TENNIS QUESTIONS
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Play the Tennis Quiz with your friends and give yourself a great advantage by selecting your starting question from different Tennis Questions!
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Whereas the other Grand Slam tennis trophies are silver, this one is gold. What is it?
Still played on grass, what unofficial world tennis championship was originally sponsored by the All England Croquet Club?
What sport is based on a French game called jeu de paume, played indoors and with hands as well as rackets?
A tennis net must be 91 centimetres high at the center. How high is that?
In April 1999, after two years of marriage, what slumping tennis star announced plans to divorce actress Brooke Shields, and went on to win the French Open two years later?
What Superbrat was disqualified for bad behavior from the 1990 Australian Open?
Who won a career Grand Slam on four different surfaces: Wimbledon's grass in 1992, the hard court of the US Open in 1994, the rebound ace of Australian Open in 1995 and the red clay of Roland Garros in 1999?
Of the men who have won career tennis Grand Slams, who is the only one (as of 2002) to have also won an Olympic tennis gold medal?
When French tennis star of the 1920s was known for sipping brandy between sets and for wearing shocking outfits that revealed legs and arms?
Two Helens, Helen Wills Moody and Helen Hull Jacobs, became rivals in what sport?
It happened at Cannes and it was called the Match of the Century, in which France's Suzanne Lenglen beat Miss Poker Face, America's Helen Wills Moody. In what decade did it take place?
This son of a Labour member of Parliament won the Gentlemen's Singles tournament at Wimbledon three times in a row, but no Briton has won it since. Who was he?
In 1983, she was 86 for 87, losing only once, in the French Open, to Kathy Horvath. Who?
Martina Navratilova defected to the United States in 1975. Where was she born?
What lesbian activist and tennis star co-wrote with Liz Nickles a series of mystery novels starring Jordan Myles, a former tennis champion turned sleuth?
Characterized sometimes as tennis's "Ice Maiden," who was known for her two-fisted backhand and won Grand Slam singles events 13 straight years?
A let doesn't count and can be played again. In tennis, what is a let?
What "playing card" term is used in tennis to describe a point scored by a server when the receiver is unable to touch a legal serve?
In tennis, how many faults in a row can a server make before losing a point?
In tennis, what is "Canadian doubles"?
In 2004, who set the world record for the fastest serve when he blasted a ball at 246.2 km/h (153.5 mph) at Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals of the Queens Club grass-court tournament?
In 1989, Michael Chang beat Ivan Lendl to become the first American since 1955 to win what title?
A three-time French Open champion, Gustavo Kuerten called what country home?
What Russian won an Olympic gold in tennis, then became a good enough poker player to join the World Series of Poker?
Briefly, Kim Clijsters was engaged to fellow tennis star Lleyton Hewitt. What countries are they from?
Don Budge and Ken Rosewall were especially famous for what kind of tennis shot?
Margaret Smith Court's brother-in-law and father-in-law both became premiers of what state?
In tennis, winning a set 6-0 is nicknamed for what edible?
Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and Rene Lacoste shared what nickname?
Ilie Nastase wrote a couple novels in French, and once ran unsuccessfully to be mayor of what city, where he was born?
Arthur Ashe was the first black man to win a Grand Slam singles event. The second was Yannick Noah, who as of 2005 is the last person from his country to win the Grand Slam event that takes place there. What hometown event is this?
What tennis star was posthumously honored with a statue on Monument Avenue, in Richmond, Virginia, where he joins a host of Confederate leaders?
What is the female equivalent of tennis's Davis Cup?
The Davis Cup was born when four Harvard students challenged what country to a tennis showdown?
John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Serena Williams are among the greats knocked out in the Graveyard of Champions, the nickname of the No. 2 court at what tennis facility?
Henman Hill is officially Aorangi Park, and it's where the BBC erected a giant video screen so fans could watch Tim Henman attempt to regain Wimbledon for what country?
Billie Jean King only agreed to the "Battle of the Sexes" against Bobby Riggs after he beat what much younger championship player in the Mother's Day Massacre?
What physician and pro tennis player was kicked out of the 1976 US Open after getting sex-change surgery, only for the New York Supreme Court to reverse the decision in 1977?
The daughter of a famous soccer player, Kim Clijsters was the first woman to become world number one seed without ever winning a Grand Slam title. What country was she born in?
