2005 ATP Quiz - Slams

Hops

Rookie
Fifth annual year-end ATP quizzes, first time posting here at the Warehouse. I will clarify any questions, and you can score them yourself. All refer to singles competition, unless otherwise noted. Complete answers in a couple days.

OE = Open Era, 1968 RG - present.



Australian Open

1) Safin's win came 17 slams after his last slam triumph. Name the three
other players who have had OE slam gaps as long as Safin's. Note - only pro
slam wins, so e.g Laver n/a. (2 points each)



2) In the epic Safin-Federer SF, Safin saved one match point in the 4th set
tiebreaker. How many match points did Federer save before finally
succumbing? (2 points)



3) Hewitt came close but failed to win his home slam, further extending the
drought at non-USO slams.

a) Before Hewitt, who was the last Aussie AO finalist? (1 point)
b) Who was the last French Roland Garros finalist? (2 points)
c) Who was the last British Wimbledon finalist? (3 points)



4) "I think he has to raise his game, not me." Who said it? (1 point)




Roland Garros


1) Nadal was the youngest slam winner since _____________. (2 points)



2) Nadal became the fifth OE southpaw to win Roland Garros. Name the other four. (1 point each)



3) The only near triple bagel of the 2005 slam year occured in the first
round, with the final scoreline 6-0 6-0 6-3. Name the near-bageler and
near-bagelee. (1 point each)



4) Victor Hanescu reached the QF, the fifth OE Romanian to do so at Roland
Garros. Who are the other four? (1 point each)



5) Who broke Federer's serve more - Nadal, or Federer's five previous
opponents combined? (2 points)




Wimbledon


1) Federer has now defeated Roddick at Wimbledon 2003/2004/2005.

a) Name the three other OE player pairs who faced off at Wimbledon three consecutive years. (2 points each)

b) Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four
consecutive years. (4 points)


2) Who was the only player to take a set off Federer? (1 point)



3a) Who won the men's doubles? (2 points)


3b) Why was their title historic? (2 points)


4) Who was the last player before Federer to make the SF at Roland Garros
just before winning Wimbledon? (2 points)



US Open


1) Federer joined _____________ and _____________ as the only players to win the WM/US combo in back-to-back years. (1 point each)



2) Agassi won three five set matches, bringing his USO five set mark to 8-3.
Name the player and year for the three losses. (1 point each combo)



3) There were 15 lefthanders in the draw. Name at least 12. (3 points)



4) [comparing Federer with past greats] "Unless you have been on that court and feel how the balls feel coming to you off the serve, off the forehand, how low the backhand stays and how hard it is to recognize where he is going with the shots, you should really not be making those comparisons." Who said it? (2 points)



Overall


1) Federer made the SF at all four slams in the same year. Which three OE
players did this prior to 2005? (1 point each)



2) Besides Federer, name the other two players who reached at least R16 at all four slams. (1 point each)



3) Considering all players who were in 2005 slam main draws, how many
countries were represented? (within 1 - 3 points; within 3 - 2 points;
within 5 - 1 point)





66 points max

45-66 He plays the game in a very special way
23-44 It was patchy out there today
0-22 Run into the knife
 

AllCourt

Rookie
i guss i will try, i am not good at this trivia stuff tho

1. Sampras
2.7?
3.a.Pat cash
b. yannick noah
c. i frogot his name!!!!!
4. Federer


1. chang
5. nadal


1.a
b. stefan edberg-boris becker..........borg-mcenroe
2. hewitt


overall
2. nalbandian hewitt
3. 22
 

rhubarb

Hall of Fame
Australian Open

1) Safin's win came 17 slams after his last slam triumph. Name the three
other players who have had OE slam gaps as long as Safin's. Note - only pro
slam wins, so e.g Laver n/a. (2 points each)

Ashe: 22 slams (between AO 1970 and WM 1975)
Becker: 20 slams (between AO wins, 1991 and 1996)
Agassi: 17 slams (from first AO 1995 to RG 1999)



2) In the epic Safin-Federer SF, Safin saved one match point in the 4th set
tiebreaker. How many match points did Federer save before finally
succumbing? (2 points)

Six. Safin won on the seventh.


