ATP Top 20 of 2018 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Most tournament wins

Djokovic had missed the last five months of the 2017 season after losing at Wimbledon. While his return to form was not immediate (i.e like Roger Federer in 2017) Djokovic moved from a ranking of 22 to eventually finishing the year ranked number one. As a result, he won the Comeback award.

Djokovic earned the most prizemoney as a result of his ventures in 2018 on the ATP. He reached seven finals, a record he tied with Federer. He won at Wimbledon, the Cincinnati Masters, the US Open and the Shanghai Masters while losing the finals of the Queen's Club Championships, Paris Masters and ATP Finals. As a result, Djokovic ended the year with four titles, just shy of Rafael Nadal's five titles.

Answer: Best winning percentage of his career

Nadal compiled a 45-4 record in 2018, a win percentage of 91.83%. This included just one loss on Rafa's beloved clay, a quarter-final loss to Dominic Thiem in Madrid.

Nadal had a consistent season at the majors, but despite winning the French Open and reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the US Open, the Spnaniard lost in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open to Marin Cilic. While he did win the best grand slam match of the year, a five set classic with Thiem in the quarter-finals of the US Open, the best match on the ATP Tour, as voted for, was Novak Djokovic's dramatic win over Roger Federer in the Paris Masters. Nadal did not face Federer in 2018.

Answer: 2006

Federer's winning streak saw him win all seven of his matches at the Australian Open, all five of his matches at the Rotterdam Open and five at the Indian Wells Masters. The streak ended after he lost the Indian Wells final to Juan Martin Del Potro.

Federer had a 16-0 start to the 2006 season, winning the Qatar Open and the Australian Open early in the year. His streak in 2006 ended with a loss in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships to Rafael Nadal.

Answer: Grigor Dimitrov

Dimitrov had been the most recent ATP Finals winner outside of that group before Zverev's 2018 success, winning the previous year's edition of the tournament. Davydenko won the event in 2009. Tsonga was runner-up at the event in 2011. Roddick never featured in the final of the tournament.

Zverev defeated five-time champion Djokovic in straight sets in the final to win the 2018 ATP Finals.

Answer: Mexican Open

Del Potro had a stellar week on Acapulco's hard courts, including victories against Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson. DelPo was runner up in Auckland and the China Open in Beijing, losing out to Roberto Bautista Agut in Auckland and to Nikoloz Basliashvili in China.

He was much less successful in Delray Beach, losing in the second round to home favourite Frances Tiafoe.

Answer: Kei Nishikori

Anderson first beat Nishikori in the semi-finals of the New York Open, defeating the Japanese star 6-1 3-6 7-6. Later in the year, the pair met in the final in Vienna's Erste Bank Open, with Anderson winning by a more comfortable 6-3 7-6 scoreline.

Querrey was Anderson's opponent in the final in New York, with Anderson defeating the American in a third set tie breaker. Verdasco and Coric were Anderson's semi-final and quarter-final opponents in Vienna respectively.

Answer: Masters 1000

Upon the conclusion of the 2018 season, Cilic had only won two of his 18 meetings with the Serbian. Before the win at Queen's, Cilic's only win against Djokovic came at the 2016 Paris Masters tournament, which forms part of the Masters 1000 series. Cilic won the final at Queen's via a 5-7 7-6 6-3 scoreline, saving championship point in the second set.

Answer: Australian Open

Thiem had a rocky road at the 2018 Australian Open. In his first two matches, he was forced to recover from two set deficits. This first occurred against Guido Pella and then against Denis Kudla. After a more comfortable victory against Adrian Mannarino in the third round, the Austrian was eliminated by aptly-named Tennys Sandgren in the round of 16.

Answer: 0-4

Nishikori's 2018 loss in Monte Carlo was his fourth defeat in a Masters final, and his second against Nadal after a tight loss to the Spaniard in the final of the 2014 Madrid Masters. Nishikori also lost two Masters 1000 finals in 2016, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets on both occasions.

Answer: Both tournaments were held in the USA

In April, Isner won the first Masters 1000 title of his career at the Miami Open, coming from a set behind to defeat Alexander Zverev in the final. Three months later on the hard courts of Atlanta, Isner defeated compatriot Ryan Harrison, again from a set down in the final. While Isner was ranked below Zverev in Miami, he was the top seed in Atlanta.

