Roland-Garros Trivia

1. Only one top 10 seed lost in his first round match at the 2015 French Open. Which Bulgarian player lost to Jack Sock in straight sets in the first round?

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Grigor Dimitrov

The first set was competitive with Sock winning 7-6 by outlasting Dimitrov in a 9-7 tiebreaker. Sock won the next two sets 6-2 and 6-3. Dimitrov was a former junior No. 1 ranked player in the world having won the 2008 Wimbledon and 2008 US Open titles in the under 18 group.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion having beaten Dinara Safina in the 2009 Roland Garros Final. The score in the final was 6-4, 6-2. Samantha Stosur got to the semi-finals losing to Svetland Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Serena Williams also lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova but in the quarterfinals 7-6, 5-7, 7-5.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Roger Federer

Roger Federer defeated Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 in the final of the 2009 French Open to claim his first-ever French Open title. Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 in the fourth round. Juan Martin Del Potro lost to Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a tight five-setter.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: France

The French players that made it to the fourth round were Richard Gasquet, Jérémy Chardy, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, and Gaël Monfils. The fourth round also featured two players from Spain and Switzerland and one from Serbia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Japan, Russia, and the Czech Republic.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Tomas Berdych

At the beginning of the 2015 French Open Tomas Berdych was the fourth ranked player in the world. The only set that Berdych won against Tsonga was a third set tiebreaker. Berdych may be best known for being the second player to defeat Roger Federer multiple times in a Grand Slam event before the semifinal.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Tomas Berdych

Andy Murray lost in the fourth round to Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Kei Nishikori

Nishikori did not drop a set through the first four rounds of the tournament. The longest quarterfinal match of the 2015 French Open lasted five sets with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga outlasting Kei Nishikori. In 2015 Kei Nishikori became the first male tennis player from Japan to be ranked in the top five in the world.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Lucie Safarova

She lost in the second round to Polona Hercog, 6-1, 6-2. She defeated Australian Jelena Dokic in the first round 6-2, 6-2.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Novak Djokovic

In 2010 Rafael Nadal became the seventh player to win all four Grand Slam events in his career. Going into the 2015 French Open Nadal had lost only once in 10 previous appearances including six wins over Djokovic in previous years. Nadal's injuries in 2014 contributed to his world ranking dropping which ended up placing him as the sixth seed in spite of winning the five previous French Opens. The seven players with career grand slams were: Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Rafael Nadal and Fred Perry.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Ivan Ljubicic

Ivan Ljubicic was knocked out of the French Open in the third round. He played a marathon 2nd round match against Mardy Fish winning, 6-2, 6-7, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Roger Federer

Stan Wawrinka, the eighth seed, and Roger Federer, the second seed, were the only men from Switzerland in the 2015 French Open. Wawrinka's win in the quarterfinals was only his third in 19 career head-to-head matches against Federer.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: 31

Some notable three-setters were Samantha Stosur vs Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova vs Justine Henin.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Andy Murray

Djokovic beat Murray 6-3 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-1. Had the fifth set gone into a tiebreaker the two would have battled it out until one player had a two game lead in the final set. Djokovic's victory over Murray at the 2015 French Open was his eighth straight against him.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Peter Luczak

Roger Federer defeated Peter Luczak in the first round, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. Janko Tipsarevic lost to Alejandro Falla in the first round, and Alejandro Falla lost to Roger Federer in the second round 7-6, 6-2, 6-4. Taylor Dent lost by a huge amount by Robin Soderling, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: He lost the first set and then won the next three.

He won 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4. The 2015 French Open final featured some great tennis with both players hitting incredible and powerful shots. Wawrinka had the better statistics though as he had more winners and Djokovic hit more unforced errors than he typically does. The win was Wawrinka's second Grand Slam championship (his first was the 2014 Australian Open).

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Jarmila Groth

Jarmila Groth got to the fourth round of the French Open. She lost to the hands of Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-4, 6-3. Chanelle Scheepers was a qualifier and she reached the fourth round as well but lost to Elena Dementieva, 6-1, 6-3. Francesca Schiavone was the 17th seed.

From Quiz 2015 French Open - Men's Singles

Answer: Gaston Gaudio

Wawrinka's win at the 2015 French Open was surprising but Gaudio's win at the 2004 French Open was shocking. Gaudio had three five set matches and a four set match en route to his title where he outlasted fellow countryman Guillermo Coria.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: 34

Some notable four-setters were Roger Federer vs Robin Soderling and Fernando Verdasco vs Nicholas Almagro.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Russia

Russia had 9 seeds in the women's singles. They were Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova, Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva, Alisa Kleybanova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Maria Kirilenko.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Jurgen Melzer

Jurgen Melzer was the 22nd seed. He got to the semi-finals beating Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. He beat David Ferrer in the third round.

From Quiz 2010 Roland Garros

Answer: Ernests Gulbis - Daniela Hantuchova

Ernests Gulbis lost in the first round and Daniela Hantuchova reached the fourth round.

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