Who Won the US Open? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ivan Lendl

In Mats Wilander's most successful year, he managed to beat Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl in the final of the 1988 US Open. By the end of both of their careers, the two men had a combined total of 15 major titles to their name. Lendl managed to win eight major titles, including three US Open events in 1985, 1986 and 1987, and Wilander managed to claim seven major titles.

The only major tournament that eluded them was Wimbledon, with Wilander only ever making it to the quarterfinals and Lendl making the final on two occasions. The score of the 1988 US Open men's singles final was a win for Wilander by three sets to two, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, and 6-4.

It was the first men's final at the US Open to go to the final set since the clash between John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg in 1980.

Answer: Boris Becker

Boris Becker is one of the sport's greatest players. His most noteworthy achievement, besides winning six major titles, was to be the youngest ever Wimbledon singles champion when he won the event in 1989 at the age of just seventeen. Becker beat Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl in the final of the 1989 US Open men's single event in four sets, 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, and 7-6.

This would prove to be Becker's only championship win in New York.

Answer: Sweden

Stefan Edberg was born in Vastervik in the year that England won the FIFA Football (Soccer) World Cup of 1966. By 1985, he had already won his first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open. He would also go on to win Wimbledon and the US Open at various times in his career. Like many successful tennis players, there is usually a surface which doesn't suit their play as well as other surfaces do. By extension, there is usually a Grand Slam event that will elude them throughout their career. For Edberg, his relative weakness was on clay and the furthest he ever managed to get in a French Open tournament was the final. Can't really complain about that though.

Answer: Greg Rusedski

Greg Rusedski couldn't make the final step and pick up the title in New York. The title went to Patrick Rafter who won the match by three sets to one, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, and 7-5. Despite Rusedski's loss, the road to the final was one which hadn't been undertaken by a British player since Fred Perry in 1936. Perry did however manage to win the US Open, beating America's Don Budge.
At the 1998 US Open Patrick Rafter would successfully defend his title, competing against fellow Australian, Mark Philippoussis.

Answer: Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi is one of the very few men to have won all four of the Grand Slam tournaments on the tennis tour. He was most successful in Melbourne, winning the Australian Open four times. Furthermore he became the champion at Wimbledon, his first major win, in 1992 and became the king of clay, winning at the 1999 French Open. Add those titles to the two wins at the US Open and one gets an impressive total of eight Grand Slam titles.

Answer: Marat Safin

As well as entering the record books by becoming the first Russian man to win the US Open, Marat Safin became the first Russian to reach the semifinals of the Wimbledon men's singles event in 2008. The 2000 US Open final was a one-sided match between Marat Safin and America's Pete Sampras. Sampras was, at the time, looking for his fifth US Open title but Safin had other ideas and won the match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, and 6-3.

Answer: Yes

Lleyton Hewitt won the men's doubles event at the US Open in 2000 with his partner, Max Mirnyi. The duo beat South Africa's Ellis Ferreira and America's Rick Leach by two sets to one. For the second year in a row (2000 and 2001), Pete Sampras had reached the final but had been denied his fifth US Open title. In 2000, he was beaten by Marat Safin and in 2001 by Lleyton Hewitt.

Answer: Pete Sampras

Quite amazing to think that Pete Sampras was able to maintain such a high standard of play for fifteen years! The major wins Sampras had to his name include an astonishing seven at Wimbledon, two at the Australian Open and five at the US Open. The only Grand Slam event that Sampras couldn't win was the French Open, only ever making it as far as the semifinals.

His US Open titles were won in 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 2002. The 2002 US Open final was a match between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, players who were both previous champions at the event. Sampras won in four sets, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, and 6-4.

Answer: Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Carlos Ferrero, who was born in the Valencian municipality of Onteniente in 1980, had a fantastic run through the 2003 US Open. Not only did he eliminate former US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals but he also eliminated another former US Open champion in the semifinals.

After beating Andre Agassi in the semifinals he booked his place in the final against Andy Roddick. Neither of these players had won the tournament before so there was guaranteed to be a brand new champion. Andy Roddick proved to be that champion, crushing Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, and 6-3.

Answer: Roger Federer

When Federer fell to the floor in joy as he won the 2009 Wimbledon men's singles title, Pete Sampras applauded from the royal box at Centre Court. Upon winning, Federer had beaten Pete Sampras' record of fourteen major titles in fifteen years. The new record, set by Federer, stood at fifteen major titles in just 11 years! Federer's win at the 2008 US Open was his fifth consecutive title in New York.

Incredibly the Swiss-born tennis legend won the event in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. No other tennis player has really had a chance at taking the title, in fact, none of his opponents in the final have even taken two sets against him.