2005 ATP Quiz - Rankings

[Hops]

All rankings herein refer to the ATP entry rankings.
2004 YE refers to the entry rankings as of 12/20/04.
2005 YE refers to the entry rankings as of 12/04/05.


1) Federer was #1 the entire year.

a) what was his largest point lead?
i) 3810
ii) 3340
iii) 2955
iv) 2780


b) what was his smallest point lead?
i) 1460
ii) 1750
iii) 2090
iv) 2455

(1 point each)



2) Who spent the most weeks at #2? (2 points)



3) Federer, Hewitt and Roddick were ranked in the top five every week. Name the last year this occurred, that three players never left the top five all year. (2 points for year, 2 points for players)



4) Name the six players who cracked the top ten for the first time in 2005.
(1 point each)



5) Once again USA had at least two players ranked in YE Top Ten. Name the only year since 1973 which had only one US player in YE top ten. (2 points)



6) Consider the 2004 YE Top 10, which player fell farthest in the rankings
at 2005 YE? (1 point)



7) Now the flip side - which player ranked in the 2005 YE Top 10 was
ranked lowest at 2004 YE? (1 point)



8.) Name the five teenagers ranked in the 2005 YE top 100. (2 points, but
only for all)



9) Which player has the longest current unbroken streak ranked in the top
100? (3 points)



10) Considering only the top ten players for 2005 YE - name the player who
had the largest _percentage_ of his entry points come from the following
breakouts. (1 point each)

a) hardcourt
b) clay
c) grass
d) carpet

e) The four Slams
f) The nine Masters Series
g) The five optional tournaments




30 points max
16-30 Laver
0-15 Gimelstob

 

[rhubarb]

1) Federer was #1 the entire year.

a) what was his largest point lead?
i) 3810
ii) 3340
iii) 2955
iv) 2780

ii) after Queen's/Halle week over Hewitt


b) what was his smallest point lead?
i) 1460
ii) 1750
iii) 2090
iv) 2455

i) after TMS Paris over Nadal

(1 point each)



2) Who spent the most weeks at #2? (2 points)
Hewitt - 25 weeks. Nadal will only have had 23 weeks by the end of the year, and Roddick had the first 4.


3) Federer, Hewitt and Roddick were ranked in the top five every week. Name the last year this occurred, that three players never left the top five all year. (2 points for year, 2 points for players)

Hmm. Need to think about that one.

4) Name the six players who cracked the top ten for the first time in 2005.
(1 point each)

Nadal
Davydenko
Canas
Puerta
Ljubicic
Gonzalez?


5) Once again USA had at least two players ranked in YE Top Ten. Name the only year since 1973 which had only one US player in YE top ten. (2 points)

Don't know. Not in the last 15 years, I don't think.



6) Consider the 2004 YE Top 10, which player fell farthest in the rankings
at 2005 YE? (1 point)

Henman, from 6 to 37. Moya fell from 5 to 32.

7) Now the flip side - which player ranked in the 2005 YE Top 10 was
ranked lowest at 2004 YE? (1 point)

Has to be Nadal.

8.) Name the five teenagers ranked in the 2005 YE top 100. (2 points, but
only for all)

Nadal
Gasquet
Monfils
Murray
Djokovic


9) Which player has the longest current unbroken streak ranked in the top
100? (3 points)

Probably Tim Henman because Bjorkman fell out of it at some point this year.

10) Considering only the top ten players for 2005 YE - name the player who
had the largest _percentage_ of his entry points come from the following
breakouts. (1 point each)

a) hardcourt
b) clay
c) grass
d) carpet

e) The four Slams
f) The nine Masters Series
g) The five optional tournaments

a) Agassi
b) Gaudio (just edges Nadal in this)
c) Roddick
d) Nalbandian (bearing in mind that TMC was carpet, not hardcourt)

e) Hewitt
f) Nadal
g) Gaudio (edges Ljubicic)

30 points max
16-30 Laver
0-15 Gimelstob

 

[Kevin Patrick]

5) Once again USA had at least two players ranked in YE Top Ten. Name the only year since 1973 which had only one US player in YE top ten. (2 points)

1986-Connors

3) Federer, Hewitt and Roddick were ranked in the top five every week. Name the last year this occurred, that three players never left the top five all year. (2 points for year, 2 points for players)

Sampras, Agassi, & Becker? 1995

 

[wings56]

Nothing like a post like this to make me feel like I know absolutely nothing about tennis.

 

[killer]

lol wings...not to worry! i'm a 'former' tennis freak who's transitioning to the modern game- my last productive factoid years were 94-95...i'm doing my damndest but they sure hit the ball hard now! Cheers.

 

[Kevin Patrick]

how'd we do, hops?

 

[timmyboy]

Nothing like a post like this to make me feel like I know absolutely nothing about tennis.

