The Brad Gilbert Tennis Dictionary

Goal: to allow the casual tennis spectator (or Twitter follower of @bgtennisnation) to decipher the nicknames that former player and current coach and ESPN commentator Brad Gilbert gives to players in the professional game.

Player names and nicknames:

  1. Victoria Azarenka: "Aza"
  2. Marcos Baghdatis: "Bagman"
  3. Brian Baker: "Bakers Dozen"
  4. Marion Bartoli: "The Genius"
  5. Benjamin Becker: "Ben Becker"
  6. Julien Benneteau: "Benny"
  7. Tomas Berdych: "The Birdman"
  8. James Blake: "Shakin' Blake"
  9. Alex Bogomolov, Jr: "Bogey"
  10. Eugenie Bouchard: "Genie in the Bottle"
  11. Jeremy Chardy: "Chardonnay"
  12. Marin Cilic: "Marin County"
  13. Kim Clijsters: "Kimpressive"
  14. Melinda Czink: "Kitchen Czink"
  15. Lauren Davis: "Crash Davis"
  16. Grigor Dimitrov: "Showtime"
  17. Novak Djokovic: "Djoker"
  18. Alexandr Dolgopolov: "The Dog"
  19. Roger Federer: "Fedfan"
  20. David Ferrer: "Little Beast"
  21. Mardy Fish: "Swordfish"
  22. Richard Gasquet: "Dicky"
  23. Marcel Granollers: "Granola Bars"
  24. David Goffin: "Boy Band"
  25. Ernests Gulbis: "Ernie" or "Ernie G"
  26. Jamie Hampton: "Hampton Inn" or "Hampton Suites"
  27. Daniela Hantuchova: "Dani H"
  28. Ryan Harrison: "Ryan Express"
  29. Lleyton Hewitt: "Rusty"
  30. Hsieh Su-wei: "Fung Hsieh"
  31. John Isner: "Isman"
  32. Tatsuma Ito: "Judge Ito"
  33. Jelena Jankovic: "JJ"
  34. Jerzy Janowicz: "Jersey Boy"
  35. Ivo Karlovic: "Dr. Ivo"
  36. Angelique Kerber: "Kerber Baby"
  37. Madison Keys: "Madison Ave"
  38. Philipp Kohlschreiber: "Kohly"
  39. Petra Kvitova: "K-Viddy"
  40. Jesse Levine: "Little Scrapper"
  41. Sabine Lisicki: "Boom Boom"
  42. Feliciano Lopez: "Filo" 
  43. Lu Yen-hsun: "Randy Lu"
  44. Nicolas Mahut: "Marathon Man"
  45. Xavier Malisse: "X-Man"
  46. Florian Mayer: "Oscar Mayer"
  47. Christina McHale: "McHale's Navy"
  48. Jurgen Melzer: "Tuna Meltzer"
  49. Juan Monaco: "Club Monaco"
  50. Gilles Muller: "Ferris Muller's Day Off"
  51. Andy Murray: "Muzzard"
  52. David Nalbandian: "Nalby"
  53. Jarkko Nieminen: "The Shark"
  54. Kei Nishikori: "Special K"
  55. Melanie Oudin: "Melo"
  56. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: "Scrabble"
  57. Flavia Pennetta: "Flavor Flavia"
  58. Bjorn Phau: "Kung Phau Chicken"
  59. Tsvetana Pironkova: "Pronky"
  60. Vasek Pospisil: "Popsicle"
  61. Sam Querrey: "SQ"
  62. Agnieszka Radwanska: "Aggi Rad"
  63. Rajeev Ram: "Ram Truck"
  64. Milos Raonic: "The Missile"
  65. Bobby Reynolds: "Reynolds Wrap"
  66. Tommy Robredo: "Trob"
  67. Laura Robson: "Laura Croft"
  68. Andy Roddick: "A-Rod"
  69. Michael Russell: "Jack Russell"
  70. Francesca Schiavone: "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"
  71. Dudi Sela: "Duty-Free Sela"
  72. Maria Sharapova: "Shazza"
  73. Yaroslava Shvedova: "Slava Says"
  74. Gilles Simon: "Simon Sez"
  75. Jack Sock: "Rockem Sock"
  76. Go Soeda: "Do Not Pass Go Soeda"
  77. Radek Stepanek: "Steps"
  78. Sloane Stephens: "Sloan Ranger"
  79. Sam Stosur: "Slamming Sammy"
  80. Janko Tipsarevic: "Tipsy"
  81. Bernard Tomic: "Weekend at Bernie's"
  82. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: "Jo-Willy"
  83. Fernando Verdasco: "Tabasco"
  84. Roberta Vinci: "Da Vinci Code"
  85. Stanislas Wawrinka: "Stan the Man"
  86. Serena Williams: "SW"
  87. Venus Williams: "VW"
  88. Caroline Wozniacki: "Woza"
  89. Donald Young: "DY"
  90. Mikhail Youzhny: "Youz"
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