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Which player completed the women's calendar-year singles Grand Slam in 1953?
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- 1. Which player completed the women's calendar-year singles Grand Slam in 1953?
- A. Althea Gibson
- B. Maureen Connolly (answer)
- C. Shirley Fry
- D. Doris Hart
Connolly became the first woman to complete the singles calendar Grand Slam, winning all four majors in 1953. - 2. Who completed the women's calendar-year singles Grand Slam in 1970?
- A. Evonne Goolagong
- B. Billie Jean King
- C. Margaret Court (answer)
- D. Virginia Wade
Court's 1970 sweep included her fifth US singles championship. - 3. Who won all four women's singles majors in the calendar year 1988?
- A. Martina Navratilova
- B. Steffi Graf (answer)
- C. Gabriela Sabatini
- D. Chris Evert
Graf also won Olympic singles gold in Seoul, making her achievement a Golden Slam. - 4. Which Grand Slam singles title did Monica Seles never win during her career?
- A. Roland Garros
- B. Wimbledon (answer)
- C. Australian Open
- D. US Open
Seles won nine major singles titles, but lost her only Wimbledon singles final in 1992. - 5. Which tournament supplied 11 of Margaret Court's 24 major singles titles?
- A. US Open
- B. Roland Garros
- C. Australian Championships or Australian Open (answer)
- D. Wimbledon
Court won her home major 11 times across its amateur and Open-era versions. - 6. How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win across her career?
- A. 22
- B. 24
- C. 23 (answer)
- D. 21
Williams finished with 23 major singles titles, including seven each at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. - 7. Which venue immediately preceded Melbourne Park as the Australian Open's home?
- A. Kooyong (answer)
- B. Memorial Drive
- C. White City
- D. Milton
The Australian Open moved from Kooyong to the new Flinders Park complex in 1988. - 8. In which year did the Australian Open first take place at the complex now called Melbourne Park?
- A. 1990
- B. 1986
- C. 1988 (answer)
- D. 1992
The purpose-built venue opened for the 1988 tournament under the name Flinders Park. - 9. What was the Australian Open's original tournament name when it began in 1905?
- A. Pacific Championships
- B. Australian National Championships
- C. Commonwealth Championships
- D. Australasian Championships (answer)
It became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969. - 10. Who won the inaugural Wimbledon gentlemen's singles championship in 1877?
- A. William Renshaw
- B. Spencer Gore (answer)
- C. Frank Hadow
- D. William Marshall
Gore beat William Marshall in straight sets in the first final. - 11. Who won the first Open-era Wimbledon gentlemen's singles title in 1968?
- A. Ken Rosewall
- B. Roy Emerson
- C. Rod Laver (answer)
- D. John Newcombe
Laver beat fellow Australian Tony Roche in the 1968 final. - 12. Under Wimbledon's 2025 singles rules, what happens at 6-6 in the final set?
- A. A seven-point tie-break begins
- B. A single deciding point is played
- C. Players continue until a two-game lead
- D. A ten-point tie-break begins (answer)
Wimbledon introduced the ten-point final-set tie-break at 6-6 in 2022, with a two-point winning margin required.
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