| KOURNIKOVA | Famous Russian tennis player who never won a professional singles tournament, Anna ... |
| ROGERFEDERER | Winner of the Swiss Indoor tennis title in October - his 99th professional singles tournament win |
| ALSORAN | One who never won a finals or a new entrant (4-3) |
| NOLANRYAN | Holder of numerous pitching records who never won a Cy Young Award |
| MEDVEDEV | Daniil Russian tennis player who has won 10 ATP Tour singles titles (8) |
| MIRRA | Russian tennis player who has won three WTA Tour singles titles, _ Andreeva (5) |
| DANFOUTS | San Diego Chargers quarterback who never won a Super Bowl but is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| FRANTARKENTON | Minnesota Vikings quarterback who never won a Super Bowl but is in the Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| JIMKELLY | Buffalo Bills quarterback who never won a Super Bowl but is in the Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| MARIA | Russian tennis player who has won five Grand Slam titles |
| MARATSAFIN | Russian tennis player who won the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open |
| SVETLANA | -- Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player who won the French Open in 2009 (8) |
| SAFIN | Marat ___, Russian tennis player who won the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open |
| ANDREI | _ Rublev, Russian tennis player who won the 2023 Swedish Open (6) |
| IGOR | - Andreev, Russian tennis player who won the 2005 Kremlin Cup (4) |
| SHARAPOVA | Russian tennis player who lost to Venus Williams in the singles final at the 2012 London Games, Maria ___ (9) |
| MARIASHARAPOVA | Russian tennis player who tested positive for meldonium in 2016 (5,9) |
| TURSUNOV | Dmitry ?, Russian tennis player; 2011 UNICEF Open singles tournament winner |
| HUBER | Anke, tennis player who won the 2000 Estoril Open ladies' singles tournament (5) |
| HENMAN | Tim ...... , tennis player who won the 2003 Paris Masters singles tournament (6) |