| 100% | SEEDS | 5 | The top players in a tennis tournament's bracket |
| 48% | FIRSTSEED | 9 | Top-ranked player in a tournament |
| 46% | RESEEDS | 7 | Changes the placement of in a tournament bracket |
| 45% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Federer, former World number one tennis player with 6 Men's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a |
| 45% | MARGARETCOURT | 13 | Former World number one tennis player with 11 Women's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROYEMERSON | 10 | Former World number one tennis player with 6 Men's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BYE | 3 | First-round pass, as in a tennis tournament |
| 43% | SEEDS | 5 | Outstanding players in a tournament |
| 41% | UNSEEDED | 8 | Describes tennis players not in the top 32 |
| 41% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 40% | UNROOF | 6 | Take the top off, in a way |
| 40% | LENDL | 5 | Ivan who was a top-ranked tennis player for much of the 1980s |
| 40% | TEAMS | 5 | Groups of players in a tourney, such as the LA Lakers |
| 40% | BACKYARD | 8 | In a circus, the area behind the big top |
| 39% | EMOTED | 6 | Went over the top, in a way |
| 39% | EMOTES | 6 | Goes over the top, in a way |
| 39% | RICH | 4 | In the top tax bracket |
| 39% | ANA | 3 | Tennis player Ivanovic who won the French Open Women's Singles championship in 2008 |
| 39% | FINALISTS | 9 | The last competitors in a contest or tournament |
| 39% | UNHAT | 5 | Take the top off of, in a way |
| 39% | EXECUTIVE | 9 | One of the top bosses in a company |
| 39% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 38% | JAROMIRJAGR | 11 | One of only two active players in the Top 25 of the NHL's career assists leaders (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JOETHORNTON | 11 | One of only two active players in the Top 25 of the NHL's career assists leaders (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WIDOW | 5 | Short line at the top of a column, in typesetting |
| 38% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | Tennis player who won a record seven women's singles titles at the French Open: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SEEDS | 5 | Players "planted" in a bracket |
| 37% | LOB | 3 | Shot where a tennis ball is hit high in the air |
| 37% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |
| 37% | SERENA | 6 | Tennis player Williams who had a daughter in September |