Everyone has heard of famous tennis players called Maria, Martina, Virginia, Arancha, Steffi, Billy Jean etc etc. But here at the WTF we wanted to find out what was the most popular name amongst ordinary tennis players around the world.
The WTF thus, undertook a massive data collection process by interviewing female tennis players and asking them what their name was. The WTF interviewed over 22 million female tennis players in over 220 countries over the past 2 weeks and found that the number one tennis name for female tennis players was Annette.
Shown below is the list of top 10 most popular female names of ordinary tennis players.
- 52% – Annette
- 27% – Nora
- 16% – Juanita
- 13% – Sybil
- 10% – Elizabeth
- 8% – Fatima
- 4% – Gertrude
- 3% – Pertunia
- 2% – Yolanda
- 1% – Margaret
- please note the figure of 22 million people interviewed was extrapolated from an interview of 27 people at the Polo and Tennis Club in Hampstead, England.
