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Quiz about Roger Federers First 13 Grand Slam Titles

Roger Federer's First 13 Grand Slam Titles Quiz

When he won his 13th Grand Slam singles title in 2008, Roger Federer had played 10 different opponents in those finals. See if you can identify each of those players Federer beat in those Grand Slam finals.

A multiple-choice quiz by srini701. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
srini701

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,788

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Federer won his first Grand Slam title in 2003, when he won Wimbledon. Which of the following Australians did he beat in the final? Hint

Mark Philippoussis

Patrick Rafter

Lleyton Hewitt

Mark Woodforde

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Russian player did Federer beat to win his first Australian Open title? Hint

Mikhail Youzhny

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Marat Safin

Nikolay Davydenko

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which Grand Slam final did Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the first time? Hint

Australian Open

Wimbledon

French Open

US Open

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Question 4 of 10

4. Federer's first US Open title in 2004 came at the expense of another former World No. 1. Which of the following players did Federer beat in that 2004 US Open finals? Hint

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Lleyton Hewitt

Andre Agassi

Andy Roddick

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which rank outsider made a surprising run at the Australian Open in 2006, before falling to Federer in the final? Hint

Thomas Johansson

Marcos Baghdatis

Mardy Fish

Ivan Ljubicic

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which American played Federer in the finals of the 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon and the 2006 US Open, losing all 3 finals? Hint

Mardy Fish

James Blake

Andy Roddick

Andre Agassi

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Briton stood across the net trying to stop Federer from winning a fifth successive US Open title. Who? Hint

Tim Henman

Andy Roddick

Greg Rusedski

Andy Murray

8. This Olympic medal winner has beaten many a top ranked player and made a strong run at the Australian Open in 2007 before losing to Federer in the final. Which South American player are we talking about? Hint

David Nalbandian

Fernando Gonzalez

Nicholas Massu

Gustavo Kuerten

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which player, who beat Federer on his way to a Australian Open title, also lost to Federer in the final of another Grand Slam? Hint

Michael Chang

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Novak Djokovic

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Question 10 of 10

10. Truly one of the modern greats of the game, this man played Federer in just one Grand Slam final. Who did Federer beat in the final of the US Open in 2005? Hint

Carlos Moya

Jim Courier

Pete Sampras

Andre Agassi

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Federer won his first Grand Slam title in 2003, when he won Wimbledon. Which of the following Australians did he beat in the final?

Answer: Mark Philippoussis

Federer won that Wimbledon final in straight sets. That was grand slam final number two for Philippoussis; his first was the 1998 US Open final where he was beaten by countryman Pat Rafter.

2. Which Russian player did Federer beat to win his first Australian Open title?

Answer: Marat Safin

Federer won the Australian Open for the first time in 2004. Marat Safin, a former World No. 1, won the Australian Open in the following year (2005), beating Federer in the semi-final, and Lleyton Hewitt in the final. He had previously won the US Open in 2000, beating Pete Sampras in straight sets.

3. In which Grand Slam final did Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the first time?

Answer: Wimbledon

Federer beat Nadal at Wimbledon in 2006 and 2007. He lost to Nadal in three consecutive French Open finals (2006-07-08), in the 2008 Wimbledon final and in the 2009 Australian Open finals. Nadal thus became the first player to beat Roger Federer in a Grand Slam final!

4. Federer's first US Open title in 2004 came at the expense of another former World No. 1. Which of the following players did Federer beat in that 2004 US Open finals?

Answer: Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt was the youngest player ever to be ranked World No. 1 when he ascended to the top spot in November 2001. Hewitt had won 2 Grand Slams (2001 US Open, and 2002 Wimbledon).

5. Which rank outsider made a surprising run at the Australian Open in 2006, before falling to Federer in the final?

Answer: Marcos Baghdatis

Baghdatis entered the 2006 Australian Open as an unseeded player but shocked seeded players Andy Roddick, Ivan Ljubicic and David Nalbandian, before falling to Federer in 4 sets in the final.

6. Which American played Federer in the finals of the 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon and the 2006 US Open, losing all 3 finals?

Answer: Andy Roddick

During those 13 grand slam finals, Roddick was the only person other than Nadal to play Federer more than once in a Grand Slam final. Roddick, another former World No. 1, had won the 2003 US Open title. He hosted the "Saturday Night Live" in November 2003 and has appeared as himself in the TV series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".

7. This Briton stood across the net trying to stop Federer from winning a fifth successive US Open title. Who?

Answer: Andy Murray

Andy Murray lost to Federer in the 2008 US Open final. Henman reached the semifinals of Wimbledon on four occasions (1998-99 and 2001-02), US Open and French Open (both in 2004), but never made it through to a Grand Slam final.

Answer: Fernando Gonzalez

Fernando Gonzalez has won all 3 medals at the Olympics (bronze in 2004 and silver in 2008 in singles and Gold in doubles in 2008). Before his appearance in the 2007 Australian Open final, his best efforts in grand slam events were all as a quarter-finalist: US Open in 2002, French Open 2003, Wimbledon 2005.

9. Which player, who beat Federer on his way to a Australian Open title, also lost to Federer in the final of another Grand Slam?

Answer: Novak Djokovic

Federer beat Djokovic in the final of the US Open in 2007. Djokovic beat Federer in the semi-finals of the 2008 Australian Open, and went on to beat Tsonga in the final for his first Grand Slam title. That semi-final defeat ended Federer's streak of 10 consecutive appearances in a Grand Slam final (Wimbledon 2005 to US Open 2007).

10. Truly one of the modern greats of the game, this man played Federer in just one Grand Slam final. Who did Federer beat in the final of the US Open in 2005?

Answer: Andre Agassi

Agassi was the 5th player to have won all four Grand Slam men's singles titles at least once in their career, and the FIRST male player to have won a career Golden Slam (all four Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold).

The first four to have won all four grand slam titles were:
Fred Perry (1933-34-35)
Don Budge (1938)
Roy Emerson (1961, 63-64)
Rod Laver (1962,69)

Source: Author srini701

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