| JIMMYCONNORS | Former US tennis player |
| ASHE | Arthur ___, former US tennis player (4) |
| PAM | . ... Shriver, former US tennis player (3) |
| BILLIEJEANKING | Former US tennis player portrayed by Emma Stone in the 2017 film Battle Of The Sexes (6,4,4) |
| COURIERS | They deliver former US tennis player's son (8) |
| PETE | Former US tennis ace, ... Sampras |
| EVERT | Chris, former US Tennis star (5) |
| AGASSI | Former US tennis pro Andre (6) |
| MCENROE | Former world No. 1 US tennis player whose sporting rivals included Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl (7) |
| ANDYRODDICK | Retired US tennis player who won the US Open in 2003 (4,7) |
| JOHN | -- McEnroe, US tennis player (4) |
| LENDL | Advance a pound to US tennis player (5) |
| VENUS | _ Williams, US tennis player (5) |
| CONNORS | Jimmy --, US tennis player (7) |
| ANDRE | - - - Agassi, retired US tennis player (5) |
| COCO | US tennis player, ... Gauff |
| SERENA | - Williams, US tennis player (6) |
| KING | Billie Jean ..., US tennis player |
| WILLIAMS | Serena ___ (b 1981), US tennis player (8) |
| SOLOMON | Harold ******* , US tennis player born in 1952 (7) |
