| GAUFF | Coco, tennis player who won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2023 U.S. Open (5) |
| ELENA | _ Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player who won the women's singles title at the 2023 Indian Wells Open (5) |
| DIMITROV | Grigor, Bulgarian tennis player who defeated Andy Murray at the 2023 U.S. Open (8) |
| NOVAK | ____ Djokovic, Serbian tennis player who won his 20th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 2021 (5) |
| OSAKA | Tennis player who defeated Jennifer Brady to win the Women's singles title at the 2021 Australian Open (5,5) |
| VENUS | American tennis player who won her first of five Wimbledon singles titles in 2000 (5,8) |
| LOSER | Daniil Medvedev vis-a-vis Novak Djokovic in the 2023 U.S. Open final, e.g. |
| STANISLASWAWRINKA | Tennis player who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2014 Australian Open (9,8) |
| SINNER | Jannik, tennis player who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2024 Australian Open (6) |
| ROGERFEDERER | Tennis player who won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 2003 (5,7) |
| LENDL | Ivan ____ won every tennis grand slam singles title except Wimbledon, and later coached Andy Murray |
| EVERT | Chris ____ won at least one grand slam singles title for 13 years in succession |
| SWANK | Actress who won her first Oscar for Boys Don't Cry, Hilary ... (5) |
| STEFFIGRAF | Which tennis player won her first Grand Slam singles in 1988 and last in 1999? (6,4) |
| KIMCLIJSTERS | Belgian tennis player who won her fourth and last Grand Slam singles title in 2011 (3,9) |
| MADISONKEYS | This American won her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne at last month's Australian Open |
| IGASWIATEK | Polish tennis player who won her first major title at the 2020 French Open: 2 wds. |
| SOFIAKENIN | American tennis player who won her first major title at the 2020 Australian Open: 2 wds. |
| THIAM | Nafi, Belgian heptathlete who won her third gold at the 2024 Olympics (5) |
| RADUCANU | Emma, British teenage tennis player who won the women's singles title at the 2021 U.S. Open (8) |
