| ZVEREV | Alexander, German tennis player who lost to Dominic Thiem in the 2020 U.S. Open final (6) |
| SELDOM | Once in a while, wee Lesley goes back to Dominic briefly (6) |
| AUSTRIA | Country in which retired tennis player Dominic Thiem was born (7) |
| DOMINIC | _ Thiem, Austrian tennis player who won the 2020 US Open (7) |
| SINNER | Jannik, Italian tennis player who lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2022 U.S. Open (6) |
| CASPER | ___ Ruud, Norwegian tennis player who reached the 2022 U.S. Open final (6) |
| BRYSON | ___ DeChambeau American professional golfer who won the 2020 U.S. Open |
| FERRER | David, Spanish former tennis player who lost the 2013 Roland-Garros men's singles final to Rafael Nadal (6) |
| MURPHY | Shaun, English snooker player who lost to Mark Selby in the 2021 World Championship final (6) |
| BECKER | Boris, German tennis player who was a three-time Wimbledon men's singles champion (6) |
| NAOMIOSAKA | Tennis player who wore masks drawing attention to police brutality and racism during her winning run at the 2020 U.S. Open |
| DANIELLE | _ Collins, US tennis player who lost to Ashleigh Barty in the women's singles final at the 2022 Australian Open (8) |
| ASSIST | Help string player who's lost book (6) |
| CENSUS | 2020 U.S. event |
| RAFAEL | He beat Novak in the 2020 French Open final |
| ANDERSON | Kevin, South African tennis player who lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2018 Wimbledon men's singles final (8) |
| SHARAPOVA | Russian tennis player who lost to Venus Williams in the singles final at the 2012 London Games, Maria ___ (9) |
| JASMINE | _ Paolini, tennis player who lost to Barbora Krejcikova in the 2024 Wimbledon women's singles final (7) |
| DECHAMBEAU | Bryson who won the 2020 U.S. Open |
| SHRIVER | Pam, tennis player who lost the 1978 U.S. Open singles final at the age of 16 (7) |
