Category: Tennis

Q1. What was Rene Lacoste’s full birth name and date of birth?
A. Jean Rene Lacoste, born July 2, 1904
B. Rene Jacques Lacoste, born June 15, 1905
C. Pierre Rene Lacoste, born August 10, 1903
D. Henri Rene Lacoste, born July 2, 1906
Answer: A. Jean Rene Lacoste, born July 2, 1904

Q2. In which city was Rene Lacoste born?
A. Lyon
B. Paris
C. Marseille
D. Bordeaux
Answer: B. Paris

Q3. Rene Lacoste was a member of which famous group of French tennis players in the 1920s?
A. The Four Horsemen
B. The Four Musketeers
C. The French Revolutionaries
D. The Parisian Pros
Answer: B. The Four Musketeers

Q1. What is Gustavo Kuerten’s popular nickname in the tennis world?
A. Rafa
B. Guga
C. FedEx
D. King Roger
Answer: B. Guga

Q2. In which Brazilian city was Gustavo Kuerten born on September 10, 1976?
A. Rio de Janeiro
B. Sao Paulo
C. Florianopolis
D. Brasilia
Answer: C. Florianopolis

Q3. At what age did Kuerten lose his father, Aldo, who suffered a heart attack while umpiring a junior tennis match?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
Answer: B. 8

Q1. In which Australian town was Patrick Rafter born on December 28, 1972?
A. Brisbane
B. Mount Isa
C. Sydney
D. Melbourne
Answer: B. Mount Isa

Q2. What was Patrick Rafter’s ranking in his large family of siblings?
A. Eldest child
B. Youngest child
C. Third youngest (seventh of nine)
D. Middle child (fifth of nine)
Answer: C. Third youngest (seventh of nine)

Q3. At what age did Patrick Rafter begin playing tennis?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 8
D. 10
Answer: B. 5

Q1. When and where was Marat Safin born?
A. March 15, 1978, in St. Petersburg, Russia
B. January 27, 1980, in Moscow, Soviet Union
C. June 12, 1981, in Sochi, Russia
D. November 20, 1979, in Kazan, Russia
Answer: B. January 27, 1980, in Moscow, Soviet Union

Q2. What is Marat Safin’s height?
A. 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
B. 6 ft 4 in (193-194 cm)
C. 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
D. 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Answer: B. 6 ft 4 in (193-194 cm)

Q3. In what year did Marat Safin turn professional?
A. 1995
B. 1996
C. 1997
D. 1998
Answer: C. 1997

Q1. In what year did Andy Roddick win his only Grand Slam singles title at the US Open?
A. 2001
B. 2003
C. 2005
D. 2009
Answer: B. 2003

Q2. Who did Andy Roddick defeat in the final of the 2003 US Open to claim his maiden Grand Slam title?
A. Roger Federer
B. Lleyton Hewitt
C. Juan Carlos Ferrero
D. David Nalbandian
Answer: C. Juan Carlos Ferrero

Q3. What was Andy Roddick’s career-high ATP singles ranking, and on what date did he first achieve it?
A. No. 2 on February 2, 2004
B. No. 3 in 2005
C. No. 1 on January 1, 2003
D. No. 1 on November 3, 2003
Answer: D. No. 1 on November 3, 2003

Q1. In which Australian city was Lleyton Hewitt born on February 24, 1981?
A. Sydney
B. Melbourne
C. Adelaide
D. Brisbane
Answer: C. Adelaide

Q2. What was Lleyton Hewitt’s highest singles ranking, and on what date did he first achieve it?
A. No. 2 on January 1, 2002
B. No. 1 on November 19, 2001
C. No. 1 on July 1, 2002
D. No. 3 on March 15, 2000
Answer: B. No. 1 on November 19, 2001

Q3. At what age did Lleyton Hewitt become the youngest man to reach the ATP world No. 1 ranking (a record later broken by Carlos Alcaraz)?
A. 19 years, 130 days
B. 20 years, 268 days
C. 21 years, 50 days
D. 18 years, 300 days
Answer: B. 20 years, 268 days

Q1. When and where was Daniil Medvedev born?
A. 11 February 1996, Moscow, Russia
B. 15 March 1997, St. Petersburg, Russia
C. 22 June 1995, Sochi, Russia
D. 5 January 1998, Kazan, Russia
Answer: A. 11 February 1996, Moscow, Russia

Q2. What is Daniil Medvedev’s height?
A. 6’2″ (188 cm)
B. 6’6″ (198 cm)
C. 6’4″ (193 cm)
D. 6’8″ (203 cm)
Answer: B. 6’6″ (198 cm)

Q3. In what year did Medvedev turn professional?
A. 2012
B. 2017
C. 2016
D. 2014
Answer: D. 2014

Q1. What is Stan Wawrinka’s full first name?
A. Stanislas
B. Stefan
C. Sebastian
D. Samuel
Answer: A. Stanislas

Q2. On what date was Stan Wawrinka born?
A. 15 August 1984
B. 28 March 1985
C. 12 June 1986
D. 3 February 1987
Answer: B. 28 March 1985

Q3. Where was Stan Wawrinka born?
A. Lausanne, Switzerland
B. Geneva, Switzerland
C. Zurich, Switzerland
D. Basel, Switzerland
Answer: A. Lausanne, Switzerland

Q1. In which Argentine city was Guillermo Vilas born on August 17, 1952?
A. Mar del Plata
B. Buenos Aires
C. Cordoba
D. Rosario
Answer: B. Buenos Aires

Q2. What is Guillermo Vilas’s playing hand and preferred backhand style?
A. Right-handed with a two-handed backhand
B. Right-handed with a one-handed backhand
C. Left-handed with a one-handed backhand
D. Left-handed with a two-handed backhand
Answer: C. Left-handed with a one-handed backhand

Q3. What was Guillermo Vilas’s height during his professional career?
A. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
B. 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
C. 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
D. 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Answer: B. 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Q1. What is Ilie Nastase’s full birth name?
A. Ilie Theodoriu Nastase
B. Ilie Nastase Bucharest
C. Ilie Ion Nastase
D. Ilie Victor Nastase
Answer: A. Ilie Theodoriu Nastase

Q2. In which year was Ilie Nastase born?
A. 1944
B. 1946
C. 1948
D. 1950
Answer: B. 1946

Q3. Where was Ilie Nastase born?
A. Constan?a, Romania
B. Timi?oara, Romania
C. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
D. Bucharest, Romania
Answer: D. Bucharest, Romania