Answer: First grand slam quarter final

Khachanov came close to reaching his first major tournament quarter-final at the 2018 French Open. However, he lost in the last 16 in a five set thriller against Alexander Zverev. He also reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, where he was dispatched in straight sets by Novak Djokovic.

Khachanov won the 2018 Paris Masters, his first Masters 1000 title. He defeated Djokovic in straight sets in the final. He also won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the title game. In the Davis Cup, he won both of his singles matches against Belarus to propel his home nation to the World Group.

Answer: Jeremy Chardy

With Coric and Marin Cilic, Croatia defeated France 3-1 in the final. In the first rubber, Coric defeated Chardy 6-2 7-5 6-4. Coric would have played Tsonga in the fifth rubber had it needed to be played. Coric had a genuinely great tournament, winning five of his six singles matches.

This included winning both of his rubbers against the USA in the semi-finals against Steve Johnson and Frances Tiafoe.

Answer: Chengdu Open

Fognini came into the final of the Chengdu Open as the favourite to defeat Bernard Tomic but despite having four championship points, he lost in a third set tie-breaker.

The Italian was champion of the other three events, winning the Brasil Open and Swedish Open on clay and the Los Cabos Open on hard court. In Brazil, he defeated Nicolas Jarry in three sets in the final. In Sweden, he defeated Richard Gasquet in three sets. His most impressive final victory came in Mexico, where he defeated Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets.

Answer: March

Edmund replaced Murray as Britain's number one on 5 March 2018, ending a twelve year run for Murray as the country's primary player. At the moment he overtook him, Edmund was ranked 24th in the ATP rankings while Murray, who had not played since Wimbledon 2017, fell to 29th.

Answer: Alex De Minaur

Tsitsipas and De Minaur were the top two seeds in the tournament, with the Greek prospect winning in four sets. In the unique first to four games setting, Tsitsipas won 2-4 4-1 4-3 4-3 against the Australian.

Rublev was Tsitsipas' semi-final opponent, with the Greek winning a final set tiebreaker against the Russian. Tsitsipas beat Tiafoe in the group stages in straight sets. Chung did not participate in the event as he was 22 at the time, with the tournament only open to players aged 21 or under. He won the 2017 instalment of the tournament.

Answer: He was a qualifier at the tournament

Medvedev was not ranked high enough to qualify for the tournament, but after winning the tournament he was ranked 22nd in the ATP Rankings. Medvedev defeated one home player in the tournament, crushing Kei Nishikori in the final.

The top two seeds, Marin Cilic and Kevin Anderson, were both eliminated before they could face Medvedev. The highest seed he faced was #3 Nishikori. Medvedev did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.

Answer: First top 20 finish

2018, as previously mentioned, saw Schwartzman end the year ranked in 17th in the ATP rankings. His previous best finish had been 26, which he achieved in 2017. While he did win an ATP title in Rio in 2018, his first ATP title came in Istanbul in 2016.

Schwartzman did make it to the French Open quarter finals, but his first appearance at a grand slam quarter final came at the 2017 US Open. Schwartzman reached his first Masters semi-final in 2019 at the Italian Open.

Answer: Stuttgart Open

Raonic had an impressive run in Stuttgart, defeating Tomas Berdych and 2017 champion Lucas Pouille before eventually losing to top seed Roger Federer in the final. It was Raonic's first final on the ATP Tour since May 2017.

Raonic played well in Miami too, but was defeated in the quarter-finals by Juan Martin Del Potro. He was fourth seed in Brisbane but lost to Alex de Minaur in the second round. He didn't compete in Washington's Citi Open in 2018, although he was champion of the event in 2014.

Answer: 6-4

Dimitrov got off to a good start in 2018 at the Australian Open, defeating Dennis Novak, Michael McDonald, Andrey Rublev and Nick Kyrgios before a shock quarter-final loss to Kyle Edmund. At the French Open, he cruised past Mohamed Safwat before winning a five set epic against Jared Donaldson, which would ultimately be his last grand slam win in 2018.

He lost to Verdasco in round three. At both Wimbledon and the US Open he lost to Stan Wawrinka in the first round, winning just one set in the two matches combined.

Answer: Tommy Robredo

Cecchinato won in three sets in his semi-final against the Spaniard. He defeated Carlos Gomez-Herrera in the final. Robredo reached a career peak of world number five in August 2006.

Haas played his last tournament in August 2017. While Wawrinka was on the comeback trail in 2018, he remained on the ATP main tour. Former two-time French Open finalist Soderling officially retired in 2015, but hadn't played since the 2011 Swedish Open.