Category: Tennis

Q1. In which year was Goran Ivanisevic born?
A. 1969
B. 1971
C. 1973
D. 1975
Answer: B. 1971

Q2. What is Goran Ivanisevic’s playing handedness?
A. Right-handed
B. Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
C. Ambidextrous
D. Right-handed with one-handed backhand
Answer: B. Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

Q3. What was Ivanisevic’s career-high singles ranking and when was it achieved?
A. World No. 2 in July 1994
B. World No. 1 in 1993
C. World No. 3 in 1996
D. World No. 4 in 2001
Answer: A. World No. 2 in July 1994

Q1. What was Gottfried von Cramm’s noble title and primary nickname in the tennis world?
A. Count of Hanover
B. Baron (The Baron)
C. Duke of Berlin
D. Prince of Wimbledon
Answer: B. Baron (The Baron)

Q2. In which year was Gottfried von Cramm born?
A. 1905
B. 1909
C. 1912
D. 1915
Answer: B. 1909

Q3. Which Grand Slam tournament did Gottfried von Cramm win in both 1934 and 1936, becoming the first German to claim a singles title at a major?
A. Wimbledon
B. Australian Championships
C. French Championships (Roland Garros)
D. U.S. National Championships
Answer: C. French Championships (Roland Garros)

Q1. What was Hans Nusslein’s full birth name and nickname?
A. Hans “Hanne” Nusslein
B. Heinrich “Heinrich” Nusslein
C. Hans “Hugo” Nusslein
D. Helmut “Hanne” Nusslein
Answer: A. Hans “Hanne” Nusslein

Q2. On what date and in which German city was Hans Nusslein born?
A. March 31, 1905, in Munich
B. June 28, 1910, in Berlin
C. March 31, 1910, in Nuremberg
D. April 15, 1912, in Hamburg
Answer: C. March 31, 1910, in Nuremberg

Q3. When did Hans Nusslein pass away?
A. June 28, 1991
B. March 31, 1990
C. December 15, 1985
D. July 10, 1995
Answer: A. June 28, 1991

Q1. In which French city near Lyon was Henri Cochet born on December 14, 1901?
A. Paris
B. Marseille
C. Villeurbanne
D. Bordeaux
Answer: C. Villeurbanne

Q2. Henri Cochet was a key member of which famous group of French tennis players that dominated the sport in the late 1920s and early 1930s?
A. The Three Musketeers
B. The Four Musketeers
C. The French Connection
D. Les As du Tennis
Answer: B. The Four Musketeers

Q3. How many consecutive years was Henri Cochet ranked as the world No. 1 male tennis player by A. Wallis Myers?
A. Four years (1928–1931)
B. Three years (1928–1930)
C. Two years (1929–1930)
D. Five years (1927–1931)
Answer: A. Four years (1928–1931)

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