2015 Tennis US Open - Women's Side Quiz

Answer: New York City

The US Open was first held at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows in the borough of Queens in New York City in 1978. Similar to the Australian Open, the US Open is played on a hard court.

Answer: Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova was seeded third for the 2015 US Open but an injury to her right leg forced her to withdraw from the tournament. Sharapova was the first Russian to win the career Grand Slam and she was ranked number one in the world at just 18 years of age (Wimbledon 2004, US Open 2006, Australian Open 2008, French Open 2012).

Answer: Caroline Wozniacki

Wozniacki won easily in the first round against Jamie Loeb 6-2, 6-0 but then she lost in the second round in a three set match against Petra Cetkovska. While many of the top 10 seeds struggled nine of the 10 players seeded between 11 and 20 made it to at least the third round.

Answer: Kristina Mladenovic vs. Roberta Vinci

At the time of the 2015 US Open Mladenovic was the 40th ranked player in the world and Roberta Vinci was ranked 43rd. The other three quarterfinal matches featured a player in the top five against a player ranked in the 20s. Similar to the other major championships, the US Open has 32 seeded players.

Answer: She won in three sets with Venus winning the second set.

Interestingly, every quarterfinal match of the 2015 US Open went to three sets. Serena outlasted Venus 6-2, 1-6, and 6-3 to make it to the semifinals. The match was the 27th overall meeting between the Williams sisters (13 in non-Grand Slam events) with Serena holding a 16-11 advantage.

Answer: Simona Halep

Flavia Penneta's domination of the second ranked player in the world was surprising because three of her previous matches had gone to five sets including her first round match. With her appearance in the semifinals of the 2015 US Open Halep achieved the feat of reaching the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam events in her career.

The incorrect answer choices were players from Germany that made it to the third and fourth rounds.

Answer: Williams had more aces, winners, and points won than Vinci.

Vinci won the match in three sets 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Williams seemed to have the better stats in the match as she dominated in aces 16-1 and winners 50-21. However, Williams also had 40 unforced errors while Vinci only had 20. Had Williams won the match she would have had a chance to win her fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament in a calendar year. Before the 2015 US Open Roberta Vinci had never made it past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Vinci is likely best known for her success in doubles as she won five Grand Slam tournaments with Sara Errani between 2012 and 2014.

Answer: Flavia Pennetta

Going into the tournament Pennetta was an extreme long shot with odds of 150-1 to win. The first set between Pennetta and Vinci was very competitive as Pennetta won in a tiebreak and then she won the second set easily 6-2. With a combined age of 66 years this match was also featured the highest combined age between Grand Slam finals opponents.

Answer: Break Points Won

Flavia Panneta broke her opponent's serve 34 times at the 2015 US Open. Simona Halep finished second in this statistic with 31 service breaks and Roberta Vinci finished third with 27. Pennetta also did well on her own second serves winning 54% of them throughout the tournament.

Answer: She was retiring

Pennetta's retirement announcement during the trophy presentation surprised both her opponent and good friend Roberta Vinci as well as Robin Roberts who was conducting the interview. While giving her goodbye speech Pennetta commented "I'm really happy.

It's what all players want to do, go home with one of these big trophies." In interviews after the match Pennetta stated that she would finish out this calendar season and then retire.