Tennis (Sports)

21. Who was the winner in the 1996 Australian Open Singles? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Pete Sampras
(b) Andre Agassi
(c) Boris Becker
(d) Thomas Muster

Correct Answer: (c) Boris Becker

22. Whom did Martina Hingis defeat to reach the final of the first Grand Slam of the year 2000? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Lindsey Davenport
(b) Jennifer Capriati
(c) Serena Williams
(d) Conchita Martinez

Correct Answer: (d) Conchita Martinez

23. The winner of the Australian Open 2002 (Men's Singles) was: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Jiri Novak
(b) Maral Safin
(c) Thomas Johansson
(d) Tommy Haas

Correct Answer: (c) Thomas Johansson

24. Australian Open 2011 Men's Singles winner was: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Andy Murray
(b) David Ferrer
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Roger Federer

Correct Answer: (c) Novak Djokovic

Solution:The Australian Open, 2011 men's singles title was won by Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by defeating Andy Murray (Britain). Novak Djokovic also won the men's singles title of Australian Open, 2020 by defeating Dominic Thiem of Austria. Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open 2021 men's singles title by defeating Daniel Medvedev of Russia in the final. In 2022, Rafael Nadal won it by defeating Danill Medvedev.

25. Who won the women's singles title of Rome Masters (2015)? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

(a) Carla Suarez Navarro
(b) Maria Sharapova
(c) Serena Williams
(d) D. Gabilada

Correct Answer: (b) Maria Sharapova

Solution:Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro by 4-6,7-5,6-1 in the final of Women's singles of Rome Masters held in May 2015 and won the title for the third time (2011, 2012 and 2015). While in the men's category, Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the title. In 2019, Rome Masters, the winner of women's singles was Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) and men's singles was Rafael Nadal (Spain). The winner of Rome Masters 2020 women's singles was Simona Halep and men's singles was Novak Djokovic. Significantly, Iga Swiatek defeated Ons Jabeur in the final to win the women's singles tennis at the 2022 Italian Open. Ebena Rybakina won the 2023 Italian Open.

26. Who was Leander Paes's partner when he won Doubles Final in the US Open Tennis Tournament 2006? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

(a) Max Mirnyi
(b) Martin Damm
(c) Bob Bryan
(d) Mike Bryan

Correct Answer: (b) Martin Damm

Solution:Men's Doubles of the US Open Tennis tournament 2006 was won by India's Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Martin Damn.

27. Which male player won his 16th Grand Slam title in US Open 2017 in Tennis? [Chhattishgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (b) Rafael Nadal

Solution:In the final of the US Open 2017 held in September 2017, Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated South Africa's Kevin Anderson to win the title. In the U.S. Open 2019, Rafael Nadal of Spain won the men's singles title by defeating Russia's Danill Medvedev. In the US Open 2020, Austrian Domenic Thiem won the men's singles title by defeating German Alexander Zverev in the final.

28. The winner of the US Open Tennis Tournament 2011 (Women's singles) was : [U.P.P.C.S (Mains) 2011]

(a) Angelique Carr
(b) Carolina Wozniacki
(c) Samantha Stosur
(d) Serena Williams

Correct Answer: (c) Samantha Stosur

Solution:Australia's Samanth Stosur won the title of the US Open Tennis Tournament, 2011 (women's singles) by defeating Serena Williams of USA. The winner of the women's singles event in the year 2019 is Bianca Andreescu of Canada. The winner of the women's singles event in 2020 is Naomi Osaka. In 2022 this title was secured by Iga Swiatek.

29. The winner of the men's singles title in the US Open Tennis competition, 1991 was: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]

(a) Boris Becker
(b) Jim Courier
(c) Evan Lendl
(d) Stephen Edberg

Correct Answer: (d) Stephen Edberg

30. The winner of the United States Open Women's singles (1998) was: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Janna Novola
(b) Lindsey Davenport
(c) Martina Hingis
(d) Venus Williams

Correct Answer: (b) Lindsey Davenport