# 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.
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* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* References
* External links

## A

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

## B

* 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

## 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

## 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