Tennis Players A-Z Trivia

1. Most tennis fans heard of Emma for the first time when she played in her first 'grand slam' event in 2021. Which event was it?

From Quiz Emma Raducanu

Answer: Wimbledon

Emma was given a 'wildcard' entry to Wimbledon 2021 after playing in the Nottingham Open (also a grass court event) shortly before the All England club tournament.

From Quiz All the King's Men

Answer: Randy Moffitt

Billie Jean was born Billie Jean Moffitt to a mom who was a swimmer and a dad who played basketball, baseball and ran track. Billie Jean started playing tennis when she was eleven years old after switching from softball at her parent's suggestion. She trained on the free courts of Long Beach and a local tennis facility has been named after her (Billie Jean Moffitt King Tennis Center). Her younger brother Randy was also athletic. He played baseball and pitched professionally for twelve years (1972-1983). He played for San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays.

From Quiz The Life and Times of Rafael Nadal

Answer: Mariano Puerta

Nadal recovered from losing the first set to defeat Puerta in four sets in the final. He also defeated Federer, dispatching the Swiss Maestro in the semi-finals. Ferrer lost to Nadal in the quarter-finals. Haas exited the competition much earlier, falling to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round.

From Quiz Bjorn This Way

Answer: Boris Becker

Bjorn was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997. His career match winning percentage was 82.7%.

From Quiz The Career of Cara Black

Answer: Zimbabwe

Cara Black was born on the 17th of February 1979 in the city of Salisbury, at the time the capital of Rhodesia. In 1982 the name of the city changed to Harare. The name of the country had already changed in 1980 to Zimbabwe. Cara started playing tennis by age four. Her family had grass courts near their home. Cara has always listed grass as her favourite surface. She turned professional at the age of 19. In 1997 she had her first year-end ranking in singles at 189. In 1996 she had already won her first tournament, a $ 10.000 satellite on the ITF-Tour in the Slovakian city of Nitra.

From Quiz You Cannot Be Serious!

Answer: West Germany, February 16th 1959

John McEnroe was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, a U.S. military base. John Patrick McEnroe Sr and Katharine Tresham were his parents. Mark and Patrick are his two younger brothers.

From Quiz Sharapova Mania

Answer: Yelena

Yelena is nowhere near as famous as Sharapova's father Yuri, as she rarely attends her daughter's matches. When Yuri and Maria went to the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in the USA, Yelena had to stay behind due to financial considerations.

From Quiz Marat Safin: Life and Tennis

Answer: Davis Cup

The Davis Cup was a team event which saw nations battling it out on the tennis courts to reach the final and, from there, to potentially find international glory. The event was established in 1900, the year before the death of Queen Victoria, and in the early years it was a British-American affair. Marat Safin was crucial to the success of the Russian team in the 2002 competition and the 2006 competition. In the final of the 2002 Davis Cup, Safin and the Russian team faced France and in 2006, Russia's opponents were Argentina.

From Quiz All About Rafa Nadal

Answer: The King of Clay

Rafa is known as The King of Clay as he won numerous titles on this surface, and he had become seemingly unbeatable on clay. Although he's been winning on hard and grass too, people still take him as the best clay-court player.

From Quiz Wayne Arthurs

Answer: Mario Ancic

Arthurs defeated Ancic 7-5, 6-3 in the finals.

From Quiz Andy Murray

Answer: Scotland

He was born in Glasgow on 15 May 1987.

From Quiz Bjorn Borg

Answer: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Bjorn Borg turned pro in 1973 and played professionally until 1984. He returned to the professional circuit in 1991-1993 but did not win a match in that comeback.

From Quiz Elena Dementieva

Answer: 1995

Elena started playing junior tennis in 1995. Her first tournament was the 8th Sochi International Junior tournament where she lost first round.

From Quiz Maria Sharapova

Answer: Indian Wells

Maria was only 14 years old when she defeated Brie Rippner in three sets. She lost her second round match to Monica Seles.

From Quiz Venus Williams' Orbit

Answer: 4

Venus first picked up a tennis racket at age four in 1984. Her father wanted to mold Venus and her sister into tennis superstars and got started on her early.

From Quiz Daniela Hantuchova

Answer: April

Daniela was born April 23, 1983.

From Quiz Alicia Molik

Answer: Srebotnik

She beat katarina Srebotnik 6-3 6-0. Srebotnik was the top seed at that tournament.

From Quiz Justine Henin

Answer: Wimbledon

This happened in 2001, and Justine lost to Venus Williams in three sets. She had previously defeated Venus at the German Open that year.

From Quiz Justine Henin

Answer: Roland Garros

On July 7, 2003, she gave Belgium it's First Grand Slam title by defeating Kim Clijsters in the final with 6-0, 6-4. It was an emotional final, because Justine dedicated it to her late mother, who died when she was only 13 years old.

From Quiz Martina Navratilova

Answer: Czechoslovakia

Martina was born in 1956 but later represented the USA.

From Quiz Andre Agassi - Grand Slam Wins

Answer: 1970

He was born on April 29th, 1970.

From Quiz Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten

Answer: Brazil & September 10, 1976

Guga was born in Florianopolis, Brazil. He started playing at the age of 6.

From Quiz Jelena Dokic

Answer: April 12, 1983

Jelena was born in April 12, 1983, at Belgrade Yugoslavia.

From Quiz Kim Clijsters

Answer: 8 june 1983

Kim was born on 8th june 1983.

From Quiz Greg Rusedski

Answer: September 6th 1973

British tennis player Tim Henman, was also born on September 6th, however, he was born one year later in 1974.

From Quiz Tim Henman

Answer: 6th September 1974

Tim was born in Oxford, England.

From Quiz Kim Clijsters

Answer: 4

Number 4 in the world was impressive for a 19 year old.

From Quiz Alicia Molik

Answer: 1st round

Alicia lost in the 1st round after winning the 1st set, and then losing the 2nd set, she had to retire in the 3rd.

From Quiz Mark Philippoussis

Answer: Anthony

Mark Anthony Philippoussis.

From Quiz Patrick Rafter

Answer: 1972

Patrick Rafter is the second youngest of 9 children.

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