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

 * 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

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), King Roger, The (Swiss) Maestro, God of tennis = 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, El Matador (Spanish for "The Killer"), Raging Bull = 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

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