Tennis Players Mixed Trivia

1. At Wimbledon 2014, who became the first Canadian born player, representing Canada to reach the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament?

From Quiz Maple Court

Answer: Eugenie Bouchard

2014 was a bumper year for Quebec born Bouchard as not only did she reach the Wimbledon final, but she also reached the semi finals of both the Australian and French Open Championships. She may have lost the Wimbledon final to Czech, Petra Kvitova in straight sets (3-6, 0-6) but her performances throughout the year saw her rise to number five in the world rankings, making her the first Canadian female tennis player ever to be ranked in the top five in singles.

From Quiz Game, Set, Match

Answer: French Open

Of the 14 singles titles that Sampras won, half of them were at Wimbledon and a further five were at the US Open. He took two titles at the Australian Open, but never even made it to the final at Roland Garros during his 15-year professional career. Question by player pagea.

From Quiz Left on the Base Line

Answer: Goran Ivanisevic

Ivanisevic was previously runner up at Wimbledon in the years 1992, 1994 and 1998. 1994 saw his career high when he was ranked number 2 men's singles tennis player in the world. He retired from professional tennis in 2004.

From Quiz Legendary Players of Tennis

Answer: Chris Evert

Chris Evert was also the first to win at least grand slam title 13 years in a row from 1974-1986.

From Quiz Tennis Siblings

Answer: Tracy Austin

Tracy was US Open champion in both 1979 and 1981; her brother, John, never made it higher than number 70 in the world rankings. In 1980, they created history by becoming the first siblings to win a Grand Slam mixed doubles title. In the final at Wimbledon, they defeated Dianne Fromholtz and Mark Edmondson. The following year, they had a pretty good stab at defending their crown, eventually losing in the final to Betty Stove and Frew McMillan.

From Quiz Open Era Tennis

Answer: US Open

The first slam he won was the Australian Open in 1960, and his last was the US Open in 1969.

From Quiz When Aussies Ruled

Answer: Rocket

Rod Laver was born in Rockhampton in 1938, and he demonstrated his tennis prowess at a young age. Laver was nicknamed "Rocket" because of his quick reflexes, powerful ground strokes and deceptive serves. Laver was equally adept on fast grass courts and slow clay surfaces. This left-hander is recognized by tennis experts as one of the greatest players in the sport's history. The Rocket was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981.

From Quiz Tennis Quotes

Answer: Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award

Roger Federer who has won this award four times in a row, was responding after receiving the 2008 award at St. Petersburg.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Jimmy Connors

Answer: Phil Dent

Connors was banned from the 1974 French Open and a chance at the tennis Grand Slam because he refused to join the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) union, and instead signed with World Team Tennis (WTT), an organization opposed by the French Tennis Federation.

From Quiz Tennis Nationalities [2]

Answer: USA

Mashona was born in Flint, Michigan, USA. In 2004 she reached her first WTA tour final in Tokyo, Japan. She was thrashed there though by Maria Sharapova. At the same tournament she also reached her first WTA tour doubles final but lost that too. She played with Jennifer Hopkins and they lost to Srebotnik and Asagoe.

From Quiz Tennis Nationalities [1]

Answer: Australia

Casey was born on February 11, 1985, in Australia.

From Quiz Professional Tennis Nationalities

Answer: Israel

Anna Pistolesi (formerly Smashnova, born in Belarus) was the first Israeli woman to ever crack the top 20.

From Quiz Pro Tennis Surnames

Answer: Maleeva

Magdalena Maleeva and her two sisters, Katerina and Manuela, all competed on the professional tour for years while playing for Bulgaria.

From Quiz Tennis Nationalities

Answer: Morocco

Younes played a 40-game 5th Set against Andy Roddick at the Australian Open in 2003. He is one of the few internationally successful players from Morocco.

From Quiz Player Oddities

Answer: Thomas Enqvist

Thomas also enjoys playing soccer and innebandy, and he's a big fan of NHL's Philadelphia Flyers.

From Quiz Tennis Nicknames

Answer: Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis make up the 'Spice Girls' together. Kournikova also has the nickname 'Special K'.

From Quiz Tennis Quotes

Answer: Martina Hingis

She also said this: 'Favorite food? I'm very simple. I just eat everything that comes on the table, right now especially. When I was younger, I didn't like many things, but yesterday we went to eat Chinese, and Japanese I {like;} Italian, whatever'

From Quiz Tennis Nationalities [2]

Answer: Russia

Although Marat Safin was born in Russia, he moved to Spain when he was very young. He spent a lot of time practicing in Valencia.

From Quiz Tennis First Names

Answer: Daniela

A great player who won her first singles title in Indian Wells, 2002. The other surnames could fit to these players: Henrieta Nagyova, Olga Barabanschikova and Adriana Gersi (or Serra Zanetti)!

From Quiz Tennis Nationalities [1]

Answer: Denmark

Although Kenneth Carlsen is Denmark's best tennis player, he never really made it to the top.

From Quiz Tennis Geography

Answer: Switzerland

Federer was the surprise at Wimbledon in 2001 when he defeated Sampras.

From Quiz New Balls Please

Answer: Jan-Michael Gambill

From Quiz Maple Court

Answer: Greg Rusedski

Rusedski was born in Montreal to a Polish/Ukrainian father and an English mother. He was seen as a promising player for Canada, so it was something of a disappointment when he chose to relinquish his Canadian citizenship and become British. In 1997, representing his new country, he reached the final of the U.S. Open, losing to Patrick Rafter in four sets.

From Quiz Game, Set, Match

Answer: Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis burst onto the tennis scene when she set a new record for the youngest ever Grand Slam singles champion by winning the 1997 Australian Open at the age of just 16 years and 3 months. She then went on to win both Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year. Her career was curtailed by injury, but she returned from her second period of retirement to take the Mixed Doubles title at the 2015 Australian Open with Laeander Paes. That win came 18 years after her first triumph. Question by player Fifiona81.

From Quiz Left on the Base Line

Answer: Monica Seles

Monica Seles had won eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was ranked number 1 in March 1991. She was stabbed during a match against Magdalena Maleeva while taking a break between games. She did not return to playing professional tennis for another two years but she was unable to maintain her previous form and retired in 2008.

From Quiz Legendary Players of Tennis

Answer: Harold Mahony

Harold Mahony won his only major title in 1896 at Wimbledon (the term "grand slam title" wasn't used until 1924). It wasn't until 116 years later that another Scottish born player won a grand slam title (Andy Murray at the 2012 US Open).

From Quiz Open Era Tennis

Answer: Jelena Jankovic

In the final they beat Alicia Molik and Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

From Quiz When Aussies Ruled

Answer: French Open

John Newcombe became famous for his handlebar mustache, his powerful serve, and his outstanding net play. The right-hander won two Australian Open titles (1973, 1975), three Wimbledon crowns (1967, 1970, 1971) and two U.S. titles (1967, 1973). However, "Newk" was never able to win the French Open tournament. His best showing on the red clay surface at Roland Garros occurred in 1969, when he reached the quarterfinal round.

From Quiz Tennis Quotes

Answer: Roger Federer

Roger Federer was men's singles champion of Wimbledon for five years. He said this at Laureus Awards 2008 ceremony.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Jimmy Connors

Answer: Rod Laver

Rosewall won his first U. S. Open in 1956, then won his second 14 years later in 1970. Laver won 1962 and 1969, Newcombe in 1967 and 1973, and Smith in 1973.

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