Favourite Tennis names

[River Jude]

Somewhat of a strange thread, I know - but I recall a match at the US Open where the commentators stated their favourite names of the tennis players.

So if you had to choose, out of all tennis players you know of, your favourite names, which ones would they be?

I'd nominate Vitas Gerulaitis and Pancho Gonzalez, simply because I find them interesting. Also, Aaron Krickstein and Patrick Galbraith.

And I love River Phoenix's name. But he wasn't a tennis player.

 

[Silent]

Yeah I think it was Courier who was saying he loved the name Scoville Jenkins.

I like Younes El Aynaoui for some reason.
Wayne Arthurs too. Somehow it sounds legendary.
Daniel Munoz De La Nava. I can picture Michael Buffer saying that name !

 

[Texas21]

Djokovic!

Do you ever get another chance to say a noise that isn't even in the normal alphabet? It's so much fun! =D

 

[Stchamps]

Nikolay Davydenko

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Bohdan Ulihrach
Kimiko Date
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

 

[Bogie]

Shlomo Glickstein
Shlomo Shemesh
Luka Belic
Dennis van Scheppingen

 

[usfferjenn]

arantxa sanchez-vicario. i hope i spelled that right.
oh yeah, and novak djokovic.

 

[Breaker]

Guy Forget.

 

[Rhino]

I think Juan Carlos Ferrero is a cool name.

 

[Loco4Tennis]

Johny Mac sounds bad-***

 

[Alexandros]

Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi.

 

[yourmom08]

Fernando Gonzalez, sounds like a south american porn star name. Wait a minute.......I can see it now. "Fernando Gonzalez as Dr. Gonzo in WHACKIN THE FUZZBALL" i'm sure pixar would be involved in a tennis based porno

 

[Strawberry]

My friend has the greatest tennis name.
His middle and last name is Andreyovich Reshetnakov.

 

[Zets147]

Marshall Luv

 

[phoony]

Juan Ignacio Chela
Lleyton Hewitt

 

[slice bh compliment]

I think there is a thread like this called, "coolest'' tennis names.

Anyway, I hate to pull rank on you guys, but uhm....
....there are a lot of cool names in tennis, but if you called them up on the phone, they'd all concede to one, and only one name. Vic Seixas.

Pancho Gonzales, Pancho Segura, Bobby Riggs, Gene Mako, Fred Perry, Rene Lacoste, Patrick Cash, Vitas Gerulaitis, Derrick Rostagno, Antonio Zugarelli, Marcelo Rios, Ricardo Mello, Yannick Noah, Guga Kuerten, Lew Hoad, Kenny Rosewall, Cassio Motta, Carlos Kirmayr, Voctor Pecci, Hicham Arazi, Maria Bueno, Evonne Goolagong, Ilie Nastase, Francis X. Shields, Thierry Champion....

...they are all runners up to Vic Seixas.

 

[PurePrestige]

Potito Starace
Igor Andreev
Stanislas Wawrinka
Boris Becker
Andre Agassi (Double Letters = Cool)
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (sp.?)
Teimuraz Gabashvilli
Paradorn Srichaphan
Gaston Gaudio

 

[Radical Shot]

Gaston Gaudio - sounds like a gastro-intestinal complaint.
Vitas Gerulaitis - sounds like something you could catch from sharing a drink with someone

 

[Zets147]

Vitas Ge-Ru-La-Itis sounds pretty damn awesome

 

[Aonex]

Several years back, heck when this board was still on the old format... I'm thinking '03, there was a thread titled: "Callipygian Queens of the WTA"... I remember a Carli Gullickson being mentioned... just thought it was a cool name. As to whether or not Carli was in fact a callipygian queen... well, I don't remember the photos.

 

[Deuce]

Several years back, heck when this board was still on the old format... I'm thinking '03, there was a thread titled: "Callipygian Queens of the WTA"... I remember a Carli Gullickson being mentioned... just thought it was a cool name. As to whether or not Carli was in fact a callipygian queen... well, I don't remember the photos.

Carly is Bill Gullickson's daughter - Bill was a pitcher in the Major Leagues for the Expos and Tigers. He's got another - younger - tennis playing daughter, as well.

As for names... Cyril Suk.
Helena Sukova's brother - he's still playing some doubles here and there.

Nduka Odizor.
Christo Van Rensburg.

Peanut Louie.

 

[slice bh compliment]

Deuce McCool

Renzo Furlan
Jimy Szymanski
Magdalene Grybowska (beat Venus at Wimbledon once...and she was rrealy hot)
Per Hjertquist
Stefan Simonsson
Anders Jarryd
Jaime Delgado
Jay Lapidus
Jai DiLouie
Tomas Smid
Vince Van Patten
Peter Rennert
Tony Graham
Mark FILAppoussis
Wojtek Fibak
Darren 'Killer' Cahill
Gavin Forbes
Cliff Drysdale
Sandon Stolle
El Jefe Tarango
Ian Crookenden
Colin Dibley
John Feaver
Tom Okker
Pierre Barthes
Corrado Barazzutti
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Sargis Sargsian
Igor Andreev
Ipek Senoglu (Turkish girl who played for Pepperdine)
Konstantinos Economidis
Eleni Daniliidou
Nino Louarsabishvili
Dally Randriantefy
Alex Metreveli
Irakli Labadze
MaliVai Washington
Marcos Baghdatis
Lorenzo Manta
Marco Chiudinelli
Ivo Heuberger
Slobodan Zivojinovic
Goran Prpic
Ronald Agenor

 

[samprasbackhand]

John McEnroe.

 

[Crisp]

Gaston Etlis Alberto Berasataguie

 

[Dimonator133]

coolest tennis name has to be Tennys Sandgren

junior - saw him play this year at the Open

 

[WillAlwaysLoveYouTennis]

Wasn't there another thread like this that had literally hundreds of responses?

 

[pabloJD]

Derrick Rostagno
Aki Rahunen
Tati Rascon
Martin Sinner
Paolo Cane (cane=dog)
Sonchat Ratiwatana & Sanchai Ratiwatana

 

[Nuke]

Wasn't there another thread like this that had literally hundreds of responses?

Yes: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=149101&highlight=names

 

[River Jude]

Wasn't there another thread like this that had literally hundreds of responses?

You're right, sorry, I should have done a search.

I also like John and Patrick McEnroe and Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova.

 

[prostaff18]

Fabio Fognini

 

[phoony]

Maria Sharapova with Gwen Stefani .

 

[Aonex]

Gwen Stefani plays tennis now? Sweet.

 

[djsiva]

I like James Blake. Really unique.

 

[phoony]

Gwen Stefani plays tennis now? Sweet.

Yah she started to train at 4 in d morning .

 

[phoony]

I like James Blake. Really unique.

Hey may i know whats your relationship with Meac allamerican .

 

[2 Cent]

Yeah I think it was Courier who was saying he loved the name Scoville Jenkins.

"Scoville Jenkins on yo ass!"

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Hey may i know whats your relationship with Meac allamerican .

There is no relationship at all, that person is an idoit that likes attention.

 

[Bodacious DVT]

MONFILS!!!

but you have to say it weird.

 

[hoodjem]

Wojtek Fibak

 

[phoony]

There is no relationship at all, that person is an idoit that likes attention.

I thought either brother and sister or husband and wife . Haha your identical twin???

 

[aramis]

Brian Baker

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

I thought either brother and sister or husband and wife . Haha your identical twin???

Your on a roll... :lol: :lol: