Which Tennis Player Has The Coolest Name?

Tennis names can be funny, hard to pronounce, and very interesting. Here’s a list we put together that’s interesting for many reasons.

Some players like Katie Volynets and Tennys Sandgren had to pick up tennis just because of their names.

Interesting Names In Tennis

  • Max Cocks (ATP link for those who think it’s a made-up name)
  • Katie Volynets
  • Tennys Sandgren
  • Anna Smashnova (career-high singles ranking of world number 15)
  • Jannik Sinner (I once searched for Sinner online and went to dark places, I am still “repenting”)
  • Storm Hunter
  • Ryan Peniston (I feel for this guy’s entire family that has carry this name)
  • Tallon Griekspoor
  • JJ Wolf
  • Boris Becker
  • Maria Camila Osorio Serrano
  • Harmony Tan
  • Krystina Titz
  • Guy Forget
  • Thierry Champion (he won zero titles in his career)
  • Jack Draper
  • MaliVai Washington
  • Gabriela Sabatini
  • Evonne Goolagong
  • Venus Williams
  • Botic van de Zandschulp
  • Roger Federer (such a smooth name)
  • Tornado Alicia Black
  • Vitas Gerulaitis
  • Tamarine Tanasugarn
  • René Lacoste
  • Aslan Karatsev
  • Diego Schwartzman
  • Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  • Goran Ivanisevic
  • Miloslav Mecir
  • Ocean Dodin
  • Pete Sampras
  • Yannick Noah
  • Margaret Court
  • Jack Sock
  • Mardy Fish
  • Henri Cochet
  • Thanasi Kokkinakis
  • Bjorn Borg
  • Gustavo Kuerten
  • Paradorn Srichaphan
  • Shi-Ting Wang
  • Marcelo Melo
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Daniil Medvedev’s Miracle On Clay, Simona Halep Looks Guilty For Doping

Rafael Nadal expects 2024 to be his last season. He withdrew from the French Open due to a hip injury. (AP)

Daniil Medvedev beat Holger Rune to win the Italian Open. It is also his first clay court title. Medvedev credited his new strings for his success. (CNN)

Elena Rybakina won the women’s title at the Italian Open beating Anhelina Kalinina. Kalinina retired early in the second set. (WTA)

Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński won the doubles title at the Italian Open beating Robin Haase and Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets (ATP Tour)

Simona Halep was accused of a second doping violation by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after irregularities were found in her biological passport. She is facing a multi-year bean for her actions. (AP)

Andy Murray will skip the French Open and focus on Wimbledon (ESPN)

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