English > tennis player: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An athlete who plays tennis. |
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| Instances | Ashe, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe | United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993) |
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| Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge | United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) |
| Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly, Little Mo Connolly | United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969) |
| Connors, Jimmy Conors, James Scott Connors | outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) |
| Court, Margaret Court | Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) |
| Davis, Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis | United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945) |
| Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert | United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) |
| Gibson, Althea Gibson | United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003) |
| Graf, Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf | German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969) |
| King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King | United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) |
| Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver | Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year |
| Lendl, Ivan Lendl | United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships |
| Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills | United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) |
| Navratilova, Martina Navratilova | United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956) |
| Seles, Monica Seles | United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973) |
| Tilden, Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr. | United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953) |
| Wade, Virginia Wade | English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945) |
| Narrower | receiver | The tennis player who receives the serve |
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| tennis pro, professional tennis player | someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis |
| Broader | athlete, jock | A person trained to compete in sports |
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| player, participant | A person who participates in or is skilled at some game / game |
| Spanish | tenista |
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| Catalan | tenista, tennista |
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