.html. usurped. July 21, 2012. 2008-05-14. George Gross. Slam! Sports. George Gross (journalist).
89. Web site: Henry Young and Don Riddell. Pocket rocket Cibulková shows sky's the limit. 2021-12-05. CNN.
90. News: Alexandra Willis . Wimbledon 2011: Questions for... Grigor Dimitrov . . 22 June 2011.
91. Web site: Boston Globe. 13 July 2003. Becker's route to Hall a grass-roots success. Bud Collins. E2. Newspapers.com. limited. She was quick, combative, distinctive with a home-crafted game that set her apart as the psychedelic strokeswoman..
92. Web site: The Diesel, Danimal and the Flying B: Behind tennis' best nicknames. US Open.
93. Web site: 2015-01-09. Venus Williams on her nickname 'Queen Vee': 'That's my rapper name'. 2021-12-05. For The Win.
94. Web site: How Rod Laver Became Known As "The Rocket". World Tennis. 13 January 2012.
95. Web site: Jonathan Scott . A tribute to Rusty: the resilience of Lleyton Hewitt . Tennis.com . 7 January 2014.
96. Web site: Wendy Turnbull . WTA Tour . Nicknamed Rabbit for her quickness afoot [...].
97. Web site: Maria Bueno . www.tennisfame.com . International Tennis Hall of Fame. Nicknamed "The São Paulo Swallow" because she appeared out of thin air to swoop in and dominate the net,....
98. Web site: Maria Bueno: Brazilian star of 1960s women's tennis dies . . 9 June 2018 . She was labelled the "São Paulo Swallow" for her ability to dominate the net by former BBC Sport commentator John Barrett..
99. Web site: 9 June 2018. Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis star, dies aged 78. The Guardian. Nicknamed "The Tennis Ballerina" because of her graceful style,....
100. Web site: Scud: My career was no dud . . 20 June 2012.
101. Web site: Josh Planos . The Amazing Slider-Man . The Cauldron . 3 September 2014.
102. News: Hingis and Kournikova return. CNN. 5 May 2010. 10 May 2010.
103. News: John McEnroe: The golden rage of Superbrat (retd.). https://web.archive.org/web/20101224085243/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/john-mcenroe-the-golden-rage-of-superbrat-retd-606438.html. dead. December 24, 2010. 2008-05-13. Ronald Atkin. 2002-06-16. . London.
104. Web site: 'Swiss Miss' Hingis announces retirement, this time for good . . 27 October 2017 . The 37-year-old "Swiss Miss" has retired twice before....
105. Web site: 'Swiss Miss' Hingis, now 34, wins French Open doubles match . . 27 May 2015 . All the way back at the 1997 Australian Open, when she was 16 and nicknamed "Swiss Miss", Hingis became the youngest major champion of the 20th century,....
106. Web site: The Diesel, Danimal and the Flying B: Behind tennis' best nicknames. US Open.
107. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10763415 "Verdasco adds spice to Heineken Open" --New Zealand Herald
108. Web site: George Vecsey . For the U.S. Open, it's 40 years in Flushing Meadows, and still missing Forest Hills . The New York Times . August 22, 2018 . Larsen was known as Tappy because he had a fixation for tapping stairs, nets, net posts, benches, anything and everything — a nervous habit from surviving the Normandy invasion in 1944..
109. Web site: Aryna Sabalenka . WTA Tour . "Has a tiger tattoo on her left arm, which earned her the nickname "The Tiger"" [...].
110. Web site: Gutsy Henman finds the inner Tiger Tim. 2008-07-05. Steve Bierley. 2007-06-27. The Guardian. London.
111. Book: Tinling, Ted . Love and Faults: Personalities Who Have Changed the History of Tennis . 1979 . B000RQF87C . Crown.
112. Book: Tinling, Ted . Tinling . Sidgwick & Jackson . 1984 . 0-283-98963-7.
113. Web site: Linda Pearce. Take a break, Tomic urged. Brisbane Times. 25 October 2012.
114. Web site: Greg Bishop . Town of red meat and tennis raises another star . . 7 September 2009 . Del Potro is nicknamed the Tower of Tandil....
115. Web site: Del Potro stands tall . . 18 January 2018 . His peers may be creaking and groaning after a dozen seasons on the road and hundreds of matches contested, but the gentle giant from Argentina (they call him the Tower of Tandil) is still a spring chicken by comparison..
116. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/sports/tennis/nick-kyrgios-is-nicknamed-the-wild-thing-with-good-reason.html?_r=0 "A Temper, and a Shot, to Make McEnroe Proud" --The New York Times
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118. W.H. Frederick . Brookes, Sir Norman Everard (1877–1968) . brookes-sir-norman-everard-5373 . 1979 . Known as 'The Wizard', Brookes was a master strategist and a shrewd tactician..
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