| Tennis Quizzes |
| 2005 ATP Quiz - Slams (December 3, 2005) OE = Open Era, 1968 Roland Garros - present Australian Open 1) Safin's win came 17 slams after his last slam triumph. Name the three other players who have had OE slam gaps as long as Safin's. Note - only pro slam wins, so e.g Laver n/a. (2 points each) Arthur Ashe 22: 1970 AO - 1975 Wim Boris Becker 20: 1991 AO - 1996 AO Andre Agassi 17: 1995 AO - 1999 RG 2) In the epic Safin-Federer SF, Safin saved one match point in the 4th set tiebreaker. How many match points did Federer save before finally succumbing? (2 points) Six. 3) Hewitt came close but failed to win his home slam, further extending the drought at non-USO slams. a) Before Hewitt, who was the last Aussie AO finalist? (1 point) Pat Cash, 1988 b) Who was the last French Roland Garros finalist? (2 points) Henri LeConte, 1988 c) Who was the last British Wimbledon finalist? (3 points) Bunny Austin, 1938 4) "I think he has to raise his game, not me." Who said it? (1 point) Federer, before his QF match with Agassi Roland Garros 1) Nadal was the youngest slam winner since _____________. (2 points) Michael Chang, 1989 Roland Garros 2) Nadal became the fifth OE southpaw to win Roland Garros. Name the other four. (1 point each) Rod Laver (1969) Guillermo Vilas (1977) Andres Gomez (1990) Thomas Muster (1995) 3) The only near triple bagel of the 2005 slam year occured in the first round, with the final scoreline 6-0 6-0 6-3. Name the near-bageler and near-bagelee. (1 point each) Novak Djokovic d. Robby Ginepri 4) Victor Hanescu reached the QF, the fifth OE Romanian to do so at Roland Garros. Who are the other four? (1 point each) Ion Tiriac - 1968 Ilie Nastase - 1970/71/73/74/77 Adrian Voinea - 1995 Andrei Pavel - 2002 5) Who broke Federer's serve more - Nadal, or Federer's five previous opponents combined? (2 points) Nadal 9 vs everyone else 8 Wimbledon 1) Federer has now defeated Roddick at Wimbledon 2003/2004/2005. a) Name the three other OE player pairs who faced off at Wimbledon three consecutive years. (2 points each) Borg-Connors 1977-1979 Becker-Edberg 1988-1990 Rafter-Agassi 1999-2001 b) Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four consecutive years. (4 points) Courier-Agassi, Roland Garros, 1989-1992 2) Who was the only player to take a set off Federer? (1 point) Nicolas Kiefer, 3R 3a) Who won the men's doubles? (2 points) Stephen Huss + Wesley Moodie 3b) Why was their title historic? (2 points) First qualifiers to win title 4) Who was the last player before Federer to make the SF at Roland Garros just before winning Wimbledon? (2 points) Andre Agassi, 1992 US Open 1) Federer joined _____________ and _____________ as the only players to win the WM/US combo in back-to-back years. (1 point each) Bill Tilden 1920-21 Don Budge 1937-38 2) Agassi won three five set matches, bringing his USO five set mark to 8-3. Name the player and year for the three losses. (1 point each combo) 1993 Thomas Enqvist 1R 1998 Karol Kucera 4R 2004 Roger Federer QF 3) There were 15 lefthanders in the draw. Name at least 12. (3 points) Dick Norman Feliciano Lopez Fernando Verdasco Gilles Muller Greg Rusedski Jarkko Nieminen Jurgen Melzer Kenneth Carlsen Rafael Nadal Mariano Puerta Michael Llodra Ricardo Mello Stefan Koubek Wayne Arthurs Donald Young 4) [comparing Federer with past greats] "Unless you have been on that court and feel how the balls feel coming to you off the serve, off the forehand, how low the backhand stays and how hard it is to recognize where he is going with the shots, you should really not be making those comparisons." Who said it? (2 points) Ivan Lendl Overall 1) Federer made the SF at all four slams in the same year. Which three OE players did this prior to 2005? (1 point each) Rod Laver 1969 Tony Roche 1969 Ivan Lendl 1987 2) Besides Federer, name the other two players who reached at least R16 at all four slams. (1 point each) David Nalbandian QF/R16/QF/QF Guillermo Coria R16/R16/R16/QF 3) Considering all players who were in 2005 slam main draws, how many countries were represented? (within 1 - 3 points; within 3 - 2 points; within 5 - 1 point) 37; following gives all 512 entries by country; Nadal e.g. is counted 4x. ESP - 64 FRA - 53 USA - 47 GER - 37 ARG - 32 CZE - 32 AUS - 21 ITA - 21 BEL - 18 RUS - 18 SWE - 17 GBR - 16 CRO - 15 CHI - 10 SUI - 10 SVK - 10 BRA - 9 NED - 9 ROM - 9 AUT - 8 SCG - 8 FIN - 5 THA - 5 BLR - 4 CYP - 4 DEN - 4 KOR - 4 LUX - 4 PER - 4 ARM - 3 ISR - 3 TPE - 3 ECU - 1 GEO - 1 JPN - 1 MAR - 1 RSA - 1 --------------------------------------- 66 points max 45-66 He plays the game in a very special way 23-44 It was patchy out there today 0-22 Run into the knife --------------------------------------- |