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Shelby Rogers
Shelby Rogers (born 1992, Mount Pleasant, SC) is a retired American tennis player, career-high WTA No. 30 in 2022, three WTA finals, 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open quarterfinalist, beat No. 1 Barty at the 2021 US Open, retired after the 2024 US Open.
Shingo Kunieda (國枝慎吾)
Shingo Kunieda (國枝慎吾), Japanese wheelchair tennis player, born 1984; most decorated men's player with 50 Grand Slam titles, 582 weeks at No. 1, four Paralympic golds across five Games; retired January 2023.
Shintaro Mochizuki (望月 慎太郎)
Shintaro Mochizuki (望月 慎太郎), Japanese tennis player from Kawasaki; 2019 Wimbledon boys' champion and former junior world No. 1; career-high ATP 92; 2026 Wimbledon fourth round as qualifier, losing to Sinner.
Simona Halep
Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player, 2018 French Open and 2019 Wimbledon champion, WTA world No. 1 for 64 weeks, 24 singles titles; career ended by 2022 roxadustat doping case and 2025 retirement.
Six Kings Slam
The Six Kings Slam is a six-player men's tennis exhibition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during Riyadh Season since 2024, offering the largest prize money in tennis.
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born 1993) is an American tennis player, 2017 US Open champion and 2018 French Open finalist who reached a career-high No. 3 ranking and won eight WTA singles titles including Miami 2018.
Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin, also known as Sonya, American tennis player born 1998 in Moscow; 2020 Australian Open champion, 2020 French Open runner-up, career-high No. 4, 2020 WTA Player of the Year.
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman (Somdev Kishore Devvarman), Indian tennis player; two-time NCAA singles champion at Virginia (2007, 2008), career-high ATP rank 71, Commonwealth and Asian Games singles gold 2010, Arjuna Award 2011.
Sonay Kartal
Sonay Kartal, British tennis player (born 2001, Sidcup), WTA pro from Brighton. One WTA title (Monastir 2024), career-high No. 44, Wimbledon 2025 fourth round, coached by Julie Hobbs and Ben Reeves.
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea (Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea), Romanian tennis player born 1990 in Bucharest; four WTA singles titles (Tashkent 2008, Istanbul 2021, Cleveland 2025, Cluj-Napoca 2026), seven doubles titles, career-high No.15, retiring after 2026.
Spaghetti racquet
The spaghetti racquet was a double-strung tennis racket invented by Werner Fischer around 1971 that imparted nearly twice the spin and was banned by the ITF in 1977.
Stade Roland Garros
Stade Roland Garros, Paris tennis stadium opened in 1928 and named after aviator Roland Garros; hosts the French Open, the only clay-court Grand Slam, on 8.5 hectares with Court Philippe-Chatrier and its 2020 retractable roof.
Stadium 17
Stadium 17, formerly Court 17 and nicknamed "The Pit", is a sunken 2,800-seat general-admission show court at the US Open's USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, opened in 2011, smallest of four show courts, known for its loud atmosphere.
Stan Smith
Stan Smith (born 1946, Pasadena, CA) is an American tennis player, 1971 US Open and 1972 Wimbledon champion, world No. 1 in 1972, and namesake of the best-selling Adidas Stan Smith shoe; Hall of Fame president since 2011.
Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka, known as Stan the Man, is a Swiss tennis player who won the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, and 2016 US Open.
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player (born 1966, Vastervik), six-time Grand Slam singles champion (Australian 1985/87, Wimbledon 1988/90, US Open 1991/92), world No. 1 in singles and doubles, famed serve-and-volleyer, later coached Roger Federer.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς), Greek tennis player born 1998, former world No. 3, 2019 ATP Finals champion, three-time Monte-Carlo Masters winner with 13 titles; known for forehand-led attack and a vulnerable one-handed backhand.
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf (Stefanie Graf) is a German former tennis player, born 1969, who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and a record 377 weeks at world No. 1.
Steve Johnson (tennis)
Steve Johnson (born 1989, Orange, CA), nicknamed Stevie, American tennis player; four straight NCAA team titles and 2011-12 NCAA singles titles at USC with a 72-match win streak; ATP career-high No. 21, four ATP 250 titles, 2016 Rio doubles bronze with Sock; retired 2024 at 197-204.
Sue Barker
Sue Barker (Susan Barker, born 1956, Paignton, Devon) is an English TV presenter and former tennis player, 1976 French Open champion and former world No. 3, who presented BBC Wimbledon coverage from 1993 to 2022 and hosted A Question of Sport.
Sumit Nagal
Sumit Nagal, Indian professional tennis player (born 1997, Jhajjar district, Haryana). 2015 Wimbledon boys' doubles champion with Ly Hoang Nam; career-high ATP No. 68 in July 2024; beat seeded Bublik at 2024 Australian Open; Davis Cup since 2018.
Sun Xinran
Sun Xinran (孙心然), born 2010 in Shenzhen, is a Chinese tennis player, 2026 US Open girls' singles champion, junior world No. 1, and WTA-ranked 418 after her 2026 China Open debut.
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen (La Divine), 1899–1938, French tennis champion; six Wimbledon and six French singles titles, 341–7 record, beat Helen Wills in the 1926 Match of the Century, and became tennis's first professional woman player.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Светлана Александровна Кузнецова)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Светлана Александровна Кузнецова), Russian tennis player born 1985 in St. Petersburg; two-time Grand Slam champion (2004 US Open, 2009 Roland Garros), career-high No. 2, 18 singles titles.
Tam O'Shaughnessy
Tam O'Shaughnessy, educator, author, and former pro tennis player (1971-1974, U.S. Open and Wimbledon), cofounder and executive director of Sally Ride Science, and Sally Ride's partner of 27 years, disclosed in Ride's 2012 obituary.
Taro Daniel
Taro Daniel (ダニエル太郎), Japanese tennis pro born 1993 in New York; career-high ATP No. 58 (2024), 2018 Istanbul clay title, and qualifier wins over Djokovic, Murray, and Ruud.
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek), German tennis player born 1987, Wimbledon 2022 semifinalist at No.103, four WTA titles including Queen's Club 2025, slice-and-volley grass specialist coached by husband Charles Edouard Maria.
Taylor Fritz
Taylor Fritz (born 1997) is an American tennis player, former junior world No. 1, 2024 US Open runner-up, career-high No. 4, 11 singles titles including Indian Wells 2022, and 2025 ATP ace leader with 867.
Taylor Townsend
Taylor Townsend (born 1996, Chicago) is an American left-handed tennis player, former junior world No. 1, four-time Grand Slam women's doubles champion with Katerina Siniakova, and 2026 career-Grand-Slam doubles winner.
Tennis
Tennis (originally lawn tennis) is a racket sport for two or four players over a net, descended from jeu de paume; standardized by Wingfield (1873) and Wimbledon (1877), governed by the ITF, played on grass, clay and hard courts with 106 million players worldwide.