List of nicknames used in tennis

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.

A

• Ace Queen = Karolína Plíšková
• The Arm, The Aussie Amazon, Mighty Maggie = Margaret Court
• A-Rod, Rocket Man = Andy Roddick

B

• Baby Fed = Grigor Dimitrov
• Big Three, The Three Tenors, GOATs= Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal,Novak Djokovic
• Boom Boom Boris, The Lion of Leimen, Baron von Slam = Boris Becker
• The Barcelona Bumblebee = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
• "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra
• Bee = Barbora Strycova
• Big, Bad Betty = Betty Stöve
• The Big Cat = Miloslav Mečíř
• Big Bill = William Tilden Jr.
• Big Foe = Frances Tiafoe
• Big Pancho = Pancho Gonzales
• Broadway Vitas = Vitas Gerulaitis
• The Bulldozer = David Ferrer
• Butch = Earl Buchholz

C

• California Comet = Maurice McLoughlin
• Can't-miss-Swiss = Martina Hingis
• El Chino (Spanish for "The Chinese") = Marcelo Ríos
• Chucky = Martina Hingis
• Clown Prince of Tennis = Frank Kovacs
• The Crocodile = René Lacoste
• Carlitos = Carlos Alcaraz

D

• Danimal = Danielle Collins
• DelPo = Juan Martín del Potro
• The Demon = Alex de Minaur
• (The) Djoker, Nole, Serbinator, Robocup = Novak Djokovic
• Dominator, The Prince of Clay = Dominic Thiem
• Dreddy = Dustin Brown
• La divine (French for "The Goddess"), The Maid Marvel = Suzanne Lenglen

E

• Emmo = Roy Emerson
• El Peque = Diego Schwartzman
• El Pelon= Rafael Osuna
• Evonne Sing-A-Long, Sunshine Super Girl = Evonne Goolagong Cawley

F

• Fat Dave, El Rey David = David Nalbandian
• FedEx(press), The King, The Maestro, God of tennis, The G.O.A.T = Roger Federer
• Fiery or Fiery Fred = Fred Stolle
• The Flying Dutchman = Tom Okker
• Fox, Carrot, Jannik The Merciless = Jannik Sinner
• The Four Musketeers =
• Jean Borotra
• Jacques Brugnon
• Henri Cochet
• René Lacoste
• Fräulein Forehand = Steffi Graf

G

• Gentleman Jack = Jack Crawford
• Gorgeous Gussie = Gertrude Moran
• The Great Dane = Caroline Wozniacki
• Guga, Clay Surfer = Gustavo Kuerten
• The Generator = Jennifer Capriati
• Gonzo = Fernando González

H

• Handsome Eight =
• Pierre Barthès
• Butch Buchholz
• Cliff Drysdale
• John Newcombe
• Nikola Pilić
• Dennis Ralston
• Tony Roche
• Roger Taylor

I

• Ivan the Terrible, The Terminator = Ivan Lendl
• Indian Express =
• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Leander Paes
• Ice Borg or Ice Man = Björn Borg
• Ice Maiden, Ice Princess = Chris Evert

J

• Jimbo = Jimmy Connors
• Juju = Justine Henin

K

• The King of Clay, Phenomenadal, El Matador (Spanish for "The Killer"), Raging Bull, el Toro de Manacor = Rafael Nadal

L

• The Las Vegas Kid, The Punisher = Andre Agassi
• The Leaning Tower of Pasadena = Stan Smith
• The Lithuanian Lion = Vitas Gerulaitis
• Little Bill = William Johnston
• Little Miss Poker Face = Helen Wills Moody
• Little Mo = Maureen Connolly
• Little Pancho = Pancho Segura

M

• Madison Avenue = Madison Keys
• Masha, the (Siberian) Siren = Maria Sharapova
• The Magician = Fabrice Santoro
• Marvelous Molla = Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
• Mosquito = Juan Carlos Ferrero
• Le Mozart Noir (French for "The Black Mozart") = Yannick Noah
• Muscles = Ken Rosewall
• Musterminator = Thomas Muster
• Muhammad Ali, Smokin' Jo Willy, Tsunami = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
• Muzza = Andy Murray

N

• Naochi = Naomi Osaka
• Nasty = Ilie Năstase
• Newk = John Newcombe
• Navrat the Brat = Martina Navratilova
• Ninja = Agnieszka Radwańska

O

• Original 9 =
• Billie Jean King
• Rosemary Casals
• Nancy Richey
• Peaches Bartkowicz
• Kristy Pigeon
• Valerie Ziegenfuss
• Julie Heldman
• Kerry Reid
• Judy Tegart

P

• The Paignton Peach = Sue Barker
• Peanut = Mareen Louie-Harper
• Peachy = Fern Kellmeyer
• Pico = Juan Mónaco
• Pistol Pete = Pete Sampras
• The Pocket Rocket = Dominika Cibulková
• Prime Time = Grigor Dimitrov
• Psychedelic Strokeswoman = Françoise Dürr

Q

• Q = Wang Qiang
• Queen Vee = Venus Williams

R

• The Rocket = Rod Laver
• Rusty = Lleyton Hewitt
• Rabbit = Wendy Turnbull

S

• The São Paulo Swallow, the Tennis Ballerina = Maria Bueno
• Senorita Topspin = Conchita Martínez
• Scud = Mark Philippoussis
• Sliderman = Gaël Monfils
• Special Kei = Kei Nishikori
• Spice Girls =
• Anna Kournikova
• Martina Hingis
• Stanimal, Stan the Man = Stanislas Wawrinka
• Superbrat = John McEnroe
• Super Simo = Simona Halep
• Swiss Miss = Martina Hingis
• SW19, Meka = Serena Williams
• Somi = Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

T

• Tabasco = Fernando Verdasco
• Tappy = Art Larsen
• The Tennis Baron = Gottfried von Cramm
• The Tiger = Aryna Sabalenka
• Tiger Tim, Timbo, Tin Man = Tim Henman
• Ted = Cuthbert Tinling
• Tomic the Tank Engine = Bernard Tomic
• The Tower of Tandil = Juan Martín del Potro

W

• Wild Thing = Nick Kyrgios
• Willie = Guillermo Vilas
• The Wizard = Norman Brookes
• The Woodies =
• Todd Woodbridge
• Mark Woodforde

X

• X-Man = Xavier Malisse

See also

• Lists of nicknames

References