| HENMAN | Four times Wimbledon men's semi-finalist 1998-2002 (6) |
| LAVER | Rod ...... four-time Wimbledon men's singles champion (5) |
| SAMPRAS | "Pistol Pete", seven times Wimbledon mens singles champion (7) |
| PISTOL | Nickname seven-time Wimbledon men's singles champion Sampras, "_ Pete" (6) |
| RIPLEY | Stuart ...... , 1993-97 England, 1992-98 Blackburn and 1998-2002 Southampton winger (6) |
| SERAPH | Rolls Royce model in the "Silver" series, manufactured from 1998-2002 (6) |
| BECKER | Boris, German tennis player who was a three-time Wimbledon men's singles champion (6) |
| GORGES | Germany's 2018 Wimbledon semi-finalist, Julia ... (6) |
| DEBEVE | Mickael, 1987-94 Toulouse and 1994-2002 Lens midfielder; Middlesbrough 2001-02 FA Cup semi-finalist against Arsenal (6) |
| DASHED | Destroyed, as are semi-finalist and runner-up? (6) |
| WILSON | Food writer and MasterChef semi-finalist "Bee" whose father is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an award-winning biographer (6) |
| AMANDA | 2019 French Open tennis tournament women's singles semi-finalist beaten by eventual winner Ashleigh Barty (6) |
| HAJDUK | 1972-73 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalists against Leeds United (6) |
| MISHAB | The 2011 X Factor semi-finalist who went on to have a hit with Home Run (5,1) |
| ALAHLY | 2023-24 Egyptian Premier League club; 2020-23 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finalists (2,4) |
| TIMHENMAN | British Wimbledon semi-finalist four times between 1998 and 2002 |
| STEFFIGRAF | Seven-times Wimbledon Single Ladies champion between 1989 and 1996 (6,4) |
| TIM | ___ Henman, four-time Wimbledon semifinalist (3) |
| NAVRATILOVA | Nine times Wimbledon singles champion, Martina ___ (11) |
| EVERT | Chris ___, three-times Wimbledon ladies' singles champion (5) |
