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Wimbledon Quiz 1 (Answers only)

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1. False. It was in 1936, the rest of the statement is correct.

2. Andy Roddick clocked up the fastest tennis serve at 153mph (246.2 km/h) during a match at the Queen's Club, London, UK, on June 11, 2004

3. 28,000 kilos of strawberries are eaten during Wimbledon fortnight, together with over 7,000 litres of fresh cream!

4. 19 courts, and 2 are used only for Wimbledon tournament (centre court and court number one)

5. Martina Hingis became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887

6. Roger won his third Wimbledon title in 2005. Something only two other players have done in the Open era.

7. Boris Becker in 1985, who was admitted as unseeded and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 who was admitted as a WILD CARD, therefore strictly speaking, Goran Ivanisevic is the correct answer - decide how strict you wish to be with this question BEFORE asking the question.

8. Rafael Nadal

9. Steffi Graf married Andre Agassi in Las Vegas in 2001

10. 1884

 

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