Tennis (Sports) (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

1. The first Wimbledon Championship was held in: [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 9.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) 1877
(b) 1884
(c) 1896
(d) 1863

Correct Answer: (a) 1877

Solution:The first Wimbledon Championships was held in 1877.

2. What should be the standard length of a tennis court according the laws of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 13.12.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) 23.77 m
(b) 22.45 m
(c) 26.42 m
(d) 25.34 m

Correct Answer: (a) 23.77 m

Solution:According to the laws of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), 2021, a tennis court shall be a rectangle, 78 feet (23.77 m) long and, for singles matches, 27 feet (8.23 m) wide. The court shall be 36 feet (10.97 m) wide for doubles matches.

3. Who won the 2016 Men's Singles Wimbledon Championship? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 24.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Andy Murray
(c) Roger Federer
(d) Milos Raonic

Correct Answer: (b) Andy Murray

Solution:Wimbledon Championships, 2016, one of the four prestigious Grand Slam events in tennis, was held in London (UK) from 27 June to 10 July 2016. Britain's Andy Murray defeated Canada's Milos Raonic to win the men's singles title of the tournament. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won the men's singles title in the 2021 Wimbledon match by defeating Matteo Berrettini (Italy).

Note-Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon championships.

4. With which sport is the word 'Ace' associated? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 17.09.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Tennis
(b) Basketball
(c) Golf
(d) Cycling

Correct Answer: (a) Tennis

Solution:The word 'Ace' is associated with the game of tennis (lawn tennis). Some of the Other terms included in Tennis are smash, serve, backhand, forehand grip, etc.

5. Which of the following is the oldest tennis tournament in the world? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 11.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) French Open
(b) U.S. open
(c) Wimbledon
(d) Australian Open

Correct Answer: (c) Wimbledon

Solution:The oldest tennis tournament in the world is Wimbledon (1877) while the US Open in 1881, the French Open in 1891 and the Australian Open in the year 1905.

6. Who won the Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 28.08.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Angilique Kuber
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Venus Williams
(d) Steffi Graf

Correct Answer: (b) Serena Williams

Solution:Wimbledon, one of tennis's four established Grand slam events, was won by American female tennis player Serena Williams in 2016 in the women's singles category. German women's player Angelique Kuber was the runner-up. In the year 2021, Ashleigh Barty (Australia) won the women's singles title by defeating Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) in the Wimbledon match.

Note: Elena Rybakina won the women's title (2022) at Wimbledon by beating Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title.

7. Upon winning Wimbledon Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Serena Williams equalled record 22 Grand Slam wins of- [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 11.09.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) Martina Navratilova
(b) Steffi Graf
(c) Martina Hingis
(d) Maria Sharapova

Correct Answer: (b) Steffi Graf

Solution:Serena Williams won her 7th singles title at Wimbledon and 22nd Grand Slam singles title of her career by winning the women's singles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis Competition. With this win, Serena Williams equalled Steffi Graf's record of winning 22 singles Grand Slam titles in the Open Era.

8. Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 10.06.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Vijay Amritraj
(b) Ramesh Krishnan
(c) Ramanathan Krishnan
(d) Leander Paes

Correct Answer: (c) Ramanathan Krishnan

Solution:Ramanathan Krishnan was the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Championships of independent India. At the age of 17, he won the boys' title at Wimbledon in 1954 by defeating Ashley Cooper. He reached the semi-finals in this tournament in the years 1960 and 1961.

9. Who was the first Asian player to win the Junior Wimbledon's Boys Singles title? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 13.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Ramanathan Krishnan
(b) Vijay Amritraj
(c) Mahesh Bhupathi
(d) Sumit Nagal

Correct Answer: (a) Ramanathan Krishnan

10. Davis Cup is related to which sport? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 16.09.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Cricket
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Table Tennis

Correct Answer: (d) Table Tennis

Solution:The Davis Cup is related to lawn tennis. It was started in the year 1900. It is an international tennis tournament played between men's teams from different countries. In the year 2021, the Davis Cup title was won by the Russian Tennis Federation by defeating Croatia 2-0.

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