| TSONGA | Unseeded Frenchman reached 2008 Australian Open final (6) |
| ANDYMURRAY | Scottish tennis player defeated by 32-Across in the 2016 Australian Open finals: 2 wds. |
| CASPER | ____ Ruud, Norwegian tennis player who reached the 2022 US Open final (6) |
| ZVEREV | Alexander, German tennis player who lost to Dominic Thiem in the 2020 U.S. Open final (6) |
| SINNER | Who lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the Italian Open final in May 2025? (6) |
| RAFAEL | He beat Novak in the 2020 French Open final |
| FALLOW | Left unploughed and unseeded (6) |
| THROWN | Unseeded |
| SHAHARPEER | 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tennis championship runner-up with Victoria Azarenka (6,4) |
| SHARAPOVA | Maria ___, 2008 Australian Open singles tennis champion (9) |
| HANTUCHOVA | Slovakia's 2008 Australian Open tennis semi-finalist, Daniela ... (10) |
| ANA | Runner-up to Maria Sharapova 2008 Australian Open, -- Ivanovic (3) |
| INONE | John Senden's 14th-hole feat at the 2008 Australian Open Golf Championship, a hole ... (2,3) |
| IVANOVIC | Serbian runner-up to Maria Sharapova 2008 Australian Open women's singles (8) |
| BONDARENKO | Alona ?, 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tennis championship winner with sister Kateryna |
| GREGRUSEDSKI | Former British tennis player who reached the US Open final in 1997 |
| NOM | 2008 Australian Derby winner, ... du Jeu (3) |
| WES | 2008 Australian Idol winner, ... Carr (3) |
| WESCARR | 2008 Australian Idol winner (3,4) |
| BRETTLEE | 1999-2008 Australian Test paceman with 310 wickets (5,3) |
