Tennis Names
“Grand Slam champions”
These names are shared with tennis champions — the Grand Slam winners and world No. 1s who have ruled the court. Tennis is one of the few sports where its women are as celebrated as its men, and the names here reflect that.
John McEnroe
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Samantha Stosur
Australian professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Madison Keys
Professional tennis player
Taylor Fritz
Professional tennis player
Victoria Azarenka
Belarusian professional tennis player
Anna Kournikova
Professional tennis player and television personality
Jennifer Capriati
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Stephanie Graf
Olympic gold medalist and tennis champion
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player
Sofia Kenin
Professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Did you know tennis has lent some elegant names to the charts? Serena and Venus (Williams), Roger (Federer), and Andre (Agassi) all carry the poise and fierce competitiveness of the baseline.
Maria Sharapova
Grand Slam winning tennis player
Carlos Alcaraz
Spanish professional tennis champion
Andrea Petkovic
German professional tennis player
Dominic Thiem
Austrian professional tennis player
Sara Errani
Professional tennis player and Grand Slam finalist
Caroline Wozniacki
Danish professional tennis player
Shelby Rogers
Professional American tennis player
Naomi Osaka
Grand Slam champion tennis player
Ivan Lendl
Czech-American former world No. 1 tennis player
Heather Watson
British professional tennis player
Alicia Molik
Australian professional tennis player
Elena Rybakina
Wimbledon champion tennis player
Gabriela Sabatini
Argentine former professional tennis player
Ana Ivanovic
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Daniela Hantuchova
Slovak professional tennis player
Monica Seles
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Bianca Andreescu
Professional tennis player and US Open champion
Andre Agassi
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player and 22-time Grand Slam champion
Arthur Ashe
Grand Slam winning tennis player
From Wimbledon's grass to the hard courts of the US Open, a tennis name carries a sense of discipline, grace under pressure, and individual brilliance — qualities many parents are happy to wish on a child.
Gael Monfils
French professional tennis player
Lindsay Davenport
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Andy Murray
Scottish professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Mallory Burdette
American professional tennis player
Kristina Mladenovic
French professional tennis player
Marcos Baghdatis
Professional tennis player
Ayla Aksu
Turkish-American professional tennis player
Matteo Berrettini
Professional tennis player
Serena Williams
World-renowned professional tennis player and 23-time Grand Slam champion
Katrina Adams
Professional tennis player and executive
Tatiana Golovin
French professional tennis player
Gustavo Kuerten
Former world No. 1 tennis player from Brazil
Francesca Schiavone
Italian tennis champion and French Open winner
Virginia Wade
British former professional tennis player
Lia Neuberger
World champion table tennis player
Sloane Stephens
Professional tennis player and US Open champion
Roger Federer
Record-breaking Swiss tennis champion
Roy Emerson
Australian tennis champion with 12 Grand Slam titles
Paola Suárez
Argentine former world No. 1 doubles tennis player
Chris Evert
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Ashleigh Barty
Australian professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Johanna Konta
Professional tennis player
Kaia Kanepi
Estonian professional tennis player
Rosemary Casals
Former professional tennis player and Hall of Famer
Carla Suarez Navarro
Former professional tennis player
Guillermo Vilas
Argentine tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Angelique Kerber
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Justine Henin
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spanish professional tennis player
Tomas Berdych
Czech professional tennis player
Tracy Austin
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Dayana Yastremska
Ukrainian professional tennis player
Raphael Nadal
Legendary Spanish tennis player often nicknamed 'Rafa'
Lillie Bridge
Pioneering female tennis player
Stefan Edberg
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden
Giuliana Olmos
Professional tennis player
Hana Mandlikova
Professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Rohan Bopanna
Professional tennis player from India
Jolene Watanabe
American professional tennis player
Ansley Cargill
Professional tennis player
Ivanna Madruga
Argentine professional tennis player
Annabel Croft
British tennis player and television presenter
Reilly Opelka
Professional American tennis player
Desirae Krawczyk
American professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Yadira Silva
Olympic table tennis player
Jana Novotna
Czech professional tennis player and Wimbledon champion
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Professional tennis player from Brazil
Yvonne Goolagong Cawley
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Murphy Jensen
