| WAWRINKA | Tennis player opening in Wimbledon with ace ___ and again, controlling slippery surface (8) |
| CONSERVE | Non-pro tennis player's opening jam (8) |
| ELI | "Ace ___ and Rodger of the Skies" (1973 film) |
| FLUTED | Fine music player opening in denims. Groovy? (6) |
| BOBWHITE | Quail, seeing chess player opening with quick move (8) |
| ICEPICKS | In the end, points out slippery surface for the cold chippies perhaps (3,5) |
| BLACKICE | Learner in reverse reaches one hundred on endlessly wet, slippery surface (5,3) |
| UNCOMMON | A foreign green area in Wimbledon is hard to find (8) |
| ICESKATE | Move along slippery surface with girl following cones maybe |
| ESPECIAL | Slip around slippery surface, turning right round - that's exceptional |
| FOREHAND | Front drive in Wimbledon? (8) |
| BEINLOVE | Smitten by empty African country? To those in Wimbledon it means nothing! (2,2,4) |
| FREDDIETRUEMAN | English player, opening with cherry fast? Fine sport all round (7,7) |
| BLACKWIDOW | Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (5,5) |
| HARRI | Identify this tennis player who took a sabbatical for three years and did office job before returning to the professional circuit and went on to win the men's doubles title in Wimbledon 2024? (5) |
| ISNER | John, U.S. tennis player who won the longest match in Wimbledon history in 2010 (5) |
| ONCE | Series with the Manning and Sammler families: _ And Again. |
| LENDL | Tennis player's advance to halfway point in Wimbledon (5) |
| HENMAN | Former tennis ace, but still cock of the walk up in Wimbledon! (6) |
| VENTURA | Ace ___: Pet Detective, 1994 comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Courteney Cox (7) |
