Tennis Sports Questions and Answers
Q: Who beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 40 minutes to win a sixth
Wimbledon singles title?
A: Billie Jean King.
Q: What did Goran Ivanisevic refrain from doing at Wimbledon in
1994, to win a $2,000 bet?
A: Throwing his racket.
Q: What Nevada-born
tennis star had a ball and racquet to stare
at above his crib?
A: Andre Agassi.
Q: What gonzo tennis brothers threw autographed
potatoes into the
crowd at an Idaho match?
A: Luke and Murphy Jensen.
Q: What's Billie Jean King's maiden name?
A: Moffitt.
Q: What tennis player's last name means "she who returns" in
Czech?
A: Martina Navratilova's.
Q: What 19-year-old became the youngest man to win the U.S. Open
tennis title, in 1990?
A: Pete Sampras.
Q: Who emerged from segregated
Virginia courts to win the 1968
U.S. Open tennis title?
A: Arthur Ashe.
Q: What Grand Slam tennis tournament is held every January?
A: The Australian Open.
Q: Who was the first Russian tennis player to win a Grand Slam
singles title, in 1996?
A: Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Q: What Dutchman became, in 1996, the first unseeded player
since Boris Becker to win Wimbledon?
A: Richard Krajicek .
Q: What two players won all the U.S. Open men's singles
tennis titles from 1978 through 1984?
A: Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.
Q: Who was the first American male to win three straight
Wimbledon titles?
A: Pete Sampras.
Q: What tennis star won 129 of 130 matches during one stretch in
the 1980s?
A: Martina Navratilova.
Q: Who broke Martina Navratilova's record of 331 weeks at number
one?
A: Steffi Graf.
Q: What tennis star says "Express yourself" in camera
commercials?
A: Andre Agassi.
Q: What racketeer was the first female named Athlete of the
year by Sports illustrated, in 1972?
A: Billie Jean King.
Q: What tennis star was born in Montréal, raised in
Florida and
played for France in the Federation Cup?
A: Mary Pierce.
Q: What 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren to win
his first Wimbledon title?
A: Boris Becker.
Q: What U.S. tennis star's father boxed for the Iranian Olympic
team?
A: Andre Agassi's.
Q: What's the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a
calendar year?
A: The U.S. Open.
Q: What's the common term for the tennis ailment "lateral
humeral epicondylitis"?
A: Tennis elbow.
Q: What senior golfer explained his respite from cigarettes
by quipping:" I could run nine holes, I just couldn't play them:?
A: Chi Chi Rodriguez.
Q: How many tennis players are needed for a game of Canadian
doubles?
A: Three.