| RODLAVER | The only tennis player ever to win two calendar year singles grand slams |
| BARRYSHARPLESS | On Oct. 5, American K. ___ became the fifth person ever to win two Nobel Prizes: for chemistry in both 2001 and 2022 |
| DERRICKJONESJR | Only undrafted player ever to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 2020: 3 wds. |
| ORR | Youngest player ever to win the Calder Memorial Trophy |
| SAMBUCA | Italian aniseed flavoured singles Grand Slams, liqueur named in 1962 and 1969 (3,5) |
| DATERANGE | Span between two calendar spots |
| KIKIBERTENS | Highest ranked Dutch woman tennis player ever. (4,7) |
| TSITSIPAS | Highest-ranked Greek male tennis player ever (8,9) |
| STEFANOS | Highest-ranked Greek male tennis player ever (8,9) |
| RUUD | Casper ..., highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player ever. (4) |
| DRAWN | Two calendars somehow depicted in proportion (5,2,5) |
| TOSCALE | Two calendars somehow depicted in proportion (5,2,5) |
| STEFFIGRAF | The only tennis player to win a singles Grand Slam played on clay, grass and hard courts |
| GORANIVANISEVIC | The only tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard |
| GRAF | Who is the only tennis player to have won all four majors and Olympic gold in the same year? (4-) |
| GRANDSLAM | Rod Laver is the only tennis player to have twice won this title (5,4) |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | American keyboardist whose album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award |
| ASHE | Arthur ____ is the only black player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title other than the French Open |
| ANDYMURRAY | Only tennis player to have won two Olympic singles titles |
| FALDO | Former World No. 1 golfer who, at the age of 20, became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Ryder Cup (5) |
