List of nicknames used in tennis
This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional tennis players.
- "A-Rod" = Andy Roddick
[1] - "Baron von Slam" = Boris Becker
- "The Barcelona Bumblebee" = Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- "Le basque bondissant" (French for "The Leaping Basque") = Jean Borotra
- "Big Bill" = William Tilden, Jr.
- "Big Pancho" = Pancho Gonzales
- "Boom Boom" = Boris Becker [2]
- "Butch" = Earl Buchholz
- "Can't-miss-Swiss" = Martina Hingis
[3] - "Chino" (Spanish word for "Chinese") = Marcelo Ríos
- "The Crocodile" = René Lacoste
- "DelPo" = Juan Martin Del Potro
- "Djoker" = Novak Djokovic
- "Dominator" = Dominic Thiem
- "Dreddy" = Dustin Brown
- "El gato" = Miloslav Mecir
- "Fat Dave" = David Nalbandian [4]
- "FedEx" = Roger Federer [5]
- "The Four Musketeers" =
- "Fräulein Forehand" = Steffi Graf
- "Gorgeous Gussie" = Gertrude Moran [6]
- "Guga" = Gustavo Kuerten
- "Ivan the Terrible" = Ivan Lendl
- "Indian Express" = Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (Doubles)
- "Handsome Eight" =
- "Ice Borg" or "Ice Man" = Björn Borg
[7] - "Ice Maiden" = Chris Evert [8]
- "Juju" = Justine Henin
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[9] - "The King of Clay" = Rafael Nadal [10][11][12]
- "The Las Vegas Kid" = Andre Agassi
- "The Lithuanian Lion" = Vitas Gerulaitis [13]
- "Little Bill" = William Johnston
- "Little Miss Poker Face" = Helen Wills Moody [14]
- "Little Mo" = Maureen Connolly [15]
- "Little Pancho" = Pancho Segura
- "Mosquito" = Juan Carlos Ferrero
- "Muhammad Ali of Tennis" = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [16]
- "Le Mozart Noir" (French for "The Black Mozart") = Yannick Noah
- "Muscles" = Ken Rosewall
- "Muzza" = Andy Murray
[17] - "Nasty" = Ilie Năstase
[18] - "Original 9" =
- "Peanut" = Maureen Louie-Harper [19]
- "Peachy" = Fern Kellmeyer
- "Pico" = Juan Mónaco
- "Pistol Pete" = Pete Sampras [20]
- "Prime Time" = Grigor Dimitrov
- "The Punisher" = Andre Agassi [21]
- "Rocket Man" = Andy Roddick [22]
- "Rusty" = Lleyton Hewitt
- "Sliderman" = Gaël Monfils
- "Smokin' Jo Willy" = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- "Special Kei" = Kei Nishikori
[23] - "Spice Girls"[24] =
- "Stan the Man" = Stanislas Wawrinka
- "Stanimal" = Stanislas Wawrinka
- "Superbrat" = John McEnroe [25]
- "The (Swiss) Maestro" = Roger Federer
- "The Magician" = Fabrice Santoro
- "Tabasco" = Fernando Verdasco [26]
- "The Terminator" = Ivan Lendl
- "Tiger Tim" = Tim Henman [27]
- "Ted" = Cuthbert Tinling [28][29]
- "Timbo" = Tim Henman
- "Tin Man" = Tim Henman
- "Tomic the Tank Engine" = Bernard Tomic [30]
- "Tsunami" = Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- "The Woodies" = Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
- "Uncle Toni" = Antonio Nadal (coach)
- "Wild Thing" = Nick Kyrgios [31]
- "The Wizard" = Norman Brookes
- "X-man" = Xavier Malisse
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See also
References
- ↑ Kevin Mitchell (29 August 2012). "US Open tennis 2012 diary: A-Rod and a hard face". The Guardian.
- ↑ Ian Thomsen (1997-07-02). "Boom Boom Leads German Triple Threat". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ "NAVRATILOVA HEARS HINGIS' CHEERS". Miami Herald. 10 April 1997. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ "Wimby day 1 as it happens". BBC Sport. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ↑ Jeremy Stahl (2007-05-22). "French Open – Roland Garros – Men to watch". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
After a previously disappointing claycourt season, Fed-ex won his first clay title of the spring in Hamburg.
- ↑ "Wimbledon Memories: Gertrude 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran". Petticoated.com. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ↑ Mark Hodgkinson (2007-10-25). "Björn Borg: My life is perfect". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Larry Schwartz. "Evert: grit, grace and glamour". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
While the titles piled up the next few year for the "Ice Maiden", the public that had adored her started to lose interest.
- ↑ Bierley, Stephen (2008-05-14). "Henin announces retirement from tennis". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ↑ Harwitt, Sandra (8 June 2008). "Is Rafael Nadal the best clay-court player ever?". ESPN 2008 French Open. ESPN.com. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ↑ Bodo, Peter (8 June 2008). "Endgame on Clay". Peter Bodo's tennisworld. Tennis.com. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ↑ Perrotta, Tom (28 April 2008). "Nadal Appearing Unbeatable on Clay". The Sun. The New York Sun. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ↑ "Read 'em and Leap". People. 1979-11-19. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ Fein, Paul (April 2006). "Who is the greatest female player ever?". Inside Tennis. Archived from the original (– Scholar search) on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT | Tennis | 1955: American tennis star 'Little Mo' to quit". BBC News. 1955-02-22. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ↑ Holt, Sarah (2007-06-30). "BBC SPORT | Tennis | The Muhammad Ali of tennis". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ↑ http://www.lta.org.uk/Articles/Australian-Open-2009/Australian-Open---As-it-Happens/Australian-Open---As-it-Happens/26012010---Muzza-mania/
- ↑ "McEnroe overruled – by scientist". BBC News. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ Dwight Chapin, Chronicle Senior Writer (2002-02-10). "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? / 'Peanut' Louie-Harper / This tennis nut made a name for herself on court". Sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ↑ George Gross. "Pistol Pete, man of emotion". Slam! Sports. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ "The Career of Andre Agassi". igotennis.com. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ↑ "Moon Tennis". www.nasa.gov. NASA. 30 August 2005.
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- ↑ "Hingis and Kournikova return". CNN. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ↑ Ronald Atkin (2002-06-16). "John McEnroe: The golden rage of Superbrat (retd.)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ↑ "Verdasco adds spice to Heineken Open" --New Zealand Herald
- ↑ Steve Bierley (2007-06-27). "Gutsy Henman finds the inner Tiger Tim". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ↑ Tinling, Ted (1979). Love and Faults: Personalities Who Have Changed the History of Tennis. Crown. ASIN B000RQF87C.
- ↑ Tinling, Ted (1984). Tinling. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-283-98963-7.
- ↑ Take a break, Tomic urged
- ↑ "A Temper, and a Shot, to Make McEnroe Proud" --The New York Times
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