1. How many women won at least one of the first 18 WTA tournaments this season?
a.) 8
b.) 12
c.) 16
d.) 18
2.: Tiebreakers will be played at the All England Club in the third sets of women's matches and fifth sets of men's matches for the first time this year. When will those tiebreakers be used?
a.) 6-all
b.) 9-all
c.) 12-all
d.) 15-all
3. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have combined to win the past 10 Grand Slam titles. What is that trio's longest such streak of consecutive major championships?
a.) 18
b.) 20
c.) 22
d.) 24
4. How many times has Serena Williams played in the Wimbledon singles final?
a.) 8
b.) 9
c.) 10
d.) 11
ANSWERS
1. d. The 18-champs-at-18-events was the longest such streak to begin a WTA season. It wasn't until Petra Kvitova, a two-time winner at Wimbledon, took the trophy at Stuttgart, Germany, in April that the women's tour had a two-time champion in 2019.
2. c. The 26-24 fifth set won in last year's semifinals by Kevin Anderson against John Isner-he of 70-68 fame-moved the All England Club to add first-to-seven, win-by-two-points final-set tiebreakers at 12-12 for this year's tournament. The Australian Open also finally added tiebreakers in deciding sets in January, but those were first-to-10, played at 6-all. Until this year, only the U.S. Open used last-set tiebreakers, doing so at 6-all. The French Open is now the only Grand Slam tournament that eschews a tiebreaker in the fifth set for men or third set for women.
3. a. Their longest run started with Nadal's victory at the French Open in 2005 and ended with Federer's at Wimbledon in 2009. In that stretch, Federer won 11 major titles, Nadal six and Djokovic one. This time, it's Nadal with four, and Federer and Djokovic with three apiece.
4. c. Williams has won the singles trophy at Wimbledon seven times, most recently in 2016. She was the runner-up three times, most recently last year. Martina Navratilova holds tournament records of 12 appearances in a singles final and nine singles titles.