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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.
Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan (born 1989, Ottawa) is a Canadian curler, skip of Canada's women's team; three-time world champion, five-time Scotties winner, 20 Grand Slam titles, and 2026 Olympic bronze medallist.
Racket (sports equipment)
A racket, also spelled racquet, is a handled sports implement with a strung head used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in tennis, badminton, squash, and racquetball.
Racketlon
Racketlon, also known as mailapelit in Finland, is a sport combining table tennis, badminton, squash, and tennis, four sets to 21 points each, total points deciding; governed by the Federation of International Racketlon since 2002.
Racquetball
Racquetball, invented by Joseph Sobek in Connecticut around 1949-1950 as "paddle rackets," is an indoor four-wall racket sport; IRF founded 1979, IOC-recognized 1985, court 20x20x40 ft, balls over 150 mph.
Racquetball World Championships
The Racquetball World Championships are the top international racquetball competition for national teams, held every two years since 1981 and organized by the International Racquetball Federation.
Racquets
Racquets (rackets) is a four-walled-court ball sport played with strung racquets, contested at the Olympics only in 1908 in London, and the origin of squash; fewer than 30 courts remain in the USA and UK.
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.
Raffa (boules)
Raffa is an Italian discipline of boules, one of the three main bocce sport systems alongside pétanque and volo, in which any shot aimed at hitting another ball must first be declared to the referee.
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.
Ratchanok Intanon (รัชนก อินทนนท์)
Ratchanok Intanon (รัชนก อินทนนท์), born 1995 in Yasothon, Thailand, is a Thai badminton player who became the youngest women's singles world champion in history at 18 in 2013, beating world No. 1 Li Xuerui.
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd is an American professional golfer, born in 1942, who won 22 PGA TOUR titles and four major championships and joined the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld, "Barney" (born 1967, The Hague), Dutch darts player; four BDO world titles (1998, 1999, 2003, 2005) plus the 2007 PDC title, beating Phil Taylor 7-6, and 21 major titles.
Real tennis
Real tennis, also called court tennis, royal tennis, or jeu de paume, is the medieval indoor racquet sport from which lawn tennis derives; played on enclosed asymmetric courts with penthouse roofs, handmade low-bounce balls, and asymmetrical racquets.
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.
Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player born 1971 in Rotterdam, won the 1996 Wimbledon title by beating Pete Sampras and MaliVai Washington, the first Dutch Grand Slam champion, later ABN AMRO tournament director.
Richard Williams (tennis coach)
Richard Williams, American father-coach from Shreveport and Compton who self-taught tennis and coached daughters Venus and Serena Williams to 30 Grand Slam singles titles, WTA No. 1 rankings, and Olympic gold; first ATA Hall of Fame inductee.
Rick Macci
Rick Macci, American tennis coach, founder of the Rick Macci Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida; coached Venus and Serena Williams (1991-1995), Roddick, Capriati, Sharapova; USPTA Hall of Fame 2017.
Rickie Fowler
Rickie Fowler (Rick Yutaka Fowler, born 1988), American PGA Tour golfer from Murrieta, California: six tour wins, world No. 4 peak, three major runner-ups, 2023 Rocket Mortgage comeback, five Ryder Cups.
Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata, Australian tennis player (born 2001, Sydney), 2023 Australian Open men's doubles champion with Jason Kubler, 2023 US Open fourth rounder, career-high singles No. 62.
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club (Hogan's Alley), a 1926 George C. Thomas Jr. course in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles; permanent home of the Genesis Invitational since 1973, host of the 1948 U.S. Open, 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, 2026 U.S. Women's Open, and 2028 Olympic golf.