List of nicknames used in tennis
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This is a list of verified common nicknames that notable professional tennis players were personally addressed by. Some are group names collectively referring to more than one player.
- Ace Queen = Karolína Plíšková[1]
- The Arm, The Aussie Amazon, Mighty Maggie = Margaret Court[2][3][4][5]
- A-Rod, Rocket Man = Andy Roddick[6][7]
B
- Baby Fed = Grigor Dimitrov[8]
- Big Three, The Three Tenors, GOATs= Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic
- Boom Boom Boris, The Lion of Leimen, Baron von Slam = Boris Becker[9]
- The Barcelona Bumblebee = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[10][11][12]
- "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra
- Bee = Barbora Strycova [13][14]
- Big, Bad Betty = Betty Stöve[15][16]
- The Big Cat = Miloslav Mečíř[17][18]
- Big Bill = William Tilden Jr.
- Big Foe = Frances Tiafoe
- Big Pancho = Pancho Gonzales
- Broadway Vitas = Vitas Gerulaitis[19]
- The Bulldozer = David Ferrer[20]
- Butch = Earl Buchholz[21]
C
- California Comet = Maurice McLoughlin[22]
- Can't-miss-Swiss = Martina Hingis[23]
- El Chino (Spanish for "The Chinese") = Marcelo Ríos[24]
- Chucky = Martina Hingis[25]
- Clown Prince of Tennis = Frank Kovacs[26]
- The Crocodile = René Lacoste[27][28][29]
- Carlitos = Carlos Alcaraz[30]
D
- Danimal = Danielle Collins[31]
- DelPo = Juan Martín del Potro[32]
- The Demon = Alex de Minaur[33]
- (The) Djoker, Nole, Serbinator, Robocup = Novak Djokovic[34]
- Dominator, The Prince of Clay = Dominic Thiem[35][36]
- Dreddy = Dustin Brown
- La divine (French for "The Goddess"), The Maid Marvel = Suzanne Lenglen[37][38][39]
E
- Emmo = Roy Emerson[40][41][42]
- El Peque = Diego Schwartzman[43]
- El Pelon= Rafael Osuna[44]
- Evonne Sing-A-Long, Sunshine Super Girl = Evonne Goolagong Cawley[45][46]
F
- Fat Dave, El Rey David = David Nalbandian[47]
- FedEx(press), The King, The Maestro, God of tennis, The G.O.A.T = Roger Federer[48]
- Fiery or Fiery Fred = Fred Stolle[49]
- The Flying Dutchman = Tom Okker[50][51]
- Fox, Carrot, Jannik The Merciless = Jannik Sinner
- The Four Musketeers =
- Fräulein Forehand = Steffi Graf[52]
G
- Gentleman Jack = Jack Crawford
- Gorgeous Gussie = Gertrude Moran[53]
- The Great Dane = Caroline Wozniacki[54]
- Guga, Clay Surfer = Gustavo Kuerten[55]
- The Generator = Jennifer Capriati
- Gonzo = Fernando González[56]
H
I
- Ivan the Terrible, The Terminator = Ivan Lendl
- Indian Express =
- Ice Borg or Ice Man = Björn Borg[57]
- Ice Maiden, Ice Princess = Chris Evert[58][59]
J
- Jimbo = Jimmy Connors
- Juju = Justine Henin[60]
K
- The King of Clay, Phenomenadal, El Matador (Spanish for "The Killer"), Raging Bull, el Toro de Manacor = Rafael Nadal[61][62]
L
- The Las Vegas Kid, The Punisher = Andre Agassi[63]
- The Leaning Tower of Pasadena = Stan Smith[64]
- The Lithuanian Lion = Vitas Gerulaitis[65]
- Little Bill = William Johnston
- Little Miss Poker Face = Helen Wills Moody[66][67]
- Little Mo = Maureen Connolly[68][69]
- Little Pancho = Pancho Segura[70]
M
- Madison Avenue = Madison Keys[71]
- Masha, the (Siberian) Siren = Maria Sharapova[72][73]
- The Magician = Fabrice Santoro[74][75]
- Marvelous Molla = Molla Bjurstedt Mallory[76]
- Mosquito = Juan Carlos Ferrero[77][78]
- Le Mozart Noir (French for "The Black Mozart") = Yannick Noah
- Muscles = Ken Rosewall[79][80]
- Musterminator = Thomas Muster
- Muhammad Ali, Smokin' Jo Willy, Tsunami = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[81]
- Muzza = Andy Murray[82]
N
- Naochi = Naomi Osaka[83]
- Nasty = Ilie Năstase[84]
- Newk = John Newcombe
- Navrat the Brat = Martina Navratilova[85]
- Ninja = Agnieszka Radwańska[86]
O
P
- The Paignton Peach = Sue Barker[87][88]
- Peanut = Mareen Louie-Harper[89]
- Peachy = Fern Kellmeyer
- Pico = Juan Mónaco
- Pistol Pete = Pete Sampras[90]
- The Pocket Rocket = Dominika Cibulková[91]
- Prime Time = Grigor Dimitrov[92]
- Psychedelic Strokeswoman = Françoise Dürr[93]
Q
- Q = Wang Qiang[94]
- Queen Vee = Venus Williams[95]
R
- The Rocket = Rod Laver[96]
- Rusty = Lleyton Hewitt[97]
- Rabbit = Wendy Turnbull[98]
S
- The São Paulo Swallow, the Tennis Ballerina = Maria Bueno[99][100][101]
- Senorita Topspin = Conchita Martínez
- Scud = Mark Philippoussis[102]
- Sliderman = Gaël Monfils[103]
- Special Kei = Kei Nishikori
- Spice Girls[104] =
- Stanimal, Stan the Man = Stanislas Wawrinka
- Superbrat = John McEnroe[105]
- Super Simo = Simona Halep
- Swiss Miss = Martina Hingis[106][107]
- SW19, Meka = Serena Williams[108]
- Somi = Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
T
- Tabasco = Fernando Verdasco[109]
- Tappy = Art Larsen[110]
- The Tennis Baron = Gottfried von Cramm
- The Tiger = Aryna Sabalenka[111]
- Tiger Tim, Timbo, Tin Man = Tim Henman[112]
- Ted = Cuthbert Tinling[113][114]
- Tomic the Tank Engine = Bernard Tomic[115]
- The Tower of Tandil = Juan Martín del Potro[116][117]
W
- Wild Thing = Nick Kyrgios[118]
- Willie = Guillermo Vilas[119]
- The Wizard = Norman Brookes[120][121]
- The Woodies =
