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/swiss miss = 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 Pushniacki = Caroline Wozniacki 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