Wimbledon Quiz 1
The following quiz questions are all Wimbledon and tennis related:
1. True or False. In 1938, British player Fred Perry won the men?s singles championship and no British player has won since.
2. Which tennis player currently holds the world record for the fastest serve?
3. To within 4000 kilogrammes, how many strawberries are eaten by visitors to Wimbledon during the tournament fortnight?
4. How many courts are used during the Wimbledon tournament and how many are never used for games other than Wimbledon?
5. Which one of these players won their first Wimbledon when they were 16-years old?
a. Maria Sharapova
b. Anna Kournikova
c. Venus Williams
d. Martina Hingis
6. Roger Federer won the men's singles at Wimbledon in 2005. How many times has he taken the title up until the end of that year?
7. Who was the first player admitted as ?wild card? to win the men?s singles?
8. His uncle Toni is his coach and his other uncle, Miguel, played football for FC Barcelona and Spain Name the player.
9. Which player is married to former Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi?
10. In which year were both Ladies? singles and men?s doubles added to the tournament? (+/- 4 years)
ANSWERS
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