| ANKITA | India's top-ranked women's tennis player, ... Raina. (6) |
| SWIATEK | Top-ranked women's tennis player Iga ___ |
| GUKESH | India's top-ranked chess player Dommaraju ... (6) |
| SIMONAHALEP | Which former World No. 1-ranked women's tennis player announced her retirement just before this year's Australian Open? (6,5) |
| SAFINA | Russian former world No 1 women's tennis player, Dinara - (6) |
| ALICIA | Former long-time leading Australian women's tennis player, - - Molik (6) |
| EDMUND | Former top ranked GB tennis player. Kyle ... (6) |
| ACACIA | Account after account on India's top Ayurvedic tree (6) |
| INDEED | India's top director captivated by miss undoubtedly (6) |
| KUMBLE | India's top Test wicket taker, with 619, Anil ... (6) |
| SURESH | Mr. Raina of Indian cricket |
| BUMRAH | Indian fast bowler who recently became the world's top-ranked Test bowler. (Last name) (6) |
| LORENA | Ochoa who was the top-ranked female golfer when she retired |
| BILLIEJEAN | First names of a former No. 1 women's tennis player, born Long Beach, California 1943 (6,4) |
| JAEGER | American women's tennis whizkid emerged early 1980s (6) |
| ANA | Former world No 1 women's tennis player, -- Ivanovic (3) |
| DI | Leading Aussie women's tennis player 1970s, -- Fromholtz (2) |
| DURIE | Jo, women's tennis player who beat Kathy Jordan to win the Adidas International at Sydney in 1983 (5) |
| GRAF | 1980s-'90s women's tennis player who was #1 for a record total of 377 weeks |
| ELIZABETHRYAN | Women's tennis player nicknamed Bunny who was runner-up in the 1926 US Women's National Singles Championship (9,4) |
