| GREGRUSEDSKI | Former British tennis player who reached the US Open final in 1997 |
| MEDVEDEV | Which Russian prevented Novak Djokovic from winning a calendar-year Grand Slam in the US Open final in September? (8) |
| HENMAN | Tim, former British tennis player (6) |
| MURRAY | Former British tennis player, Andy _ (6) |
| HILLSTREETBLUES | 1981-1987 US TV series about the staff of police station, whose theme tune reached the US top 10 (4,6,5) |
| BEASTOFBURDEN | 1978 song by The Rolling Stones which reached the US top 10 (5,2,6) |
| CASPER | ____ Ruud, Norwegian tennis player who reached the 2022 US Open final (6) |
| CAMERONNORRIE | British tennis player who reached the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in 2022 |
| JACKDRAPER | British tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the US Open earlier this month (4,6) |
| HARRIET | British tennis player who reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon mixed doubles, _ Dart (7) |
| DONNA | _ Vekic, Croatian tennis player who reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 US Open (5) |
| AUSTIN | Bunny ---, English tennis player who reached the final of Wimbledon twice in the 1930s (6) |
| HADDAD | Beatriz _ Maia, Brazilian tennis player who reached the semifinal of the 2023 French Open (6) |
| DICKSTOCKTON | Former American Davis Cup tennis player who reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 1974 |
| NICK | ___ Kyrgios Australian professional tennis player who reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships |
| SVITOLINA | Ukrainian tennis player who reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2023, Elina _ (9) |
| HENRILECONTE | French tennis player who reached the semifinals of Celebrity Masterchef in 2017 (5.7) |
| NAOMIOSAKA | The first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, defeating Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open final (5,5) |
| BOULTER | Katie, British player who reached the women's singles' third round at Wimbledon this year (7) |
| LISOWSKI | Jack, English snooker player who reached the 2022 World Championship quarter-finals (8) |
