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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.
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
See also
Lists of nicknames