| 100% | PISTOL | 6 | __ Pete, nickname of tennis player Petros Sampras |
| 58% | SUPERBRAT | 9 | Nickname of tennis player John McEnroe |
| 44% | LITTLEMO | 8 | Nickname of tennis great Connolly |
| 44% | ASH | 3 | Nickname of tennis champion Barty |
| 42% | PETE | 4 | Tennis player Sampras |
| 42% | SERBIAN | 7 | Nationality of tennis player Novak Djokovic |
| 42% | RAFAEL | 6 | First name of tennis player Nadal |
| 40% | SERENA | 6 | Tennis player and sister of Venus |
| 40% | SERENA | 6 | Tennis player Williams, sister of Venus |
| 39% | NADAL | 5 | Tennis player nicknamed Rafa and El Nino |
| 39% | SHOELESS | 8 | Nickname of legendary baseball player Joe Jackson |
| 39% | NADAL | 5 | Spanish tennis player nicknamed “Rafa” |
| 39% | PETE | 4 | Sampras of tennis |
| 39% | NAP | 3 | Nickname of any Cleveland baseball player of 1905 |
| 39% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname of basketball player Julius Erving: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of former professional baseball player for the Yankees |
| 38% | ARYNA | 5 | Tennis player Sabalenka, winner of the 2023 Australian Open |
| 38% | LAVER | 5 | Top-ranked tennis player of the 1960s |
| 38% | PETE | 4 | Tennis Hall of Famer Sampras |
| 37% | TOOTALL | 7 | Nickname of football player Ed Jones, who is 6'9" |
| 37% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis player who posthumously received a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 37% | SAMPRAS | 7 | American former world number one tennis player Pete |
| 37% | LENDL | 5 | #1 tennis player for much of the '80s |
| 37% | COCHET | 6 | French tennis player of the 1920s-30s, Henri __ |
| 37% | LUDO | 4 | Nickname of retired pro Quidditch player and accused death eater Bagman |
| 37% | FREAK | 5 | "The ___," nickname of former Tennessee Titans player, Jevon Kearse |
| 37% | BEAST | 5 | "___ Mode," nickname of former Seattle Seahawks player, Marshawn Lynch |
| 37% | BADGER | 6 | "Honey ___," nickname of New Orleans Saints player, Tyrann Mathieu |
| 37% | MARI | 4 | Retired tennis player Osaka, the older sister of Naomi |
| 36% | NADAL | 5 | Tennis star nicknamed "The King of Clay" |