| ASHLEIGHBARTY | Australian tennis player who, like Justine Henin, retired while ranked No 1 |
| BASELINER | A tennis player who likes to play from the back of the court (9) |
| OSAKA | Retired while visiting fine American city |
| JUSTINE | _ Henin, four-time women's singles winner at the French Open (7) |
| CARDSHARP | Player who likes a loaded deck (4,5) |
| LINER | Name given to a face card by a player who likes to get a quick peek at a holecard* |
| EMERSON | Roy, Australian tennis player ranked No. 1 in 1964 (7) |
| SANIA | ___ Mirza, retired Indian tennis star who was ranked No. 1 in the world in doubles |
| ANA | ... Ivanovic, female Serbian tennis player ranked No. 1 in the world in 2008 (3) |
| GRAF | Tennis player with a record 377 cumulative weeks ranked No. 1 |
| ARYNASABALENKA | Belarussian tennis player currently ranked No 1 in women's singles |
| ASHLEIGH | Tennis star Barty, recently ranked No. 1 in women's singles |
| VENUSWILLIAMS | First Black woman ranked No. 1 singles player in the Open Era |
| VENUS | First name of the First African American woman to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the Open Era. (5) |
| OAHU | This island's Kailua Beach was ranked No. 1 (4) |
| YOUNG | Neil ranked No. 17 on Rolling Stone's list of greatest guitarists |
| LLEYTONHEWITT | Australian tennis player who, at 20, was the youngest man to be ranked #1 in singles: 2 wds. |
| HEWITT | Australian tennis player who was world No. 1 and won the US Open in 2001, and won Wimbledon in 2002 (6) |
| LEWHOAD | Australian tennis player who won the Australian and French Opens and Wimbledon in 1956 (3,4) |
| COURT | Margaret ___, Australian tennis player who has won more Grand Slam titles than any other player in history |