Grand Slam doubles champion in tennis
Silvia Farina Elia
Italian professional tennis player
Lilia Osterloh
American professional tennis player
Darlene Hard
International Tennis Hall of Fame player
Nathaly Kurata
Brazilian professional tennis player
Belinda Bencic
Swiss professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Billie Jean King
World No. 1 professional tennis player
Saniya Mirza
Indian professional tennis player
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis legend and six-time Wimbledon champion
Fabiola Zuluaga
Professional tennis player from Colombia
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spanish professional tennis player and Olympic medalist
Martina Navratilova
Record-breaking professional tennis player
Kaylah McPhee
Australian professional tennis player
Yuliana Lizarazo
Colombian professional tennis player
Cori Gauff
Professional tennis champion known as Coco Gauff
Storm Sanders
Australian professional tennis player
Alycia Parks
American professional tennis player
Alize Cornet
Professional French tennis player
Corina Morariu
American professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion
Elina Svitolina
Ukrainian professional tennis player
Eleni Daniilidou
Professional tennis player
Janette Husárová
Professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion
Ayan Broomfield
Canadian tennis player
Daria Gavrilova
Russian-Australian professional tennis player
Maureen Connolly
World No. 1 tennis player and first woman to win a Grand Slam
Giada Rossi
Italian Paralympic table tennis player
Kirstin Freye
German professional tennis player
Denis Shapovalov
Professional tennis player
Dalila Jakupovic
Slovenian professional tennis player
Karolina Pliskova
Czech professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Pauline Betz
American tennis champion and world No. 1
Petra Kvitova
Two-time Wimbledon champion tennis player
Lucie Safarova
Czech professional tennis player
Monika Seleš
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Jessika Ponchet
French professional tennis player
Kim Clijsters
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Eleanora Sears
International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee and pioneer in women's sports
Rianna Valdes
American professional tennis player
Damir Džumhur
Bosnian professional tennis player
Althea Gibson
First African American to win a Grand Slam tennis title
Candy Reynolds
American professional tennis player and Grand Slam winner
Ines Gorrochategui
Argentine professional tennis player
Pete Sampras
Professional tennis player and 14-time Grand Slam champion
Indy de Vroome
Professional tennis player
Leyton Hewitt
Australian former world No. 1 tennis player
Venus Williams
Professional tennis player and seven-time Grand Slam champion
Casper Ruud
Norwegian professional tennis player
Veronika Kudermetova
Professional tennis player
Aleksandra Wozniak
Professional tennis player
Karsten Braasch
German professional tennis player
Jenson Brooksby
American professional tennis player
Roberta Vinci
Italian professional tennis player
Manuela Maleeva
Former top-ranked professional tennis player
Gisela Dulko
Argentine professional tennis player
Valentine Hall
American tennis player and early champion
Stefano Tsitsipas
Professional tennis player
Iva Majoli
Croatian professional tennis player and French Open champion
Vania King
American professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
American professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Clarisa Fernández
Argentine professional tennis player
Adriano Panatta
Italian tennis player and French Open champion
Alona Bondarenko
Ukrainian professional tennis player
Leander Paes
Indian professional tennis player and Olympic medalist
Boris Becker
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Sania Mirza
Former world No. 1 doubles tennis player
Izak van der Merwe
South African professional tennis player
Aslan Karatsev
Professional tennis player
Simona Halep
Romanian professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Graydon Oliver
American professional tennis player
Coco Gauff
American professional tennis champion
Ryu Seung-min
Olympic gold medalist in table tennis
Jovana Jaksic
Professional tennis player
Stellan Bengtsson
Swedish table tennis player and former World Champion
Zarina Diyas
Professional tennis player from Kazakhstan
Jelena Janković
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Gigi Fernandez
Professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Tamira Paszek
Austrian professional tennis player
Teryn Ashley
American professional tennis player
Arina Rodionova
Russian-born Australian professional tennis player
Jamee Reid
Australian professional tennis player
Tzipora Obziler
Israeli professional tennis player
Ena Shibahara
Professional tennis player
Chrissy Evert
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Delina Boshoff
South African professional tennis player
Tallon Griekspoor
Professional tennis player from the Netherlands
Gaston Gaudio
Argentine professional tennis player and French Open champion
Philippe Chatrier
French tennis player and president of the ITF
Leylah Fernandez
Canadian professional tennis player and US Open finalist
