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Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales (Richard Alonzo Gonzales, 1928-1995), American tennis champion; won US Nationals 1948-49, world No. 1 pro for eight years 1952-1960, famous 1969 Wimbledon Pasarell match.
Pancho Segura
Pancho Segura (Francisco Olegario Segura Cano), Ecuadorian-American tennis champion (1921-2017), two-handed forehand, three straight U.S. Pro titles 1950-52, coach of Jimmy Connors.
Paris Masters
Paris Masters (Rolex Paris Masters), the ninth and final ATP Masters 1000 men's tennis event, indoor hard court, held since 1986 at Bercy and since 2025 at Paris La Défense Arena; Djokovic holds 7 titles.
Pat Cash
Pat Cash (Patrick Hart Cash, born 1965), Australian tennis player, 1987 Wimbledon men's singles champion over Ivan Lendl, Davis Cup winner 1983 and 1986, serve-and-volleyer with checkered headband.
Pat Rafter
Pat Rafter (Patrick Michael Rafter, born 1972, Mount Isa, Australia), Australian serve-and-volley tennis player; back-to-back US Open champion 1997-98, world No. 1 for one week in July 1999, Wimbledon finalist 2000-01, Hall of Fame 2006.
Patrick McEnroe
Patrick McEnroe, American former tennis pro and younger brother of John McEnroe; 1989 French Open doubles champion, longest-serving U.S. Davis Cup captain (2001-10, 2007 title), USTA development chief, and ESPN commentator.
Patrick Mouratoglou
Patrick Mouratoglou (born 1970) is a French tennis coach who guided Serena Williams to ten more Grand Slam titles from 2012 and founded the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.
Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa (Paula Badosa Gibert), Spanish tennis player born 1997 in New York City; former world No. 2, 2021 Indian Wells WTA 1000 champion, four WTA titles, 2025 Australian Open semifinalist, chronic back injury and 2024 Comeback Player of the Year.
Peng Shuai (彭帅)
Peng Shuai (彭帅), born 1986, Chinese tennis player; first Chinese world No. 1 (doubles, 2014), Wimbledon 2013 and Roland Garros 2014 champion with Hsieh Su-wei; 2021 sexual assault allegation against Zhang Gaoli led to WTA's China boycott.
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras (Petros Sampras, "Pistol Pete"), American tennis player born 1971; won 14 Grand Slam singles titles (7 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 2 Australian), 286 weeks at No. 1, six straight year-end No. 1 finishes, Hall of Fame 2007.
Peter Graf
Peter Graf (1938-2013), German insurance and used-car salesman, father, coach and manager of tennis champion Steffi Graf; convicted 1997 in Mannheim of evading about $7.4 million in taxes on her earnings, imprisoned, released April 1998, died of pancreatic cancer.
Petr Korda
Petr Korda (born 1968, Prague) is a Czech former left-handed tennis player, 1998 Australian Open champion over Marcelo Rios, 1992 French Open runner-up, career-high world No 2, father of Sebastian Korda.
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová, Czech left-handed tennis player, two-time Wimbledon champion (2011, 2014), 31 WTA titles, career-high No. 2, 2016 Rio bronze, retired at the 2025 US Open after a comeback from a 2016 knife attack.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (P2H), born 1991 in Schiltigheim, French tennis player; with Nicolas Mahut completed the career Grand Slam in doubles, won ATP Finals 2019 and 2021, peaked at doubles No. 2, singles No. 36.
Polina Iatcenko
Polina Iatcenko, Russian tennis player born 2003 in Murmansk, based in Minsk. WTA 125 singles champion (Caldas da Rainha 2025), 2026 Mumbai doubles winner, 2026 US Open second round, career-high No.138.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 1989, Chennai) is an Indian left-handed tennis player, career-high No. 75 (April 2019), 2018 Asian Games singles bronze medallist, Challenger titlist at Anning and Bangalore, and 2019 Grand Slam main-draw player.
Professional Tennis Registry and USPTA
The Professional Tennis Registry and USPTA, rebranded in 2024 as the Racquet Sports Professionals Association, certify tennis-teaching professionals in the United States, with over 16,000 and 11,000 members respectively.
Queen's Club Championships
Queen's Club Championships (HSBC Championships), annual grass-court tennis tournament at The Queen's Club, London; ATP 500 men's event since the Open era and WTA 500 women's event since 2025; first held 1884, a key Wimbledon warm-up.
Rafael Jódar
Rafael Jódar (Rafa Jódar), Spanish tennis player born 2006 in Madrid; 2024 US Open junior champion, University of Virginia alumnus, and 2026 Marrakech ATP titlist who reached No. 11 and the Roland Garros quarterfinals in his rookie season.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal (Rafael Nadal Parera), Spanish tennis player, "King of Clay": 22 Grand Slam singles titles including record 14 French Opens, 92 singles titles, career Grand Slam twice, two Olympic golds; retired November 2024 after Davis Cup in Malaga.
Rafael Nadal career statistics
Rafael Nadal career statistics: the Spanish tennis player's record of 22 Grand Slam titles (14 Roland Garros), 92 tour titles, 209 weeks at No. 1, 1,080-228 win-loss, two Olympic golds, retired November 2024.
Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler (born 1976, Korbach) is a retired German tennis player, 2003 Australian Open runner-up to Agassi, 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist, 2004 Olympic doubles silver medalist, career-high No. 5, later German Billie Jean King Cup captain.
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram, American tennis player born 1984 in Denver, raised in Carmel, Indiana; six-time Grand Slam doubles champion, 2022 ATP doubles world No. 1, two-time Olympic silver medalist, retired September 2026.
Raphaël Collignon
Raphaël Collignon, Belgian tennis player born 2002, career-high ATP singles ranking No. 50, 2025 US Open third round, first ATP final at Gstaad 2026, coached by Steve Darcis.
Rei Sakamoto
Rei Sakamoto (坂本 怜) is a Japanese tennis player, born in 2006, who won the 2024 Australian Open boys' singles title and reached junior world No. 1.
Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka, American ATP tennis player born in St. Joseph, MI; 2.11 m tall serve specialist, 2015 Wimbledon junior champion, career-high No. 17 (2022), 4 singles titles, comeback from hip tumor and wrist surgeries in 2025.
René Lacoste
René Lacoste (1904-1996), French tennis champion of the Four Musketeers, seven-time Grand Slam singles winner and Davis Cup victor, nicknamed the Crocodile, founded the Lacoste polo shirt brand and invented the steel racket.
Renée Richards
Renée Richards (born Richard Raskind, 1934), American ophthalmologist and tennis player; won Richards v. USTA (1977) to play the US Open women's draw, ranked No. 20, coached Navratilova.
Rennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs (born 1971, Sydney) is an Australian former tennis player, doubles world No. 1 in 2000, six-time Grand Slam champion, 60 WTA doubles titles, four-time Olympian, later coach of Serena Williams and ESPN broadcaster.
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet, French tennis player (born 1985), one-handed backhand specialist; youngest ATP match winner (2002 Monte Carlo, age 15), 16 titles, career-high No. 7, 609 wins, retired at Roland Garros 2025.