Luke McLaughlin 

Sports quiz: how much do you know about Wimbledon?

Test your knowledge of balls, insurance policies and a golf club
  
  

Venus Williams, Tim Henman and Roger Federer in SW19.
Venus Williams, Tim Henman and Roger Federer in SW19. Photograph: Getty Images, Tom Jenkins and PA

  1. Who won the men’s and women’s singles at Wimbledon last year?

    1. Roger Federer and Serena Williams

    2. Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep

    3. Rafa Nadal and Petra Kvitova

    4. Dominic Thiem and Angelique Kerber

  2. How much is Wimbledon expected to claim from its pandemic insurance policy following the cancellation of this year’s event?

    1. £10 million

    2. £50 million

    3. £100 million

    4. £200 million

  3. Between them, how many singles titles have the Williams sisters won?

    1. Eight

    2. 10

    3. 12

    4. 14

  4. In 2010 John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played the longest match in the tournament’s history. In games, was the score in the decisive final set?

    1. 50-48

    2. 60-58

    3. 70-68

    4. 80-78

  5. How many singles titles does Roger Federer have to his name?

    1. Six

    2. Seven

    3. Eight

    4. Nine

  6. Which underdog stunned the tournament by beating Rafa Nadal in the second round in 2012?

    1. Lukas Rosol

    2. Mardy Fish

    3. Denis Istomin

    4. Victor Hanescu

  7. In 2018, the All England Lawn Tennis Club agreed to buy the neighbouring Wimbledon Park Golf Club. How much did each member of the golf club receive as part of the deal?

    1. £12,000

    2. £48,000

    3. £85,000

    4. £200,000

  8. How many tennis balls are prepared for Wimbledon every year?

    1. 13,000

    2. 39,000

    3. 54,000

    4. 100,000

  9. Which player was forced to delay his stag do in Ibiza after an unexpected run to the semi-finals in 2019?

    1. Sam Querrey

    2. Roberto Bautista Agut

    3. Guido Pella

    4. David Goffin

  10. How many times did Tim Henman reach the Wimbledon semi-finals?

    1. Two

    2. Four

    3. Five

    4. Six

  11. In which year did Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal have an epic five-set final, which ended with Nadal winning his first title?

    1. 2004

    2. 2006

    3. 2008

    4. 2010

  12. Who was the first men’s singles champion of the Open era – in 1968?

    1. Manuel Santana

    2. Rod Laver

    3. Stan Smith

    4. John Newcombe

  13. How many singles titles did Martina Navratilova win at Wimbledon?

    1. Four

    2. Six

    3. Seven

    4. Nine

  14. When was the first Wimbledon held?

    1. 1807

    2. 1847

    3. 1877

    4. 1917

  15. Andy Murray won Wimbledon in 2013 – when was the previous male British winner?

    1. 1936

    2. 1946

    3. 1956

    4. 1966

Solutions

1:B - Djokovic sealed his fifth title, Halep her first., 2:C - The AELTC has reportedly been paying £2m a year to protect themselves against a pandemic such as the one we are now experiencing., 3:C - Serena has won seven; Venus has won five., 4:C - As of 2019, matches go to a fifth-set tie-break when the score reaches 12-12. Marathon matches such as Isner v Mahut were spectacles, but they were draining for players and played havoc with the tournament's schedule., 5:C - His most recent victory came in 2017., 6:A - Rosol was ranked 100 in the world when he sensationally eliminated the two-time champion., 7:C - The AELTC paid £65 million for the land., 8:C - That’s 48 tins every day for Centre and No 1 Courts, and 24 tins a day for the rest., 9:B - Agut lost to Roger Federer, and his friends came over to London to watch., 10:B - Alas, he never made it to a final, but you could still argue he overachieved at Wimbledon. He also reached the semi-finals at the French Open and US Open., 11:C - Federer had triumphed five times in a row before that, starting in 2003. It took a mammoth effort from Nadal to dethrone him in what is regarded by many as the greatest ever match at Wimbledon., 12:B - Laver won four titles in all: two in the amateur era, in 1961 and 1962, and two in the Open era, in 1968 and 1969., 13:D - Navratilova mopped up nine titles between 1978 and 1990. Serena Williams has won seven, as has Steffi Graf, with Venus Williams winning five., 14:C - Spencer Gore was the winner, but you already knew that., 15:A - Fred Perry won it three times. Hardly any pressure on Andy Murray, then …

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    You were knocked out in the first round

  2. 3 and above.

    You were knocked out in the first round

  3. 2 and above.

    You were knocked out in the first round

  4. 5 and above.

    You made it to the quarters but took a hammering on centre court

  5. 6 and above.

    You made it to the quarters but took a hammering on centre court

  6. 7 and above.

    You made it to the quarters but took a hammering on centre court

  7. 8 and above.

    You made it to the semi-finals but took a hammering on centre court

  8. 9 and above.

    You made it to the semi-finals but took a hammering on centre court

  9. 10 and above.

    You made it to the semi-finals but took a hammering on centre court

  10. 11 and above.

    You made it to the final but took a hammering on centre court

  11. 12 and above.

    You made it to the final but took a hammering on centre court

  12. 13 and above.

    You made it to the final and lost in five sets

  13. 14 and above.

    You made it to the final and lost in five sets

  14. 15 and above.

    You are a champion

  15. 0 and above.

    You were knocked out in the first round

  16. 1 and above.

    You were knocked out in the first round

 

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