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1. At Wimbledon 2014, who became the first Canadian born player, representing Canada to reach the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament?

Answer: Eugenie Bouchard

2014 was a bumper year for Quebec born Bouchard as not only did she reach the Wimbledon final, but she also reached the semi finals of both the Australian and French Open Championships. She may have lost the Wimbledon final to Czech, Petra Kvitova in straight sets (3-6, 0-6) but her performances throughout the year saw her rise to number five in the world rankings, making her the first Canadian female tennis player ever to be ranked in the top five in singles.

2. Which Canadian won the 1991 Wimbledon boy's doubles championship, with his partner Karim Alami and by 1995 was playing in the Davis Cup for Great Britain?

Answer: Greg Rusedski

Rusedski was born in Montreal to a Polish/Ukrainian father and an English mother. He was seen as a promising player for Canada, so it was something of a disappointment when he chose to relinquish his Canadian citizenship and become British. In 1997, representing his new country, he reached the final of the U.S. Open, losing to Patrick Rafter in four sets.

3. Which Canadian helped set a record at the 2012 London Olympics when he lost his second round match by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 23-25?

Answer: Milos Raonic

The match between Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France actually set three Olympic records, having the highest number of games in a three set match (66) as well as the most games in a single set (48) and being the longest game in Olympic history, taking three hours and 57 minutes to complete.

4. Canadian, Sarah Hunter reached the finals of the 2007 U.S. Open and the 2008 Australian Open in the wheelchair quad doubles category. Who was her British partner?

Answer: Peter Norfolk

Hunter and Norfolk lost to Nick Taylor and David Wagner of USA in both of the Grand Slam finals, but the pair did win the Masters tournament in both 2003 and 2004. Hunter had previously represented Canada as a part of the national lacrosse team, before a hockey accident in 1997 left her paralyzed from the waist down and she turned her sporting love to tennis, quickly becoming one of the best in the world.

5. In which Grand Slam event did Canadian Helen Kelesi reach the quarter finals in both 1988 and 1989?

Answer: French Open

In 1989 Kelesi had a world ranking of 13 and favoured clay or hard courts, as shown by her wins in the Japanese Open of 1986 and the 1988 Citta de Taranto in Italy. On the clay courts of Roland Garros at the French Open, she beat Andrea Holikova and Nicole Muns-Jagerman in 1988 before losing to Gabriela Sabatini, while in 1989 she lost to Mary Joe Fernandez of USA after beating Ann Grossman and Radka Zrubakova along the way.

6. Although his highest singles ranking was number 67 in 1991, this Canadian was ranked world number one in doubles tennis in 1993. Who was he?

Answer: Grant Connell

Connell reached the men's doubles final at Wimbledon with partner Patrick Galbraith in 1993 and 1994 and then again in 1996 with new partner Byron Black. On each occasion, he was unlucky enough to meet the Australian powerhouse pairing of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, losing the first two finals in straight sets and the 1996 final by three sets to one.

7. In 2017, who became the first Canadian woman to win a Grand Slam title when, with Rohan Bopanna, she won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles title?

Answer: Gabriela Dabrowski

Ottawa native, Dabrowski teamed up with Indian player Rohan Bopanna to beat German, Anna-Lena Gr�nefeld and Canadian born Colombian, Robert Farah in the French Open final 2-6. 6-2, 12-10. In 2018, she paired with Croatian Mate Pavic to win the Australian Open mixed doubles final, beating Timea Babos of Hungary and, her former partner, Rohan Bopanna.

8. Daniel Nestor is regarded as one of the greatest doubles players ever, having won a total of 12 Grand Slam doubles finals. Where was this Order of Canada recipient born?

Answer: Belgrade, Serbia

Nestor was indeed born in Serbia, his family moving to Toronto when he was three years old. He has been a proud representative for Canada on the sporting stage, winning the Australian men's doubles final in 2002, the U.S. Open in 2004, the French Open in 2007 with Mark Knowles and then Wimbledon in 2008 and 2009 as well as the French Open in 2010 with Nenad Zimonjic, followed by two more French Open titles in 2011 and 2012, partnered by Max Mirnyi.

In the mixed doubles championships, he won Wimbledon in 2013 with Kristina Mladenovic and the Australian Open in 2007, 2011 and 2014 with Elena Likhovtseva, Katarina Srebotnik and Kristina Mladenovic respectively.

9. In 1984, Toronto native, Carling Bassett reached the semi finals of the U.S. Open. Bassett also enjoyed acting, and in the same year appeared in an episode of which children's TV show?

Answer: The Littlest Hobo

That semi final appearance was the highlight of Bassett's career. She lost in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) to Chris Evert who would go on to lose in the final to Martina Navratilova. The 1984 episode of "The Littlest Hobo" in which she appeared was titled "Matchmaker" and in it, Bassett and the littlest hobo prevent a young couple being broken apart by the brother of the girl involved.

10. The opening day of Wimbledon 2019 saw two Canadians pitted against each other in the first round of the men's singles. Who won -- Was the winner Felix Auger Aliassime of Quebec or Vasek Pospisil from British Columbia?

Answer: Felix Auger Aliassime

Aliassime, at just 18 years old was the youngest player in the Wimbledon 2019 draw and fate conspired to pair him against his good friend, and fellow Canadian in the opening round. After losing the first set 5-7, there was no stopping Aliassime as his confidence grew and he won the next three sets, 6-2, 6-4. 6-3.

Source: Author 480154st

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