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.
...it was often said Court's arms were three inches longer than the average woman of her size, which earned her the nickname The Arm
Court's tour-mate Rosie Casals nicknamed her The Arm, for the long, strong right arm that she used to deliver heavy hooking serves, reach out and intercept passing shots, and hammer home winning smashes.
Smith's only other loss was to another young American, Carole Caldwell, but "Mighty Maggie" won 13 of 15 tournaments,
They call him the "Rocket Man." Tennis pro Andy Roddick holds the world's record for fast serves: 155 mph.
Sanchez-Vicario earned the nickname, "The Barcelona Bumblebee" for her buzzing, tenacious style.
She was nicknamed the "Barcelona Bumblebee" for the way she hustled down balls and demoralised opponents with her consistency and variety.
Affectionately known as the Barcelona Bumblebee, Sánchez-Vicario lived up to her moniker, buzzing the width and breadth of the court in the dogged pursuit of tennis balls, none seeming too distant to be deemed a lost cause.
Bar are the first letters of my name, bee is like my nickname [...]
There is a bee representing you often. Is a sort of nickname? Who made it up? Yes, it's my nickname. To be honest, in the past I played many times doubles with Iveta Benesova and she made it up at that time, it was 2011 or 2012. And since then people call me 'bee' [smile].
Stove – who once flipped the man who gave her the nickname "Big Bad Betty", [...]
The late, great Bud Collins once gave the Dutch tennis legend Betty Stöve the nickname "Big Bad Betty."
Clad in his classic Reebok gear, and adorned with trademark beard, the stylish Slovak was content to exist on his wits on the baseline, breaking cover only every now and then to languidly dispatch outrageous winners from the most unlikely angles of the court. It is a style which earned him the nickname the Big Cat...
His ability to cover the court with long, even strides has earned him the nickname Big Cat.
Her waxy, bulbous forehead (which has inspired some on the tour to nickname her "Chucky").
Nicknamed 'The Crocodile' as a result of a bet with his tennis team captain, René Lacoste made this unique animal the iconic logo of his brand.
So tenacious was Lacoste's style of play on court, building his game from the baseline and keeping his opponents on the move with an array of precise groundstrokes, he earned the nickname "Le Crocodile"
He was known as "The Crocodile", a nickname he earned from the American press after he reportedly made a bet with the French Davis Cup captain.
Pick your adjective to describe the woman dubbed "La Divine", which translates into "The Goddess".
[...] wonderful characters like Mile. Lenglen and Maurice McLoughlin remain only clichés, the Maid Marvel and the Flame-Thatched California Comet.
Known as "Emmo" to his wide circle of friends on the circuit, he was gregarious and could lead the partying without jeopardising his high standards of play.
He was once so popular in his native Australia – and the world, beloved by all of his peers and millions of fans -- that a letter simply marked "Emmo" arrived on his doorstep.
Nicknamed the 'Sunshine super girl' early in her career, Goolagong Cawley achieved exactly that feat in 1971, winning the first of Grand Slam titles.
Her play Sunshine Super Girl (named after a nickname given by fans) will chart the life of Australia's first Aboriginal woman world champion...
After a previously disappointing claycourt season, Fed-ex won his first clay title of the spring in Hamburg.
Fred Stolle had his Wimbledon singles frustrations, but overflowed with success everywhere else as one of the overpowering Australian group in the 1960s and 1970s. He was known as "Fiery Fred" or "Fiery" to his teammates for his outspoken competitiveness.
The Flying Dutchman, as he became known, reached the Wimbledon semi-finals 10 years later before retiring in 1981...
"The Flying Dutchman" was his nick-name and he and Ashe played a thrilling five-set final in 1968...
Known as 'Fraulein Forehand', Graf could hit that shot like a hammer.
While the titles piled up the next few year for the "Ice Maiden", the public that had adored her started to lose interest.
"The English press thought a schoolgirl should be giggly, so they dubbed me the ice maiden", Evert recalls.
[...] the 6‐foot‐4‐inch Smith has all the credentials. Finalist to Newcombe a year ago, winner at Forest Hills, the "Leaning Tower of' Pasadena" has the big serve‐and‐follow game that is the absolute requisite to win on fast Wimbledon grass.
[...], Helen Wills (called Little Miss Poker Face because of her lack of expression on court)
She earned her nickname "Little Mo" from the sportswriters who likened her explosiveness on court to the battleship USS Missouri, known as "Big Mo"
After winning the Grand Slam, Connolly was dubbed "Little Mo," referring to the firepower of "Big Mo," the USS Missouri.
Pete Sampras famously labelled him "The Magician", a tribute to his unpredictable use of spins, lobs and drop shots.
Fabrice Santoro, who's nicknamed "The Magician" by his fellow pros for his ability to conjure a bewildering array of angles, spins, and changes of pace with his two-handed ground strokes,...
Two Norwegian Women, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory—the girl from Norway—and Sonja Henie, have been preeminent in American sports. "Marvelous Molla" was born in Oslo and was trained as a teacher of gymnastics and as a masseuse.
Rosewall still answers to the nickname Muscles, which was given to him many decades ago. "It's a nickname that was started by my twin compatriot who is unfortunately no longer here — Lew Hoad", he said. "He had all the muscles and I didn't have any so the name stuck."
When the Open era commenced in 1968, bringing together the two streams of tennis, Rosewall was 33. Crucially, the lightly framed champion nicknamed Muscles was far from done.
[...] a group of Murray fans wearing white shirts with blue letters spelling his nickname "Muzza"...
Known locally as the Paignton Peach, Sue Barker was one of the world's top tennis players during the 1970s.
They called her the 'Paignton Peach' because she had it all going for her – youth, a brilliant tennis talent and eyecatching good looks – and she was from Devon.
She was quick, combative, distinctive with a home-crafted game that set her apart as the psychedelic strokeswoman.
Nicknamed Rabbit for her quickness afoot [...]
Nicknamed "The São Paulo Swallow" because she appeared out of thin air to swoop in and dominate the net,...
She was labelled the "São Paulo Swallow" for her ability to dominate the net by former BBC Sport commentator John Barrett.
Nicknamed "The Tennis Ballerina" because of her graceful style,...
The 37-year-old "Swiss Miss" has retired twice before...
All the way back at the 1997 Australian Open, when she was 16 and nicknamed "Swiss Miss", Hingis became the youngest major champion of the 20th century,...
Larsen was known as Tappy because he had a fixation for tapping stairs, nets, net posts, benches, anything and everything — a nervous habit from surviving the Normandy invasion in 1944.
"Has a tiger tattoo on her left arm, which earned her the nickname "The Tiger"" [...]
Del Potro is nicknamed the Tower of Tandil...
His peers may be creaking and groaning after a dozen seasons on the road and hundreds of matches contested, but the gentle giant from Argentina (they call him the Tower of Tandil) is still a spring chicken by comparison.
Known as 'The Wizard', Brookes was a master strategist and a shrewd tactician.
Sir Norman Brookes, or 'The Wizard' as he was known...
