Tennis, Anyone ? Trivia Quiz

Henin was born in 1982 in the city of Liège in Belgium. She started playing tennis when she was only two years old, and turned professional in 1999.
All in all, Henin won 43 titles in women's singles and 2 in women's doubles. The single titles include the Olympics in 2004, the Australian Open in 2004, Roland Garros in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and the US Open in 2003 and 2007.
At Wimbledon, Henin reached the finals twice (2001 and 2006).

Graf was born in 1969 in Mannheim, in then West Germany. She turned professional in 1983 and would dominate the tennis world at the end of the 1980s. All in all she won 107 singles titles and 11 titles in women's doubles. Graf paired to the Argentinian Gabriela Sabatini won the woman's doubles at Wimbledon in 1988.

In the singles tournaments, Graf won Olympic gold in 1988, as well as each and every Grand Slam tournament: four times the Australian Open, six times Roland Garros, seven times Wimbledon and five times the US Open - 22 Grand Slam titles in total.

She was the first player to win a Golden Slam (in singles) in 1988: the four Grand Slam tournaments plus the Olympics.

Okker was born in Amsterdam in 1944. He started his career in 1963 and turned professional in 1968. He won 68 men's doubles tournaments. As to his singles tournaments, sources differ: while his page on Wikipedia lists 40 victories (33 during the Open Era), the list of tennis title leaders on Wikipedia only credits him with 28 victories during the Open Era. The difference is that five of the Open Era titles were in tournaments not organized by the ATP.

There is another striking feature in the list of Okker's wins at singles tournaments: in London 1968, he shared the title with his opponent Clark Graebner because the final rained out. He never competed at the Olympics: he retired before tennis became again an Olympic sport in 1988. In the Grand Slams, Okker won two doubles titles: Roland Garros in 1973 and the US Open in 1976.

Nadal, born on Mallorca in 1986, took up tennis at age three and turned professional in 2001. Although he's a right-handed person, he learnt to play tennis left-handed. He won 92 singles tournaments and 11 men's doubles tournaments. His doubles victories include the Olympics of 2016.

In the singles tournaments, Nadal won the Olympics in 2008, the US Open four times, the Australian Open twice, Wimbledon twice and Roland Garros a whopping 14 times. He did win each Grand Slam tournament at least twice (thus making what is called two "career Grand Slams"), but did not complete a Grand Slam in one calendar year.

In 2010 he won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open, but not the Australian Open.

Sarah Virginia Wade, born in Bournemouth in 1945, turned professional in 1968, at the start of the Open Era. There are several contradictions as to the total number of her tournament victories. According to Wikipedia, she won 55 singles tournaments (of which 56 are listed...) and not one women's doubles tournament, although in the very same article it's stated she won the women's doubles at the Australian Open 1973, Roland Garros 1973, and the US Open 1973 and 1975. So, according to Wikipedia, she won four doubles Grand Slams without ever winning any doubles tournament... In the Reference Book on www.grandslamhistory.com however, Wade is credited with 42 wins in women's singles and 50 in women's doubles - a number I find more believable.

The only reliable facts are her four Grand Slam wins in women's doubles (as stated above) and three Grand Slam titles in singles: the US Open in 1968, the Australian Open in 1972 and Wimbledon in 1977.

Sugiyama was born in Yokohama in 1975. She won a total of 45 tournaments: 6 in women's singles, 38 in women's doubles (including the US Open 2000, Roland Garros 2003 and Wimbledon 2003) and 1 mixed doubles (the US Open 1999).
In the single competition, she competed in several of the four Grand Slam tournaments and at the Olympics of 2004), but never made it to the semi-finals. She also competed in the Olympics 2004 in women's doubles, but just missed out on the podium.

Nastase was born in Constanta in 1946. He started his professional career in 1968. He excelled in all three categories open to him: men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and won Grand Slam tournaments in each of these categories. All in all, he won 64 singles tournaments, 45 men's doubles tournaments and 2 mixed doubles tournaments.

His Grand Slam titles were the US Open in 1972 and Roland Garros 1973 in men's singles; Roland Garros 1970, Wimbledon 1973 and the US Open 1975 in men's doubles; and Wimbledon 1970 and 1972 in mixed doubles.

Federer was born in Basel in 1981. He took up tennis at age three, but also tried his hand at various other sports. In 1999 Federer turned professional. He won 103 singles titles and 8 men's doubles titles, including the Olympics 2008 in doubles. His Grand Slam titles in singles: Australian Open six times, Roland Garros once (2009), Wimbledon eight times and five consecutive US Opens times (2004-05-06-07-08).

At the Olympics in 2012, Federer lost the singles final against Andy Murray. It was Federer's third Olympics in men's singles, but the previous occasions he did not win any medal.

Bjorn Borg, born in Stockholm in 1956, played professional tennis between 1973 and 1984, and again from 1991 to 1993. All in all, Borg won 66 singles titles and 4 men's doubles titles. His greatest achievements were six singles titles at Roland Garros and five consecutive singles titles at Wimbledon.

At the US Open, Borg reached the finals four times but lost twice to Jimmy Connors and twice to John McEnroe. In the Australian Open, his best result was third round in 1974.

Martina Subertova was born in 1956 in Prague, then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). She changed her name to that of her stepfather (Miroslav Navratil) after her mother divorced in 1962. She started playing tennis at age seven. She turned professional in 1975 and defected from her communist home country, gaining the American nationality in 1981.
In number of total tournaments won, she has gained a record that will not easily be surpassed. She is not only the first to win over 150 titles in woman's doubles, she also won more than 150 woman's singles titles and she was the first to win 10 mixed doubles titles (the second being Leander Paes). All in all Navratilova won a whopping 354 titles: 167 in the women's singles, 177 in the women's doubles and 15 in the mixed doubles.
The greatest triumphs for Navratilova were: Australian Open thrice, Roland Garros twice, nine times Wimbledon and four times the US Open in singles; eight times the Australian Open, seven times Roland Garros, seven times Wimbledon and nine times the US Open in women's doubles; the Australian Open 2003, twice Roland Garros, four times Wimbledon and three times the US Open in mixed doubles. That makes 18 Grand Slam victories in singles, 31 Grand Slam victories in women's doubles, and 10 Grand Slam victories in mixed doubles.

Kafelnikov, born in Sochi in 1974, appeared on the professional tennis tournaments for the first time in 1994. All in all Kafelnikov won 53 titles : 26 in singles and 27 in men's doubles. In the singles competition, Kafelnikov won the Olympics in 2000, the Australian Open in 1999 and Roland Garros in 1996.

His best result at Wimbledon was the quarter finals in 1995. At the US Open, he reached the semi-finals twice (1999 and 2001). In men's doubles, Kafelnikov won Roland Garros in 1996, 1997 and 2002, as well as the US Open in 1997.

He reached the quarter-finals in the Australian Open twice and the semi-finals in Wimbledon twice.

Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria in 1967, began his professional career in 1985. He won 44 titles in men's singles and one in men's doubles. His greatest triumph was Roland Garros 1995, the first time any Austrian won any Grand Slam title in men's singles. In view of his specialization on clay, it is no wonder that Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam he ever won.
Wimbledon was a competition Muster would like to forget. He was eliminated in the very first round each of the four times he competed. At the US Open, Muster reached the quarter finals thrice. At the Australian Open, Muster reached the semi-final twice.
As for the men's doubles tournaments, Muster only competed in the Australian Open (1989 and 1990, twice eliminated in the first round) and the US Open 1986 (where he reached the second round). Although nicknamed the "King of Clay", he didn't find a partner with whom he would qualify for the men's doubles at Roland Garros.