Tennis Quizzes
2006 ATP Quiz - Rankings (December 6, 2006)

All rankings herein refer to the ATP entry rankings.
2005 YE refers to the entry rankings as of 12/19/05.
2006 YE refers to the entry rankings as of 12/04/06.


1)  How many times in 2006 did Federer break the record for most ranking points?  
(2 points)

Five

6980  6/6/05 (pre-2006 record)
7275  1/30/06
7760  8/14/06
7870  10/23/06
8120  10/30/06
8370  11/20/06


2)  Federer and Nadal finished #1/#2 once again in 2006.  When was the last time
this happened, the same #1/#2 players two straight years?  (2 points)

1994-95  Sampras/Agassi


3)  Nadal has been ranked #2 for over 70 consecutive weeks.  Who was #2 before
Nadal?  (2 points)

Lleyton Hewitt, 7/18/05


4)  Eight different players in 2006 cracked the top ten for the first time:

      a)  who was the youngest?
      
       Baghdatis, 7/10/06, 21y 0m

       b)  who was the oldest?

       Stepanek, 7/10/06, 27y 7m

       c)  who spent the most weeks in the top ten?
      
       Blake, 41 weeks

       (1 point each)


5)  What was the last year there were no South Americans in the YE Top Ten?  (2
points)

2002


6) Consider the 2005 YE Top 10, which player fell farthest in the rankings at 2006
YE? (1 point)

Agassi, #7 --> #150


7) Now the flip side - which player ranked in the 2006 YE Top 10 was ranked
lowest at 2005 YE? (1 point)

Blake, #23 --> #4


8) Which player was ranked between #10 and #20 the entire year? (2 points)  

David Ferrer


9) Which player was ranked between #15 and #30 the entire year? (3 points)

Dominik Hrbaty


10) Considering only the top ten players for 2006 YE - name the player who had the
largest _percentage_ of his entry points come from the following breakouts. (1
point each)

  a) hardcourt

88%  Blake           
87%  Roddick           
72%  Ljubicic           
66%  Federer           
58%  Gonzalez           
53%  Nalbandian           
40%  Robredo           
40%  Davydenko           
32%  Ancic           
32%  Nadal         

  b) clay

51%  Nadal           
49%  Robredo           
41%  Nalbandian           
33%  Davydenko           
29%  Ancic           
27%  Gonzalez           
25%  Ljubicic           
17%  Federer           
6%  Blake           
5%  Roddick         

  c) grass

21%  Ancic           
17%  Nadal           
15%  Federer           
7%  Roddick           
6%  Gonzalez           
3%  Nalbandian           
3%  Ljubicic           
3%  Blake           
1%  Robredo           
0%  Davydenko         

   d) carpet

27%  Davydenko           
18%  Ancic           
9%  Robredo           
9%  Gonzalez           
3%  Federer           
3%  Blake           
3%  Nalbandian           
0%  Nadal           
0%  Roddick           
0%  Ljubicic         

   e) The four Slams

44.2%  Federer           
44.0%  Nalbandian           
43.6%  Nadal           
39%  Roddick           
34%  Davydenko           
31%  Ljubicic           
28%  Ancic           
20%  Robredo           
19%  Blake           
9%  Gonzalez         

  f) The nine Masters Series

63%  Gonzalez           
52%  Robredo           
38%  Nalbandian           
37%  Roddick           
35%  Nadal           
34%  Ljubicic           
33%  Ancic           
33%  Federer           
29%  Davydenko           
28%  Blake         

   g) The five optional tournaments

39%  Ancic           
38%  Blake           
33%  Davydenko           
31%  Ljubicic           
28%  Gonzalez           
24%  Robredo           
20%  Roddick           
17%  Nadal           
14%  Federer           
14%  Nalbandian         

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25 points max

1-8     Stefan Becker
9-17    Ivan Edberg
18-25  Boris Lendl