3) Hewitt came close but failed to win his home slam, further extending the
drought at non-USO slams.

a) Before Hewitt, who was the last Aussie AO finalist? (1 point)
b) Who was the last French Roland Garros finalist? (2 points)
c) Who was the last British Wimbledon finalist? (3 points)

a) Pat Cash
b) Henri Leconte
c) Bunny Austin


4) "I think he has to raise his game, not me." Who said it? (1 point)

Federer (about Agassi, before their qf)


Roland Garros


1) Nadal was the youngest slam winner since _____________. (2 points)

Michael Chang.

2) Nadal became the fifth OE southpaw to win Roland Garros. Name the other four. (1 point each)

Laver
Vilas
Gomez
Muster



3) The only near triple bagel of the 2005 slam year occured in the first
round, with the final scoreline 6-0 6-0 6-3. Name the near-bageler and
near-bagelee. (1 point each)

Can't remember that one.

4) Victor Hanescu reached the QF, the fifth OE Romanian to do so at Roland
Garros. Who are the other four? (1 point each)

Going to guess here:
Tiriac, Nastase, Pavel

5) Who broke Federer's serve more - Nadal, or Federer's five previous
opponents combined? (2 points)

Probably Nadal.


Wimbledon


1) Federer has now defeated Roddick at Wimbledon 2003/2004/2005.

a) Name the three other OE player pairs who faced off at Wimbledon three consecutive years. (2 points each)

Agassi/Rafter - 1999-2001 semi-finals
Becker/Edberg - 1988-1990 finals
Borg/Connors - see next question, they did four consecutive years

Wilander/Cash played 3 out of 4 years.
Becker/Lendl played 3 out of 4 years too.


b) Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four
consecutive years. (4 points)

Borg/Connors 1977-1980 Wimbledon

2) Who was the only player to take a set off Federer? (1 point)

Kiefer, 3rd round, 2nd set tiebreak (and Federer had been 4-1 up and serving - so close!).

3a) Who won the men's doubles? (2 points)

Moodie and Huss

3b) Why was their title historic? (2 points)

Because they qualified to get into the main draw (and also they beat 3 of the top 4 seeds on the way to the title).

4) Who was the last player before Federer to make the SF at Roland Garros
just before winning Wimbledon? (2 points)

Andre Agassi


US Open


1) Federer joined _____________ and _____________ as the only players to win the WM/US combo in back-to-back years. (1 point each)

Tilden - 1920/1
Budge - 1937/8

2) Agassi won three five set matches, bringing his USO five set mark to 8-3.
Name the player and year for the three losses. (1 point each combo)

Federer 2004 (quarters)
Kucera 1998 (4th)
Enqvist 1993 (1st)

3) There were 15 lefthanders in the draw. Name at least 12. (3 points)
Melzer
Llodra
Arthurs
Carlsen
Verdasco
Koubek
Nieminen
Lopez
Norman
Puerta
Muller
Mello
Rusedski
Nadal

Hmm. Which one have I missed?

4) [comparing Federer with past greats] "Unless you have been on that court and feel how the balls feel coming to you off the serve, off the forehand, how low the backhand stays and how hard it is to recognize where he is going with the shots, you should really not be making those comparisons." Who said it? (2 points)

Lleyton Hewitt, I think

Overall


1) Federer made the SF at all four slams in the same year. Which three OE
players did this prior to 2005? (1 point each)

Rod Laver 1969
Ivan Lendl 1987 (and 1986, but there were only 3 slams)
Not sure about the third, Connors or Edberg? Definitely not Sampras.




2) Besides Federer, name the other two players who reached at least R16 at all four slams. (1 point each)

Nalbandian (qf/4th/qf/qf)
Coria (4th/4th/4th/qf)



3) Considering all players who were in 2005 slam main draws, how many
countries were represented? (within 1 - 3 points; within 3 - 2 points;
within 5 - 1 point)

No idea. 50?



66 points max

45-66 He plays the game in a very special way
23-44 It was patchy out there today
0-22 Run into the knife


Great quiz Hops, thank you!
 

rhubarb

Hall of Fame
Thanks urban, should have remembered that, I'd actually seen it on Hops' site under calendar year Grand Slam feats.
 

urban

Legend
I think one of the Rumanians in RG qf was Adrian Voinea, i think he beat Boris Becker that year. But Congratulations, Rhubarb, great knowledge!
 

