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Quiz about 2015 Wimbledon Championships Mens Side

2015 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Side Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge of the men participating in the 2015 Wimbledon. Best of luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Triviaballer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Triviaballer

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
376,297

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What former Wimbledon champion (2008 and 2010) lost in the second round to Dustin Brown? Hint

Rafael Nadal

Leonardo Mayer

Lleyton Hewitt

John Isner

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Question 2 of 10

2. One surprising performance at Wimbledon 2015 came from an American player that was born in Kiev in 1992. Who was this player, that came back from two sets down in the first round, to beat Alexander Zverev in round two, beat Santiago Giraldo in round three, and then lost to Marin Cilic in round four? Hint

Sam Querrey

Donald Young

Denis Kudla

Steve Johnson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Outside of Andy Murray, no player from the United Kingdom made it past the third round. Even so, one UK player did have a promising run at the tournament and received a strong following from the crowd. Who was this wild card that beat Luca Vanni in the first round and Jiri Vesely in the second round, before losing a heartbreaking fifth set to Vasek Pospisil in the third round? Hint

Tim Henman

Liam Broady

Greg Rusedski

James Ward

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Question 4 of 10

4. The fourth round of Wimbledon 2015 proved to be the biggest challenge for Novak Djokovic. In the match he lost the first two sets in tiebreakers before winning the final three. Who was the 6 ft 8 in player from South Africa that nearly upset Djokovic in the fourth round? Hint

Gary Muller

Wayne Ferreira

Bob Hewitt

Kevin Anderson

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Question 5 of 10

5. One player dominated all others in total aces at Wimbledon 2015. What 6 ft 11 in player from Croatia served a total of 165 aces over the four matches that he played? Hint

Milos Raonic

Fabio Fognini

Tomas Berdych

Ivo Karlovic

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Question 6 of 10

6. Just one unseeded player make it to the quarterfinals. Who was this Canadian player who previously had won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles with Jack Sock, in 2014? Hint

Viktor Troicki

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Bernard Tomic

Vasek Pospisil

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Question 7 of 10

7. Only one quarterfinal match went past three sets when a player upset the four seed Stan Wawrinka. Who was this French player who won the fifth set 11-9 over Wawrinka before losing to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals? Hint

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Richard Gasquet

Gilles Simon

Marcos Baghdatis

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Question 8 of 10

8. The semifinals featured a familiar match-up when the number two and three seeds faced off. Which two seed won the match in straight sets to advance to his 10th Wimbledon final? Hint

Andy Murray

Gael Monfils

Kei Nishikori

Roger Federer

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Question 9 of 10

9. The 2015 Wimbledon final saw the first two sets end in a tiebreak. In the third set there was a 20 minute delay after which Novak Djokovic took control for the rest of the match. What was the cause of this delay? Hint

Rain

Fan intervention

Injury

Equipment malfunction

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Question 10 of 10

10. Novak Djokovic won his second straight and third overall Wimbledon title in 2015. What odd ceremonial celebration did Djokovic perform right after winning the match? Hint

He climbed into the stands and did a victory lap.

He ate some grass from Centre Court.

He did two back slips and a handstand.

He did a dance reminiscent of Psy's "Gangnam Style".

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What former Wimbledon champion (2008 and 2010) lost in the second round to Dustin Brown?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Unfortunately for Nadal, the 2015 Wimbledon was the fourth straight year that he was eliminated at Wimbledon before the quarterfinals. Although six of the 32 seeded players were from Spain, none of them made it to the quarterfinals.

Answer: Denis Kudla

Kudla and his family moved from Ukraine to the state of Virginia when he was one year old. Prior to Wimbledon 2015, Kudla had never made it past the second round of a Grand Slam event. Cilic and Kudla both had two five set matches before they met in the fourth round.

Answer: James Ward

James Ward was born in London in 1987 and Wimbledon 2015 marked the first time that he had made it to the third round of a Grand Slam event. Players from the UK that had an early exit at Wimbledon 2015 included Liam Broady and Aljaz Bedene in round two and Kyle Edmund and Brydan Klein in round one.

Answer: Kevin Anderson

Wimbledon 2015 marked the seventh time that Anderson had made it to and lost in the fourth round of a Grand Slam event. Anderson's first ATP title came in the South African Open in 2011 where he won in Johannesburg, the city of his birth.

5. One player dominated all others in total aces at Wimbledon 2015. What 6 ft 11 in player from Croatia served a total of 165 aces over the four matches that he played?

Answer: Ivo Karlovic

Ivo Karlovic burst onto the tennis scene at Wimbledon in 2003 when he defeated the defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the first round. At 36 years of age during the 2015 Wimbledon championship Karlovic utilized his strong serves to win quick points against his opponents. Karlovic was the first player on the ATP to record a serve of at least 156 miles per hour (251 km per hour).

6. Just one unseeded player make it to the quarterfinals. Who was this Canadian player who previously had won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles with Jack Sock, in 2014?

Answer: Vasek Pospisil

Pospisil's quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2015 was the first time in his career he had made it past the third round of a Grand Slam event. In the quarterfinals Pospisil lost to Andy Murray in straight sets 4-6, 5-7, 4-6. Pospisil's parents are of Czech descent but the family moved to Canada before he turned pro in 2007.

Answer: Richard Gasquet

Gasquet was defeated in straight sets by Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Richard Gasquet had previously made it to the semifinals at the 2007 Wimbledon and the 2013 US Open. In 2004 Gasquet and Tatiana Golovin won the French Open - Mixed Doubles after they had gained entry as a wild card.

8. The semifinals featured a familiar match-up when the number two and three seeds faced off. Which two seed won the match in straight sets to advance to his 10th Wimbledon final?

Answer: Roger Federer

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals. Federer was an extremely accomplished player and Wimbledon 2015 marked his 26th Grand Slam final. During his career Federer held the number one ranking for an incredible 237 straight weeks.

Answer: Rain

Rain in the summer in the UK is not an uncommon occurrence and a delay was predicted before the match even began. Djokovic won the first set tiebreak, Federer won the second set tiebreak, and then Djokovic won the third and fourth sets.

10. Novak Djokovic won his second straight and third overall Wimbledon title in 2015. What odd ceremonial celebration did Djokovic perform right after winning the match?

Answer: He ate some grass from Centre Court.

In addition to it being his third overall title at Wimbledon, the victory was Djokovic's ninth overall Gran Slam title. In 2013 Djokovic enlisted six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker as his coach. Interestingly, after this match the career head-to-head record for Novak Djokovic against Roger Federer was an even 20-20.

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