Wimbledon Funny Names

Well, Wimbledon’s come and gone. Congrats to Yannick and Linda (who?).

Hard to believe, but I didn’t catch a match. I blame the World Cup. Indeed, all my sports fanning just comes to a halt when the FWC is going on.

That said, I definietly had time to do some more funny names.

 

Gentlemen

• Alexander Blockx (BEL) – just fine except for that “x"
  
  
  
  
  
• Vit Kopriva (CZE) – broke into top 100 in April
  
  
  
  
  
• Karen Khachanov – ladies’ dressing room is that way
• Kamil Majchrzak (POL) – I’d like to buy a vowel … er, several vowels
  
  
  
  
  
• Sho Shimabukuro (JAP) – currently Japan’s #1 player
• Learner Tien (USA) – “I am still earning.” (Michelangelo)
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) – by way of Greece, I would imagine
  
  
  
  
  
• Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) – spell check suggests “Sarcoma”
• Borna Gojo (CRO) – 6’5”
• Tallon Griekspoor (NED) – spell check likes “Greensboro”
  
  
  
  
  
• Yunchaokete Bu (CHI) – spell check suggests “Inchoate”
• Rinky Hijikata (AUS) – I’m sorry, did you mean Ricky?
• Zizou Bergs (BEL) – named after French soccer player Zinadine Zidane
  
  
  
  
  
• Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) – spell check wants “Biotic van de Bandshell”

 

Ladies

• Polina Kudermetova (UZB) – mom was top 10 player
  
  
  
  
  
• Anastasia Gasanova – surely, you mean “Kasanova”
  
  
  
  
  
• Maya Joint (AUS) – born in Michigan to Australian father & German mother
• Coco Gauff (USA) – I’m coocoo for Coco Gauff
  
  
  
  
  
• Iga Swiatek (POL) – currently #3
• Panna Udvardy (HUN) – lives in Miami
• Lanlana Tararudee (THA) – spell check suggests “Lantana Tirade”
  
  
  
  
  
• Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) – just in case one “jean” wasn’t enough
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) – played college tennis at Old Dominion
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) – spell check likes “Swankier”/
  
  
  
  
  
• Aoi Ito (JAP) – short & sweet
• Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) – 2^nd Turkish woman to break top 100, after Çağla Büyükakçay
  
  
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