Rabbit

G.O.A.T.
Technically, wasn't Virginia Wade the last British finalist at Wimbledon in 1977?

Wilander, Courier, Lendl all reached the QF's of all 4 Slams, did they not?
 

Kevin Patrick

Hall of Fame
Djokovic def Ginepri 1st Round French 6-0,6-0,6-3

Lendl said this:

"Unless you have been on that court and feel how the balls feel coming to you off the serve, off the forehand, how low the backhand stays and how hard it is to recognize where he is going with the shots, you should really not be making those comparisons." Who said it? (2 points)

Nadal broke Fed 9 times at the French. In Fed's previous 5 matches, he lost serve only 8 times.
 

Hops

Rookie
Following questions have yet to be answered correctly:



Wimbledon

b) Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four
consecutive years. (4 points)


both players are well known



US Open



3) There were 15 lefthanders in the draw. Name at least 12. (3 points)


rhubarb indeed is missing only one. That one prob. got more press this year, and was talked about more in TW, than any of the other LHs save Nadal and maybe Puerta.




3) Considering all players who were in 2005 slam main draws, how many
countries were represented? (within 1 - 3 points; within 3 - 2 points;
within 5 - 1 point)

answer right about midpoint of the two guesses
 

Hops

Rookie
Rabbit said:
Technically, wasn't Virginia Wade the last British finalist at Wimbledon in 1977?

Wilander, Courier, Lendl all reached the QF's of all 4 Slams, did they not?

technically Wade was never on ATP tour, or a man, so ...


replace 'QF' with 'SF'. only Lendl makes cut.
 

rhubarb

Hall of Fame
Thanks for the clue, in that case the other left-hander must be Donald Young (yes, just cross-checked it on the ITF database). Over here we don't get an awful lot of press about him though. I didn't even know he was a leftie.
 

Kevin Patrick

Hall of Fame
Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four
consecutive years. (4 points)

I'm stumped, hops. any hints? were any of these meetings from the QF on?
 

Hops

Rookie
Kevin Patrick said:
Name the only OE player pair who faced off at the same slam four consecutive years. (4 points)

I'm stumped, hops. any hints? were any of these meetings from the QF on?

nobody over at rst has gotten this one either, I'll give the same hints I gave over there:

- one of the matches was a slam final
- both players have won multiple slams
 

Kevin Patrick

Hall of Fame
This question pertains to Wimbledon, right?
I've looked up all the Wimbledon finals & no one from that group seemed to have played 4 years in a row there?
 

Hops

Rookie
Kevin Patrick said:
This question pertains to Wimbledon, right?
I've looked up all the Wimbledon finals & no one from that group seemed to have played 4 years in a row there?


question is for any slam. apologies if that was unclear. :|

it was at Roland Garros.
 

Kevin Patrick

Hall of Fame
Agassi-Courier '89-'92 French Open
I swear I didn't look this up, as soon as you said French I remembered one of my favorite rivalries.

You should get a job with the atp website, hops. they certainly could use some help with stats, trivia, etc.
 

Hops

Rookie
Kevin Patrick said:
Agassi-Courier '89-'92 French Open
I swear I didn't look this up, as soon as you said French I remembered one of my favorite rivalries.

You should get a job with the atp website, hops. they certainly could use some help with stats, trivia, etc.

Agassi-Courier correct.

they already have Sharko.
 

Hops

Rookie
Hops said:
3) Considering all players who were in 2005 slam main draws, how many
countries were represented? (within 1 - 3 points; within 3 - 2 points;
within 5 - 1 point)


Answer = 37. Following gives all 512 main draw entries by country; Nadal e.g. is counted 4x.


ESP - 64 FRA - 53 USA - 47 GER - 37 ARG - 32 CZE - 32 AUS - 21 ITA - 21 BEL - 18 RUS - 18 SWE - 17 GBR - 16 CRO - 15 CHI - 10 SUI - 10 SVK - 10 BRA - 9 NED - 9 ROM - 9 AUT - 8 SCG - 8 FIN - 5 THA - 5 BLR - 4 CYP - 4 DEN - 4 KOR - 4 LUX - 4 PER - 4 ARM - 3 ISR - 3 TPE - 3 ECU - 1 GEO - 1 JPN - 1 MAR - 1 RSA - 1
 
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