| ANDREAGASSI | American former tennis player; the first man to achieve a Career Golden Slam (5,6) |
| AGASSI | First man to achieve a Career Golden Slam |
| PLAYER | Gary ____ is the only non-American male golfer to achieve a career grand slam |
| RAFAELNADAL | Spanish tennis player who completed his career Golden Slam in 2010: 2 wds. |
| ZHAOXINTONG | Chinese snooker player; the first Asian World Snooker Champion (4,7) |
| PETESAMPRAS | American former professional tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam titles during his career: 2 wds. |
| NOVAKDJOKOVIC | Serbian tennis player who completed his career Golden Slam at the 2024 Paris Olympics: 2 wds. |
| IVAN | ___ Lendl Czech-American former tennis player who won 94 singles titles and went on to coach Andy Murray |
| AMYVANDYKEN | American former swimmer who shares the second spot for most number of Olympic gold medals with 17a: 3 wds. |
| MARTINA | Czech-American former tennis player who won 18 major singles titles, _ Navratilova (7) |
| AUSTIN | Tracy _, American former tennis player; 1979 and 1981 US Open champion (6) |
| GRAF | Steffi, tennis player who was the first to achieve a Golden Slam in 1988 (4) |
| LLOYD | see 1dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| CARLI | and 50dn, American soccer player, the first ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final |
| ASHES | With a hostess improperly chasing the above tennis player, the end is inevitable (5,2,5) |
| TOASHES | With a hostess improperly chasing the above tennis player, the end is inevitable (5,2,5) |
| FELIX | Canadian tennis player; the runner-up at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships, _ Auger-Aliassime (5) |
| RODDICK | Andy ___, American former tennis player (7) |
| LENDL | Ivan ___, Czech-American former tennis player (5) |
| PENNYBLACK | Understanding one's dropped chess player, the first to get licked |
