NEW YORK(AP) The U.S. Open starts Monday. Try this trivia quiz about the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament:
Qualifying: Which owner of a Grand Slam singles championship entered the 2009 U.S. Open qualifying tournament - and lost in the first round?
a.) Gaston Gaudio
b.) Mary Pierce
c.) Iva Majoli
d.) Albert Costa
First Round: The U.S. Open was the first major tennis championship with video review, now also used at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. Which player made the first official ``instant replay'' challenge in Grand Slam history?
a.) Serena Williams
b.) Jennifer Capriati
c.) Mardy Fish
d.) James Blake
Second Round: Andy Murray, the 2008 U.S. Open runner-up, is the first British man to reach No. 2 in the ATP rankings. Who was the last British man to win a Grand Slam singles title?
a.) Tim Henman
b.) Greg Rusedski
c.) Bunny Austin
d.) Fred Perry
Third Round: Which man and woman share the record for most losses in U.S. Open finals without winning the title, both going 0-4?
- Men:
a.) Todd Martin
b.) Bjorn Borg
c.) Jan Kodes
- Women:
a.) Evonne Goolagong
b.) Helena Sukova
c.) Rosie Casals
Fourth Round: When it rains during the U.S. Open, broadcasters invariably trot out footage of 39-year-old Jimmy Connors' stirring, five-set victory over Aaron Krickstein in the fourth round of the 1991 tournament. What they don't show: Connors' semifinal loss that year. Who beat the five-time U.S. Open champion?
a.) Jim Courier
b.) Pete Sampras
c.) Andre Agassi
d.) John McEnroe
Quarterfinals: Which man has the highest career winning percentage at the American Grand Slam tournament (with a minimum of 50 matches played)?
a.) Roger Federer
b.) Pete Sampras
c.) Jimmy Connors
d.) Bill Tilden
Semifinals: Roger Federer enters the U.S. Open having reached the semifinals at 21 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, more than twice the previous men's record. Which woman reached the semifinals at 34 consecutive major championships that she entered?
a.) Martina Navratilova
b.) Chris Evert
c.) Steffi Graf
d.) Billie Jean King
Championship: The men's and women's singles champions at the 2009 U.S. Open are guaranteed $1.6 million apiece. How much money did Arthur Ashe collect when he won the 1968 U.S. Open?
a.) $250,000
b.) $100,000
c.) $14,000
d.) $20 a day
ANSWERS:
Qualifying: a. (Gaudio won the 2004 French Open and was ranked as high as No. 5; now No. 307, he lost to No. 167 Julian Reister 6-1, 7-6 (3) in U.S. Open qualifying Wednesday.)
1st Round: c. (Fish challenged a call during his first-round victory over Simon Greul at the 2006 U.S. Open. Alas, the original ruling stood, and Fish lost the point.)
2nd Round: d. (Perry won the 1936 U.S. Open, the last of his eight major championships.)
3rd Round: b and a. (Borg won 11 Grand Slam singles titles but lost U.S. Open finals in 1976, '78, '80, '81; Goolagong won seven Grand Slam singles titles but lost U.S. Open finals in 1973-76.)
4th Round: a. (Courier beat Connors 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.)
Quarterfinals: d. (Tilden's career record at the tournament was 71-7, a .910 winning percentage. He won seven titles, including six in a row from 1920-25. Five-time reigning champion Federer's winning percentage is slightly higher, .918, but he has played in only 49 matches, going 45-4, entering this year's tournament. Helen Wills Moody owns the best winning percentage for a woman at the tournament: .962, going 50-2 from 1922-33 with seven titles.)
Semifinals: b. (Evert's streak began at the 1971 U.S. Open and ended with a third-round loss at Wimbledon in 1983. She won 15 of her 18 Grand Slam singles titles during that run.)
Championship: d. (Because Ashe, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was still an amateur, he was not allowed to collect the $14,000 prize for the men's champion. He only pocketed a $20 per diem.)
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Source: www.USOpen.org