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Polish professional tennis player
Meghann Shaughnessy
American professional tennis player
Mayar Sherif
Professional Egyptian tennis player
Ekaterina Makarova
Professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Zina Garrison
Olympic gold medalist and Wimbledon finalist tennis player
Rainer Schüttler
German professional tennis player
Sascha Zverev
Professional tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Deserae Krawczyk
American professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Ora Washington
Multi-sport champion in tennis and basketball
Yannick Noah
French tennis player and singer
Vijay Amritraj
Professional tennis player and sports commentator
Ajla Tomljanović
Croatian-Australian professional tennis player
Markos Pagdatis
Cypriot professional tennis player
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Two-time Grand Slam champion tennis player
Florencia Labat
Argentine professional tennis player
Destanee Aiava
Australian professional tennis player
Feliciano López
Professional tennis player from Spain
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian former world No. 1 tennis player
Daksh Sharma
Indian tennis player
Kimiko Date
Former world top-10 professional tennis player
Kei Nishikori
Professional tennis player and Olympic medalist
Shraga Weinberg
Israeli wheelchair tennis player
Taylah Preston
Australian professional tennis player
Bryanne Stewart
Australian professional tennis player
Yanelis Silva
Cuban paralympic table tennis player
Chanda Rubin
American professional tennis player
Melek Hu
Olympic table tennis player
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Former world No. 1 tennis player and 14-time Grand Slam champion
Sejal Jhaveri
International table tennis player
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spanish professional tennis player
Severin Luthi
Swiss tennis coach and player
Kaja Juvan
Slovenian professional tennis player
Dominika Cibulkova
Slovak professional tennis player
Kong Linghui
Olympic gold medalist in table tennis
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
Former world No. 1 tennis player and four-time Grand Slam champion
Mirka Federer
Former professional tennis player
Guiliana Olmos
Professional tennis player
Miroslava Vavrinec
Swiss former professional tennis player, also known as Mirka Federer
Flavia Pennetta
Italian professional tennis player and US Open champion
Nikolay Davydenko
Former professional tennis player ranked world No. 3
Jordanne Whiley
British Paralympic wheelchair tennis player
Ankita Raina
Professional tennis player and Indian number one
Elenora Sears
American tennis champion and pioneer in women's sports
Estee Ackerman
American table tennis player
Teodora Mirčić
Serbian professional tennis player
Manisha Malhotra
Former professional tennis player
Bruna Takahashi
Olympic table tennis player
Saketh Myneni
Professional Indian tennis player
Stan Smith
Grand Slam winning tennis player
Fabrice Santoro
Former professional tennis player
Rod Laver
Australian tennis legend
Torben Ulrich
Danish professional tennis player and father of Lars Ulrich
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Professional tennis player ranked in the world top 10
Cammy MacGregor
American professional tennis player
Reda El Amrani
Professional tennis player
Alicja Rosolska
Professional tennis player
Novak Djokovic
World-renowned tennis champion often nicknamed 'Nole'
Elea McDonnell Favrat
Swiss professional tennis player
Mirra Andreeva
Professional tennis player
Milos Raonic
Professional tennis player and Wimbledon finalist
Ivo Karlović
Professional tennis player known for his height and serve
Nastassia Yakimova
Professional tennis player
Mansour Bahrami
Iranian-French professional tennis player
Daniil Medvedev
World-renowned professional tennis player
Maks Mirnyi
Former world No. 1 doubles tennis player from Belarus
Tammi Patterson
Australian professional tennis player
Alphonzo Bell
Olympic tennis medalist and real estate developer
Corby King
Professional tennis player
Lamine Ouahab
Algerian-Moroccan professional tennis player
Tena Lukas
Croatian professional tennis player
Eugenie Bouchard
Canadian professional tennis player
Ai Sugiyama
Professional tennis player
Wiktoria Azarenka
Professional tennis player (often spelled Victoria)
Steffi Graf
Tennis legend and 22-time Grand Slam champion
Elke Clijsters
Belgian tennis player
Nadezhda Petrova
Former professional tennis player ranked world No. 3
Edina Gallovits-Hall
Professional tennis player
Frederico Gil
Portuguese professional tennis player
Christo van Rensburg
South African professional tennis player
Li Na
Professional tennis player and Grand Slam champion
Tatjana Maria
German professional tennis player
Vasilisa Bardina
Russian professional tennis player
Genie Bouchard
Canadian professional tennis player
Vic Seixas
International Tennis Hall of Fame champion
Misaki Doi
Professional tennis player
Nastassja Burnett
Italian professional tennis player
Natsumi Kawaguchi
Professional Japanese tennis player
Romana Tedjakusuma
Indonesian professional tennis player
Simonne Mathieu
French tennis champion and WWII resistance leader
Ion Tiriac
