Tennis (Sports)

Total Questions: 63

1. In the context of sports, which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [69th B.P.S.C. (Pre)2023]

1. Flushing Meadows: French Open

2. Venus Rosewater Dish: Wimbledon Trophy (Women)

3. Roland Garros: US Open

4. Australian Open (Women): Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) 2 and 4
Solution:Flushing Meadows - Corona Park is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York city. Its attractions include the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis center, the current venue for the US Open. The Venus Rosewater Dish is the women's singles trophy awarded at the Championship, Wimbledon and was first presented to the Champion in 1886.

The French Open also known as Roland Garros is a major tennis tournament. Daphne Akhurst was Australian women tennis player. The Australian Open women's singles trophy is named the Daphne Akhurst Memorial cup in her honour. Thus option (d) will be correct answer.

2. Arrange the following Tennis Tournaments in chronological order of their starting years (one which started earliest, will come first) : [Chhatisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (c) Wimbledon, US Open, French Open, Australian Open
Solution:The correct Chronological order of following Tennis Tournament and their starting years.

Wimbledon - 1877

US Open - 1881

French Open - 1891

Australian - 1905

Thus option (c) will be correct answer.

3. The winner of the women's singles title at the French Open Tennis Tournament, 2021, Barbora Krejcikova is from which of the following countries? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (a) Czech Republic
Solution:Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand singles title at the French Open, beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech (Republic) woman in 40 years to conquer Roland Garros in 2021. Iga Swiatek defeated Coco Gauff in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open, 2023 winner is also Iga Swiatek.

4. Who has won the Women's Singles US Open Tennis Tournaments, 2020? [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020]

Correct Answer: (a) Naomi Osaka
Solution:Naomi Osaka (Japan) defeated Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) by 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the women's singles US Open Tournament, 2020. She became the fourth woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam final after losing the opening set 6-1 or 6-0. It was her second US Open title. In 2022 US Open Iga Swiatek defeated ons Jabeur to secure the tournament title. In 2023, Coco Gauff was the winner.

5. The women's single title of the French Open 2020 was won by which of the following players? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) Iga Swiatek
Solution:Iga Swiatek (Poland) defeated Sofia Kenin (USA) to win the 2020 French Open Women's title 2020. Significatly, Iga Swiatek defeated Coco gauff to win the French Open title 2022.

6. Consider the following statements regarding tennis player Roger Federer - [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

1. He is the world's No.1 ranked player in men's singles as on March 20, 2018.

2. He is the first player in the world to win twenty men's singles Grand Slam titles.

3. He has won the men's singles Wimbledon seven times as of March 2018.

Out of the above, the correct statement/s is/are:

Correct Answer: (a) Only 1 and 2
Solution:As of March 20, 2018, Roger Federer of Switzerland was the World's No.1 tennis player in Men's singles at the ATP Ranking. However, in the latest rankings (18 March, 2023) released, Serbia's Novak Djokovic is the World's No. 1 tennis player and Carlos Alearaz is ranked second in the rankings.

It is important to mention here that Rafael Nodal has won an all-time men's record (tied with Novak Djokovic) of 22 major singles titles.

YearTournamentWinnerRunner-up
2023French OpenNovak DjokovicCarper Ruud
2023WimbledonCarles AlcarazNovak Djokovic
2023U.S. OpenNovak DjokovicDaniil Medvedev
2023Australian OpenNovak DjokovicStefanos Tsitsipas
2022U.S. OpenCarlos AlcarazCasper Ruud
2022WimbledonNovak DjokovicNick Kyrgios
2022French OpenRafael NadalCasper Ruud
2022Australian OpenRafael NadalDaniil Medvedev

7. Ivan Dodig, partner of Sania Mirza in Mixed Doubles, is from which country? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (d) Croatia
Solution:In 2017, Ivan Dodig of Croatia was the partner of Sania Mirza in Mixed Doubles. The pair finished runner-up in the mixed doubles category at the Australian Open Tennis 2017.

8. Rafael Nadal played in the International Tennis Premier League (ITPL) held in India in 2015. He represented - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (c) Indian Aces
Solution:The International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) was held between 2nd-20th December 2015. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray participated as 'Icon Players' in the men's section of the competition. In the competition, Roger Federer represented the UAE Royals, Rafael Nadal, the Indian Aces and Andy Murray the Singapore Slammers.

The competition was held in five stages in Kobe (Japan), Manila (Philippines), New Delhi (India), Dubai (UAE) and Singapore. It is mentioned in the question that it was held only in India, which is incorrect. The final of this league was played in Hyderabad in December 2016. In the final, Singapore Slammers defeated Indian Aces to win the league title. Due to the financial crisis in the year 2017 and 2018, it could not be organized.

9. Who was the winner of the men's singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre), 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Novak Djokovic
Solution:At the 2015 Wimbledon Championship, the men's singles title was won by Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland. The winner of the 2021 Men's Singles was Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and the runner-up was Matteo Berretini (Italy). The women's singles title was won by Ashleigh Barty (Australia), defeating Karolina Pliskova (Czech).

10. Wimbledon 2013 (Men's singles) title's winner was: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Andy Murray