The Illustrious 700 Win Club Online Quiz | Tennis

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1. He was "Mr. Tennis" as long as he played the game, and he had the credentials too. Eight Grand Slam singles titles, a record 109 ATP singles titles, and the most number of wins on the tour by any other professional in the open era. He was ranked number one for 160 consecutive weeks, and after retirement coached Andy Roddick for some time. He once dated another tennis great Chris Evert. Which fantastic player is this?

Answer: Jimmy Connors

Connors had a career win-loss record of 1337-285 for a winning percentage of 82.4. Connors was the only player to win the US Open on three different surfaces; grass, clay, and hardcourt. The only Grand Slam Connors failed to win was the French Open. However, his victory at the 1976 US Open came when that tournament was held on the clay courts of Forest Hills.

2. He was called the "Young Bull of Pampas" during his playing days. Though he never reached the number one spot, this left-hander won four Grand Slam titles, and in 1977 won an incredible 130 singles matches and 16 singles titles. He also held the open era record for the longest winning streak on clay courts (53 matches) before Rafael Nadal bettered it. Which Argentine great are we talking about?

Answer: Guillermo Vilas

Vilas compiled a career win-loss record of 923-284 and won 62 titles in his career. He won the French and the US Opens in 1977, and the Australian Open in 1978 and 1979. The Argentine tennis players Guillermo Canas and Guillermo Coria were named after him.

3. The "Bucharest Buffoon" as he was nicknamed, was one of the all-time greats of the game. He may have won only two Grand Slam singles titles in his career, but his influence goes way beyond mere numbers. He was the first-ever man to be ranked No.1, claiming the top spot when rankings were introduced in 1973. He won over 100 titles on the ATP tour (57 singles and 45 doubles). He won the US Open in 1972 and the French Open in 1973, and without dropping a set. Famous for his quotes off the court, which Romanian tennis great is this?

Answer: Illie Nastase

Nastase had a career win-loss record of 755-287, and was known as much for his all-round game as for his antics on the court. He was made a knight of the France's Legion d'honneur in March 2009.

4. "Grass is for cows." Enough said. This Czech-born American reached 8 consecutive US Open finals, winning 3 of them. He won 8 Grand Slam titles in all and broke Connors' record of most number of weeks as the top ranked player. The original "Terminator", he played in 19 Grand Slam singles finals and reached at least one Grand Slam final for 11 consecutive years, a fantastic record made all the more poignant by his unsuccessful attempts to win the Wimbledon towards the latter half of his career. Who is he?

Answer: Ivan Lendl

With an incredible 1071-239 career win-loss record, Lendl is the proud owner of several records on the ATP tour. Lendl won 3 US and 3 French Open and 2 Australian Opens. At Wimbledon, he reached the semi-finals in 1983 and 1984, two finals in 1986 and 1987, and another 3 semi-finals in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Lendl was the first man to have won at least 90 matches for three consecutive years (1980-1982), and the first man to have won at least 90 percent of his matches in five different years.

He became a US citizen in 1992 and was once a part owner of the Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League (later the Carolina Hurricanes).

5. This Swedish artist came into the limelight in 1983 when he became the first player to complete a junior Grand Slam. He followed it up on the senior tour by winning six more Grand Slam singles and three doubles titles. One of the most elegant players ever to grace a tennis court, his service style is today used as the logo of the Australian Open. Who is this fantastic player?

Answer: Stefan Edberg

Edberg finished with a career record of 806-270 and 42 singles titles. The French Open was the only Grand Slam he failed to win in his career. Edberg is the only player ever to win both the "Player of the Year" and the "Doubles Team of the Year" award. He and John McEnroe are also the only men to be ranked World No. 1 in both singles and doubles.

6. Pete Sampras, who won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, played against the same man in the finals of his very first (US Open 1990) and very last Grand Slam (US Open 2002).

Answer: True

The player in question of course is Andre Agassi, and Sampras beat Agassi on both times. Sampras compiled an impressive 762-222 record during his playing career and is often considered one of the greatest ever to play the game. Sampras was ranked World No. 1 by the ATP for six consecutive years and was World No. 1 for a record 286 weeks.

He won 7 Wimbledon titles in his career (to add to 5 US Open and 2 Australian Opens) and never ever lost a Wimbledon final!

7. "You cannot be serious", screamed the "Super Brat of tennis" at the Wimbledon referee in 1981. That quote was later to become the title of this great player's autobiography too. One of the most artistic player ever, this graceful left-hander won an impressive seven Grand Slam singles titles in his career, beginning with the US Open in 1979. Which temperamental genius could have had the nerve to say to an umpire that he was the "pits of the world"?

Answer: John McEnroe

McEnroe won three Wimbledon and four US Open titles, nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title in his career during which he compiled an impressive 875-198 win-loss record. He formed one of the great doubles combination with Peter Fleming, with whom he won 57 doubles titles, including four at Wimbledon and three at the US Open.

McEnroe has appeared as himself in quite a few Hollywood movies, including "You Don't Mess with the Zohan", "Mr. Deeds" and "Anger Management".

8. Boris "Boom Boom" Becker won the French Open and the Olympic Gold medal in 1988.

Answer: False

Boris Becker never reached the finals of the French Open. In an otherwise very impressive career, that remains the only blot on "Der Bomber" and "Baron von Slam"'s resume! Becker finished with a win-loss record of 713-214, winning six Grand Slam singles (3 Wimbledon's, 2 Australian and 1 US Open) and an Olympic doubles title in 1992.

His rivalry at Wimbledon with Stefan Edberg, when the two played three consecutive finals between 1988 and 1990, is among Wimbledon's most cherished.

9. Andre Agassi did not play Wimbledon for 3 years between 1988 and 1990 because he disagreed with Wimbledon's traditionalism, particularly its "predominantly white" dress code.

Answer: True

One of the greatest tennis players ever, Andre Agassi, nicknamed "The Punisher" also did not play the Australian Open for the first eight years of his career. And when you see his final record of 4 Australian Opens to go alongside 2 US Opens, a Wimbledon and a French Open title, you can only wonder how many more Grand Slam titles he would have won if he took himself seriously during the early years of his career.

Agassi still has an impressive 870-274 win-loss record and as of June 2010, is the only man ever to have achieved a Career Golden Slam (4 Grand Slams + Olympic Gold medal).

10. The latest entrant to the illustrious "700 win" club in men's tennis, Roger Federer was once deemed unfit to complete the compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces due to a long-standing back problem.

Answer: True

Incredible as it sounds, it is true. Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer enlisted into the Swiss Armed Forces but was deemed unfit in 2003 due to his back problem and was not required to complete the obligatory 260 days of service.

Another interesting trivia about Federer: He holds both Swiss and South African citizenship as he was born to Swiss national Robert Federer and South Africa-born Lynette Du Rand.

Source: Author srini701

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The Illustrious 700 Win Club Trivia Quiz

Roger Federer joined a very exclusive club when he won his 700th singles match in May 2010. This quiz is about the members of that 700 Win Club" on the ATP tour.

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