| DAPHNEAKHURST | 1925-26 and 1928-30 Australian Open tennis champion who died in 1933 (6,7) |
| GERULAITIS | 1977 Australian Open tennis champion who died in 1994, Vitas ... (10) |
| WARD | Joseph ___, prime minister of New Zealand from 1928-30 (4) |
| MARTINAHINGIS | Swiss women's tennis champion who unretired twice before retiring for good in 2017: 2 wds. |
| RIGGS | Bobby ---, former Wimbledon and US Open tennis champion who lost to Billie Jean King in 1973's 'Battle of the Sexes' (5) |
| CARLOSMOYA | 1998 French Open tennis champion who briefly replaced Pete Sampras as world number one in 1999 (6,4) |
| ARBUCKLE | Fatty, U.S. comedian and director of the silent film era who died in 1933 (8) |
| LAUDA | Niki ..... , 1975, 1977 and 1984 F1 world champion who died in 2019 (5) |
| BRABHAM | Australian racing driver, three-time Formula One champion, who died in May 2014 (7) |
| KNUD | Greenland-born Danish polar explorer who died in 1933 (4) |
| RASMUSSEN | Greenland-born Danish polar explorer who died in 1933 (9) |
| MARATSAFIN | 2005 Australian Open tennis champion and United Russia MP (5,5) |
| JIMCOURIER | 1992-93 Australian Open tennis champion and Nine commentator (3,7) |
| THUNDER | Jimmy ___: name taken by Samoan-born New Zealand boxer James Peau, former IBO and IBF heavyweight champion, who died in February 2020 (7) |
| FANGIO | Juan, Argentinian motor racing world champion who died in 1995 (6) |
| IBARRA | Ricardo ___, Argentinian rower, three-time Pan American champion, who died in 2011 |
| MOORE | Archie ..... , former World Light Heavyweight boxing champion who died in 1998 (5) |
| ANDYIRONS | 2002-2004 world surfing champion who died in 2010 (4,5) |
| SRB | Home country seven-time Australian Open tennis champion Novak Djokovic, abbrev (3) |
| LINDSAYDAVENPORT | Orange County-born 2000 Australian Open tennis champion (7,9) |
