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  • 1. 
    Who was the first non-American to win the singles trophy in the U.S. Open tennis tournament?

  • Johanna Konta
  • Laurie Doherty
  • Andy Murray
  • Björn Borg

  • 2. 
    Who was the first tennis player to surpass the $1 million mark in career prize money?

  • Arthur Ashe
  • Rod Laver
  • Don Budge
  • Martina Navratilova

  • 3. 
    Who is the only woman to have won the singles championship in the U.S. Open tennis tournament eight times?

  • Venus Williams
  • Molla Mallory
  • Serena Williams
  • Helen Wills

  • 4. 
    Who was the first unseeded (not ranked among the top 16 players) tennis player to win Wimbledon’s men’s singles championship?

  • Stefan Edberg
  • Boris Becker
  • Jimmy Connors
  • John McEnroe

  • 5. 
    Who was the first Black player to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open singles tennis championships?

  • Althea Gibson
  • Coco Gauff
  • Sloane Stephens
  • Venus Williams

  • 6. 
    Who was the first American-born tennis player to win the men’s singles championship at Wimbledon?

  • Bill Tilden
  • Rod Laver
  • Don Budge
  • Sidney Wood

  • 7. 
    Who won three consecutive singles championship titles—1979, 1980, and 1981—at the U.S. Open tennis tournament?

  • Chris Evert
  • Björn Borg
  • John McEnroe
  • Ilie Năstase 

  • 8. 
    Who holds the record for most professional tennis championships?

  • Jimmy Connors
  • Bill Tilden
  • Martina Navratilova
  • Billie Jean King

  • 9. 
    Who defeated Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match in Houston, Texas, in 1973?

  • Billie Jean King
  • Margaret Court
  • Martina Navratilova
  • Chris Evert

  • 10. 
    What are the annual All-England Championships in lawn tennis better known as?

  • Fed Cup
  • Davis Cup
  • Wightman Cup
  • Wimbledon championships

  • 11. 
    When was the women’s championship introduced at Wimbledon?

  • 1936
  • 1970
  • 1884
  • 1899

  • 12. 
    Who won seven consecutive U.S. professional men’s tennis championships from 1953 to 1959?

  • Pancho Gonzales
  • Jimmy Connors
  • Charlie Pasarell
  • René Lacoste

  • 13. 
    Which tennis tournament is a major international team event for men?

  • Wimbledon
  • Fed Cup
  • U.S. Open
  • Davis Cup

  • 14. 
    Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is held at Flushing Meadows?

  • Australian Open
  • Wimbledon
  • U.S. Open
  • French Open

  • 15. 
    Which Grand Slam tennis championship is played on clay courts?

  • Australian Open
  • Wimbledon
  • French Open
  • U.S. Open

  • 16. 
    Who won the first Wimbledon championship?

  • James Dwight
  • Spencer Gore
  • Harry Gem
  • Tommy Haas

  • 17. 
    Who was the first person to win three Wimbledon championships in a single year?

  • Suzanne Lenglen
  • Tommy Haas
  • Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
  • Billie Jean King

  • 18. 
    When were the first Wimbledon championships held?

  • 1913
  • 1940
  • 1860
  • 1877

  • 19. 
    Who was the first person to win the tennis Grand Slam twice?

  • Rod Laver
  • Pete Sampras
  • Margaret Court
  • Don Budge

  • 20. 
    Who was the only tennis player in the 20th century to win the Grand Slam in both doubles and singles competition?

  • Roger Federer
  • Rod Laver
  • Martina Navratilova
  • Margaret Court

  • 21. 
    Who was the first woman to win tennis’s Grand Slam?

  • Martina Navratilova
  • Maureen Connolly
  • Billie Jean King
  • Margaret Court

  • 22. 
    Who was known as the “queen mother of American tennis” because of her domination of women’s tennis in the United States before World War I?

  • Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
  • Billie Jean King
  • Althea Gibson
  • Helen Hull Jacobs

  • 23. 
    Who were the twin English brothers who dominated Wimbledon tennis competition in the 1880s?

  • Laurie and Reggie Doherty
  • William and Ernest Renshaw
  • Joseph and Clarence Clark
  • John and Patrick McEnroe

  • 24. 
    Who was the first Black winner of a men’s singles Grand Slam event in tennis?

  • Yannick Noah
  • MaliVai Washington
  • Arthur Ashe
  • James Blake
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