| Tennis Quizzes |
| 2006 ATP Quiz - Slams (December 5, 2006) OE = Open Era, 1968 Roland Garros - present Australian Open 1a. Which player pushed Federer to five sets during his run to the title? (1 point) Tommy Haas, 4R 1b. Name the only other time that Federer won a five set match en route to winning a slam. (2 points) Agassi, 2004 US QF 2. Marcos Baghdatis became the first Cypriot to reach a slam final. Before Baghdatis, name the last two male players who were their countries' first slam finalists. (2 points each) Federer, Switzerland, 2003 WM Medvedev, Ukraine, 1999 RG 3. "I mean, everybody has to understand, there are so many emotion and so much tension. You fight for four and a half hours and it happens [...] Of course, it's not nice, but what can I do? I'm a person with so much tension also inside." Who said it? (2 points) Nicolas Kiefer, trying to explain his racquet-throwing incident vs. Grosjean 4. Who played four consecutive five setters? (2 points) Dominik Hrbaty Roland Garros 1. The top two seeds made the final. Before 2006, when was the last time this happened at Roland Garros? (2 points) 1984, #1 McEnroe vs. #2 Lendl 2. Nadal has won Roland Garros in his first two attempts. Name the only other OE player who won the same slam in his first two attempts. (3 points) Johan Kriek, AO 1981-82 3. Before Nalbandian, who was the last player to retire during a slam SF match? (3 points) Aaron Krickstein, 1995 AO SF vs. Agassi 4. Name the two unseeded players who reached the quarterfinals. (1 point each) Novak Djokovic Julien Benneteau Wimbledon 1. Besides Federer and Nadal, list the seven other OE players who made both the Roland Garros and Wimbledon finals in the same year. (1 point each) 1968-69 Laver 1978-81 Borg 1984 McEnroe 1986-87 Lendl 1989 Edberg 1993 Courier 1999 Agassi 2. Which player in the draw has the longest active streak playing at Wimbledon without missing a year? (2 points) Greg Rusedski, 14 years 3. "I mean, it's hard to describe. I think today it was just I felt like I played a guy who was as near as perfection you can play the game. I had the best seat in the house, in a way. He just makes it look very simple, obviously." Who said it? (1 point) Jonas Bjorkman, after his SF loss to Federer 4. Who won the boys' title? (2 points) Thiemo de Bakker (NED) US Open 1. Name the three players besides Federer to play in six consecutive slam finals. (2 points each) Jack Crawford 1933 Australian - 1934 Wimbledon (7) Don Budge 1937 Wimbledon - 1938 US (6) Rod Laver 1961 Wimbledon - 1962 US (6) 2. Federer's US Open match record is 31-4. Which players beat him from 2000-2003? (1 point each) 2000 Ferrero R32 2001 Agassi R16 2002 Mirnyi R16 2003 Nalbandian R16 3. Agassi lost to Benjamin Becker in his final slam match. Who did Agassi lose to in his first slam match, at the 1986 US Open? (3 points) Jeremy Bates 4. Name the only other OE slam besides the 2006 USO that had two Russians in the semifinals. (2 points). 2001 US Open, Safin/Kafelnikov Overall 1. How many bagel sets did Federer dish out in 28 slam matches (within 1 bagel)? (2 points) 10 2. Agassi retired with 224 slam match wins, second to Connors all-time. Who are now the top five active leaders in slam match wins? (1 point each) 112 Federer 101 Hewitt 96 Henman 79 Bjorkman 78 Safin 3. What do the following players have in common: Andrei Pavel Mark Philippoussis Nathan Healey Michael Llodra (2 points) All were given WC entries to slams not in their home country --------- 57 points max 29-57 Pete Federer 1-28 Roger Sampras |