Professional tennis player and billionaire businessman
Natalija Stevanović
Serbian professional tennis player
Miyu Kato
Professional tennis player
Yanina Wickmayer
Belgian professional tennis player
Peaches Bartkowicz
American professional tennis player
Anastasija Sevastova
Latvian professional tennis player
Digna Ketelaar
Dutch former professional tennis player
Timo Boll
Professional German table tennis player
Galo Blanco
Spanish professional tennis player and coach
Shikha Uberoi
Indian-American professional tennis player
Hady Habib
Lebanese-American professional tennis player
Viktoriya Azarenka
Belarusian professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Huber Hurkacz
Professional tennis player (often referred to by first name Hubert)
Aqeel Ahmed
Pakistani tennis player
Harel Levy
Professional tennis player from Israel
Rossana de los Ríos
Paraguayan professional tennis player
Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgarian professional tennis player
Varvara Lepchenko
Uzbek-born American professional tennis player
Vitalia Diatchenko
Russian professional tennis player
Angeliki Kanellopoulou
Professional tennis player
Radek Štěpánek
Professional tennis player from the Czech Republic
Koki Niwa
Olympic medal-winning table tennis player
Mukund Sasikumar
Professional Indian tennis player
Dejana Radanović
Serbian professional tennis player
Ilija Bozoljac
Serbian professional tennis player
Marsel İlhan
Professional tennis player
Nandan Bal
Former Indian professional tennis player and coach
Duru Çağla
Turkish professional tennis player
Kateryna Bondarenko
Professional tennis player
Afiyah Akbar
Professional tennis player from Pakistan
Taisei Ichikawa
Japanese tennis player
Agnieszka Radwańska
Former professional tennis player ranked world No. 2
Vika Azarenka
Professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Chrissie Evert
Former world No. 1 tennis player
Anett Kontaveit
Estonian former professional tennis player
Caty McNally
Professional American tennis player
Mahesh Bhupathi
Professional tennis player and first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament
Sreeja Akula
Indian table tennis player and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Xinyi Liu
Chinese professional tennis player
Borna Ćorić
Professional tennis player from Croatia
Janene Goad
Professional tennis player
Cici Bellis
American professional tennis player
Maryna Zanevska
Ukrainian-born Belgian professional tennis player
Kanae Hisami
Japanese professional tennis player
Sumit Nagal
Professional tennis player
Radford Klotz
American professional tennis player
Zhen Cao
Olympic table tennis player
Kasumi Ishikawa
Olympic silver medalist in table tennis
Sergi Bruguera
Two-time French Open tennis champion
Benoit Paire
French professional tennis player
Betina Jozami
Argentine professional tennis player
Kadeisha Oliver
Professional tennis player
Peng Shuai
Professional tennis player and Olympian
Stephanos Tsitsipas
Professional tennis player (often spelled Stefanos)
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Professional tennis player from Georgia
Colburn Hardy
American tennis player and coach
Petr Korda
Czech tennis player and Australian Open champion
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Professional tennis player from Thailand
Arul Selvi
Indian table tennis player
Nao Hibino
Professional tennis player
Victoriya Kutuzova
Ukrainian professional tennis player
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Professional tennis player from Romania
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Professional tennis player
Yekaterina Makarova
Professional tennis player and Olympic champion
Egor Gerasimov
Professional tennis player
Sandon Stolle
Australian professional tennis player and US Open doubles champion
Yuxi Lin
Professional tennis player
Adrijana Lekaj
Croatian professional tennis player
Conchita Martínez
Spanish professional tennis player and Wimbledon champion
Ibrahem Al-Hasan
Kuwaiti Olympic table tennis player
Apostolos Tsitsipas
Greek tennis coach and father of Stefanos Tsitsipas
Mats Wilander
Former world No. 1 tennis player from Sweden
Prarthana Thombare
Indian professional tennis player and Olympian
Danielly Silva
Professional tennis player
Nikoleta Stefanova
Bulgarian-Italian table tennis player
Aliona Bolsova
Spanish-Moldovan professional tennis player
Mate Pavić
Olympic gold medalist and world No. 1 doubles tennis player
Manika Batra
Indian table tennis player and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Dinara Safina
Former world No. 1 professional tennis player
Bautista Agut
Spanish professional tennis player
Chere Ponize
American professional tennis player
Tamie Ormand
Australian former professional tennis player
Tomaz Koch
Brazilian professional tennis player
Yihan Zhou
Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
Kornelia Bouman
Dutch tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
Lesia Tsurenko
Professional tennis player
Shenay Perry
Professional American tennis player
Tauna Vandeweghe
Olympic swimmer and mother of tennis player Coco Vandeweghe
Chayenne Ewijk
Professional Dutch tennis player
Mal Anderson
Australian former world No. 2 tennis player
Yuxuan Zhang
Professional tennis player