Tennis Trivia Questions and Answers

Four Slams, a handful of eras, and a sport where the rivalries are the history. Questions cover the surfaces and what they do to a draw, the finals that ran long enough to become their own stories, and the players who won everywhere against the ones who owned a single fortnight in Paris. Tennis trivia rewards knowing the shape of a career rather than a stat line, so the harder questions tend to ask what somebody did *not* win. A forgiving topic for a mixed table: almost everyone has watched at least one Wimbledon final by accident.

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  1. 1. Until 1987 the Australian Open was played on which surface?Hard

    • Grass ✓
    • Clay
    • Carpet
    • Wood

  2. 2. What is it called when a player wins all four majors in the same calendar year?Hard

    • A Grand Slam ✓
    • A career slam
    • A golden slam
    • A super slam

  3. 3. What is the main show court at Wimbledon called?Easy

    • Centre Court ✓
    • Court Philippe-Chatrier
    • Arthur Ashe Stadium
    • Rod Laver Arena

  4. 4. What is the women's singles trophy at Wimbledon called?Hard

    • The Venus Rosewater Dish ✓
    • The Daphne Akhurst Cup
    • The Suzanne Lenglen Cup
    • The Norman Brookes Cup

  5. 5. How many Grand Slam singles titles did Roger Federer win?Easy

    • 20 ✓
    • 16
    • 18
    • 22

  6. 6. Which Grand Slam did Roger Federer win a record eight times?Easy

    • Wimbledon ✓
    • The US Open
    • The Australian Open
    • The French Open

  7. 7. At which event did Roger Federer play his final professional match in 2022?Easy

    • The Laver Cup ✓
    • Wimbledon
    • The US Open
    • The Swiss Indoors

  8. 8. Who partnered Roger Federer in his farewell doubles match?Medium

    • Rafael Nadal ✓
    • Novak Djokovic
    • Andy Murray
    • Stan Wawrinka

  9. 9. How many consecutive weeks did Roger Federer spend as world number one?Hard

    • 237 ✓
    • 160
    • 198
    • 302

  10. 10. Who coached Rafael Nadal for most of his career?Hard

    • His uncle Toni ✓
    • Carlos Moya
    • His father
    • Francisco Roig

  11. 11. Which player holds the record for most men's Grand Slam singles titles?Easy

    • Novak Djokovic ✓
    • Rafael Nadal
    • Roger Federer
    • Pete Sampras

  12. 12. What is Novak Djokovic's common nickname?Easy

    • Nole ✓
    • Rafa
    • Fed
    • Sascha

  13. 13. Novak Djokovic was deported from which country in a 2022 vaccination row?Medium

    • Australia ✓
    • France
    • the United States
    • Britain

  14. 14. In which Californian city did Serena and Venus Williams grow up playing?Hard

    • Compton ✓
    • Oakland
    • Long Beach
    • Pasadena

  15. 15. Which Grand Slam title did Serena Williams win while pregnant in 2017?Hard

    • The Australian Open ✓
    • Wimbledon
    • The US Open
    • The French Open

  16. 16. Which Russian teenager won Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17?Easy

    • Maria Sharapova ✓
    • Anna Kournikova
    • Svetlana Kuznetsova
    • Dinara Safina

  17. 17. In 1988 Steffi Graf became the only player to win all four majors and what else in one year?Medium

    • Olympic gold ✓
    • The Davis Cup
    • The year-end finals
    • The Hopman Cup

  18. 18. Which player was stabbed on court during a match in Hamburg in 1993?Hard

    • Monica Seles ✓
    • Steffi Graf
    • Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
    • Jana Novotna

  19. 19. Which American was famous for shouting You cannot be serious at umpires?Easy

    • John McEnroe ✓
    • Jimmy Connors
    • Andre Agassi
    • Pete Sampras

  20. 20. Which American won 14 Grand Slam titles including seven Wimbledons in the 1990s?Easy

    • Pete Sampras ✓
    • Andre Agassi
    • Jim Courier
    • Michael Chang

  21. 21. Which Czech-born player coached Andy Murray to his first major title?Medium

    • Ivan Lendl ✓
    • Boris Becker
    • Goran Ivanisevic
    • Brad Gilbert

  22. 22. Which Croatian won Wimbledon in 2001 as a wildcard?Hard

    • Goran Ivanisevic ✓
    • Marin Cilic
    • Ivan Ljubicic
    • Mario Ancic

  23. 23. At what score does a standard tiebreak begin in a set?Medium

    • 6-6 ✓
    • 5-5
    • 6-5
    • 7-7

  24. 24. Which British player ended a 77-year wait for a home men's Wimbledon champion?Easy

    • Andy Murray ✓
    • Tim Henman
    • Greg Rusedski
    • Cameron Norrie

  25. 25. Which teenage qualifier won the 2021 US Open without dropping a set?Easy

    • Emma Raducanu ✓
    • Coco Gauff
    • Leylah Fernandez
    • Bianca Andreescu

  26. 26. Which American teenager won the 2023 US Open women's title?Medium

    • Coco Gauff ✓
    • Emma Raducanu
    • Iga Swiatek
    • Jessica Pegula

  27. 27. In the great rivalry between the Swiss and the Spaniard, who won more matches?Medium

    • Rafael Nadal ✓
    • Roger Federer
    • They finished level
    • The record is disputed

  28. 28. The women's international team event is named after which player?Easy

    • Billie Jean King ✓
    • Margaret Court
    • Martina Navratilova
    • Steffi Graf

  29. 29. What was the Billie Jean King Cup previously called?Medium

    • The Fed Cup ✓
    • The Wightman Cup
    • The Hopman Cup
    • The Court Cup

  30. 30. Which mixed-team tournament in Perth paired one man and one woman per country?Hard

    • The Hopman Cup ✓
    • The Laver Cup
    • The Davis Cup
    • The United Cup

  31. 31. How many singles rubbers are usually played in a Davis Cup tie?Hard

    • Four ✓
    • Two
    • Three
    • Five

  32. 32. What is the main court at Roland-Garros called?Medium

    • Court Philippe-Chatrier ✓
    • Court Suzanne-Lenglen
    • Court Rene Lacoste
    • Court des Mousquetaires

  33. 33. The US Open was the first major to introduce what in 1970?Medium

    • The tiebreak ✓
    • Hawk-Eye
    • Night sessions
    • Equal prize money

  34. 34. Which Spaniard became the youngest man to reach world number one, in 2022?Medium

    • Carlos Alcaraz ✓
    • Rafael Nadal
    • Jannik Sinner
    • Casper Ruud

  35. 35. What is the technology called that reviews whether a ball landed in or out?Easy

    • Hawk-Eye ✓
    • Eagle Eye
    • Ball Track
    • Line Vision

  36. 36. Which scoring shortcut is often used in professional doubles instead of deuce?Hard

    • A sudden death point ✓
    • A double tiebreak
    • A first to five
    • A rally point

  37. 37. Which player was nicknamed Big Mac?Medium

    • John McEnroe ✓
    • Jimmy Connors
    • Ivan Lendl
    • Mats Wilander

  38. 38. Which Australian's habit of wearing a checked headband made him instantly recognisable in 1987?Hard

    • Pat Cash ✓
    • Lleyton Hewitt
    • Mark Philippoussis
    • Todd Woodbridge

  39. 39. Which Netflix series followed players around the professional tennis tour?Medium

    • Break Point ✓
    • Drive to Survive
    • Full Swing
    • Quarterback

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