| SELES | Monica ...... winner of nine women's singles Grand Slam titles (5) |
| COURT | Margaret ....., in tennis, winner of 24 women's singles Grand Slam titles (5) |
| HENIN | Justine ,-, winner of seven women's singles Grand Slam titles (5) |
| MARIA | ..... Sharapova, winner of five women's singles Grand Slam singles finals (5) |
| LENDL | Ivan ....., winner of eight men's singles Grand Slam titles (5) |
| MARGARET | ........ Court, winner of 24 women's singles Grand Slam titles (8) |
| GRAF | Steffi .... winner of 22 women's singles Grand Slam titles (4) |
| CAPRIATI | Jennifer ........ , winner of three women's singles Grand Slam titles (8) |
| HOGAN | Ben _; US golfer, winner of nine major titles (5) |
| WILANDER | Mats ........ , winner of seven men's singles Grand Slam titles 1982-88 (8) |
| ROOTS | Winner of nine Emmys in 1977 |
| NADAL | Winner of nine French Opens |
| NURMI | Winner of nine Olympic medals in the 1920s, this runner was called "the Flying Finn" |
| ASHE | Arthur ____ is the only black player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title other than the French Open |
| MARGARETCOURT | 1970 women's tennis singles Grand Slam winner (8,5) |
| SAMBUCA | Italian aniseed flavoured singles Grand Slams, liqueur named in 1962 and 1969 (3,5) |
| CASALS | Winner of nine Grand Slam doubles titles, seven with Billie Jean King, Rosemary ... (6) |
| STEFFIGRAF | The only tennis player to win a singles Grand Slam played on clay, grass and hard courts |
| RODLAVER | Only tennis player to have won two calendar-year singles Grand Slams in 1962 and 1969 (3,5) |
| MAUREENCONNOLLY | Winner of nine Grand Slam tennis tournaments as a teenager (7,8) |