At the YMCA in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1950, Joe Sobek created what game, which he called paddle rackets and in which the walls, floor and ceiling are in-bounds?
Still played on grass, what unofficial world tennis championship was originally sponsored by the All England Croquet Club?
What sport is based on a French game called jeu de paume, played indoors and with hands as well as rackets?
A tennis net must be 91 centimetres high at the center. How high is that?
In April 1999, after two years of marriage, what slumping tennis star announced plans to divorce actress Brooke Shields, and went on to win the French Open two years later?
What Superbrat was disqualified for bad behavior from the 1990 Australian Open?
Who won a career Grand Slam on four different surfaces: Wimbledon's grass in 1992, the hard court of the US Open in 1994, the rebound ace of Australian Open in 1995 and the red clay of Roland Garros in 1999?
Of the men who have won career tennis Grand Slams, who is the only one (as of 2002) to have also won an Olympic tennis gold medal?
When French tennis star of the 1920s was known for sipping brandy between sets and for wearing shocking outfits that revealed legs and arms?
Two Helens, Helen Wills Moody and Helen Hull Jacobs, became rivals in what sport?
It happened at Cannes and it was called the Match of the Century, in which France's Suzanne Lenglen beat Miss Poker Face, America's Helen Wills Moody. In what decade did it take place?
This son of a Labour member of Parliament won the Gentlemen's Singles tournament at Wimbledon three times in a row, but no Briton has won it since. Who was he?
In 1983, she was 86 for 87, losing only once, in the French Open, to Kathy Horvath. Who?
Martina Navratilova defected to the United States in 1975. Where was she born?
What lesbian activist and tennis star co-wrote with Liz Nickles a series of mystery novels starring Jordan Myles, a former tennis champion turned sleuth?
Characterized sometimes as tennis's "Ice Maiden," who was known for her two-fisted backhand and won Grand Slam singles events 13 straight years?
A let doesn't count and can be played again. In tennis, what is a let?
What "playing card" term is used in tennis to describe a point scored by a server when the receiver is unable to touch a legal serve?
In tennis, how many faults in a row can a server make before losing a point?
In tennis, what is "Canadian doubles"?
In 2004, who set the world record for the fastest serve when he blasted a ball at 246.2 km/h (153.5 mph) at Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals of the Queens Club grass-court tournament?
In 1989, Michael Chang beat Ivan Lendl to become the first American since 1955 to win what title?
A three-time French Open champion, Gustavo Kuerten called what country home?
What Russian won an Olympic gold in tennis, then became a good enough poker player to join the World Series of Poker?
Briefly, Kim Clijsters was engaged to fellow tennis star Lleyton Hewitt. What countries are they from?
Don Budge and Ken Rosewall were especially famous for what kind of tennis shot?
Margaret Smith Court's brother-in-law and father-in-law both became premiers of what state?
In tennis, winning a set 6-0 is nicknamed for what edible?
Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and Rene Lacoste shared what nickname?
Ilie Nastase wrote a couple novels in French, and once ran unsuccessfully to be mayor of what city, where he was born?
Arthur Ashe was the first black man to win a Grand Slam singles event. The second was Yannick Noah, who as of 2005 is the last person from his country to win the Grand Slam event that takes place there. What hometown event is this?
What tennis star was posthumously honored with a statue on Monument Avenue, in Richmond, Virginia, where he joins a host of Confederate leaders?
What is the female equivalent of tennis's Davis Cup?
The Davis Cup was born when four Harvard students challenged what country to a tennis showdown?
John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Serena Williams are among the greats knocked out in the Graveyard of Champions, the nickname of the No. 2 court at what tennis facility?
Henman Hill is officially Aorangi Park, and it's where the BBC erected a giant video screen so fans could watch Tim Henman attempt to regain Wimbledon for what country?
Billie Jean King only agreed to the "Battle of the Sexes" against Bobby Riggs after he beat what much younger championship player in the Mother's Day Massacre?
What physician and pro tennis player was kicked out of the 1976 US Open after getting sex-change surgery, only for the New York Supreme Court to reverse the decision in 1977?
The daughter of a famous soccer player, Kim Clijsters was the first woman to become world number one seed without ever winning a Grand Slam title. What country was she born in?
At the YMCA in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1950, Joe Sobek created what game, which he called paddle rackets and in which the walls, floor and ceiling are in-bounds?