^^yeah, that^^

 

[Hops]

following have not been answered correctly


4) Name the six players who cracked the top ten for the first time in 2005.
(1 point each)

missing one



9) Which player has the longest current unbroken streak ranked in the top
100? (3 points)


Henman is 3rd.

 

[rhubarb]

4) Must be Joachim Johansson after he won Marseille

6) Might actually be Bjorkman then, or possibly Carlos Moya. Fabrice Santoro has been lurking around a long time as well, although I thought he dropped a bit at one point. Anyway, I know where to look on your site, but that would be cheating

 

[Hops]

4) Must be Joachim Johansson after he won Marseille

correct

6) Might actually be Bjorkman then, or possibly Carlos Moya. Fabrice Santoro has been lurking around a long time as well, although I thought he dropped a bit at one point. Anyway, I know where to look on your site, but that would be cheating

Bjorkman would have been #1, but fell out for a few weeks earlier this year. Moya is 3rd. Santoro is 5th.

try again.

 

[Hops]

(answers)

1) Federer was #1 the entire year.


a) what was his largest point lead?
i) 3810
ii) 3340
iii) 2955
iv) 2780


(ii) 3340, Jun 13 - Jun 27


b) what was his smallest point lead?
i) 1460
ii) 1750
iii) 2090
iv) 2455
(1 point each)



(i) 1460, Nov 7 - Nov 14


2) Who spent the most weeks at #2? (2 points)


thru December:
Hewitt 25 weeks
Nadal 23 weeks
Roddick 4 weeks




3) Federer, Hewitt and Roddick were ranked in the top five every week. Name the last year this occurred, that three players never left the top five all year. (2 points for year, 2 points for players)


1995; Sampras, Agassi, Becker


4) Name the six players who cracked the top ten for the first time in 2005. (1 point each)


02/14/05 Joachim Johansson
04/25/05 Rafael Nadal
05/09/05 Guillermo Canas
06/06/05 Nikolay Davydenko
07/25/05 Mariano Puerta
10/31/05 Ivan Ljubicic


5) Once again USA had at least two players ranked in YE Top Ten. Name the only year since 1973 which had only one US player in YE top ten. (2 points)


1986, Connors #8


6) Consider the 2004 YE Top 10, which player fell farthest in the rankings at 2005 YE? (1 point)


Tim Henman fell from #6 to #37


7) Now the flip side - which player ranked in the 2005 YE Top 10 was ranked lowest at 2004 YE? (1 point)


Rafael Nadal rose from #51 to #2


8. Name the five teenagers ranked in the 2005 YE top 100. (2 points, but only for all)


#2 Rafael Nadal
#17 Richard Gasquet
#31 Gael Monfils
#63 Andrew Murray
#79 Novak Djokovic


9) Which player has the longest current unbroken streak ranked in the top 100? (3 points)


(weeks)

538 Jiri Novak (since 8/21/95)
533 Carlos Moya (9/25/95)
525 Tim Henman (11/20/95)
478 Dominik Hrbaty (10/14/96)
460 Fabrice Santoro (2/17/97)



10) Considering only the top ten players for 2005 YE - name the player who had the largest _percentage_ of his entry points come from the following breakouts. (1 point each)


a) hardcourt

88% Agassi
80% Hewitt
74% Ljubicic
58% Federer
46% Roddick
43% Nalbandian
37% Nadal
36% Coria
32% Davydenko
16% Gaudio


b) clay

68% Gaudio
62% Nadal
56% Coria
49% Davydenko
16% Federer
14% Nalbandian
12% Agassi
9% Roddick
6% Ljubicic
0% Hewitt


c) grass

30% Roddick
20% Hewitt
18% Federer
11% Nalbandian
7% Coria
1% Davydenko
1% Nadal
0% Ljubicic
0% Gaudio
0% Agassi


d) carpet

32% Nalbandian
21% Ljubicic
18% Davydenko
16% Gaudio
15% Roddick
7% Federer
1% Coria
0% Hewitt
0% Nadal
0% Agassi


e) The four Slams

64% Hewitt
43% Federer
42% Agassi
39% Roddick
38% Nalbandian
32% Davydenko
32% Coria
26% Nadal
11% Gaudio
6% Ljubicic


f) The nine Masters Series

49% Nadal
48% Coria
45% Ljubicic
41% Agassi
32% Federer
31% Gaudio
30% Davydenko
29% Roddick
23% Hewitt
18% Nalbandian


g) The five optional tournaments

48% Gaudio
45% Ljubicic
32% Roddick
25% Davydenko
24% Nadal
20% Coria
18% Federer
17% Agassi
17% Nalbandian
12% Hewitt


answers for (a), (b), (c), (g) were the same in 2004.