2003 1Q Quiz

...the WTA 1st quarter is over, but it lives on as the subject of this month's Backspin quiz.

>>>THE QUESTIONS
1.Who was the oldest singles champion of the 1st quarter?
a.Amanda Coetzer
b.Conchita Martinez
c.Lisa Raymond
d.Ai Sugiyama
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2.Pick the Russian:
I.Klara Koukalova or Anastassia Rodionova?
II.Iveta Benesova or Alina Jidkova?
III.Golina Fokina or Olga Barabanschikova?
IV.Vera Douchevina or Libuse Prusova?
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3.On Venus Williams: "I think her game's gone down a bit. I don't think she's as solid as she was before." Who said it?
a.Meghann Shaughnessy
b.Jelena Dokic
c.Jennifer Capriati
d.Justine Henin-Hardenne
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4.Martina Navratilova's mixed doubles title with Leander Paes at the Australian gave her grand slam titles in four different decades. In all, she has eight slam mixed doubles titles. With whom did she win multiple championships?
a.Todd Woodbridge
b.Mark Woodforde
c.Heinz Gunthardt
d.Leander Paes
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5.Martina Hingis (67 spots) and Sandrine Testud (41) fell the farthest in the Top 100 rankings from January 1 to March 31. Which players suffered the next three most substantial drops?
a.Tu, Kournikova, Muller
b.Kremer, Schett, Kournikova
c.Kournikova, Talaja, Gagliardi
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6.True/False. No player claimed both the singles and doubles titles in the same tournament in the 1st quarter.
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7.Alicia Molik's win in Hobart was the first singles title claimed by an Aussie woman in eight years. Who was the last to win before her?
a.Nicole Provis
b.Nicole Pratt
c.Hana Mandlikova
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8.Which three players can state that they held simultaneous Top 10 rankings in both singles and doubles at some point during the 1st quarter?
a.S.Williams, Hantuchova, Dokic
b.S.Williams, Hantuchova, Clijsters
c.Hantuchova, Clijsters, Davenport
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9.On the French: "We don't want war. We want to make clothes." Who said it?
a.Amelie Mauresmo
b.Jennifer Capriati
c.Emilie Loit
d.Serena Williams
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10.True/False. Kim Clijsters was the only teenager to win a WTA singles title in the 1st quarter.
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11.What song did Jennifer Capriati request be played as she came onto the court in Miami?
a."Imagine"
b."Bombs Over Baghdad"
c."Sunday Bloody Sunday"
d."God Bless America"
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12.Who were the three biggest risers in the Top 100 singles rankings between January 1 and March 31?
a.Krasnoroutskaya, Cohen Aloro, Koukalova
b.Zvonareva, Bartoli, Molik
c.Molik, Cho, Weingartner
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13.To what unique distinction can Henrieta Nagyova stake a claim in the 1st quarter?

a.she was the only player to lose 0-6,0-6 twice
b.she was the only player to lose to Anna Kournikova
c.she won the most games off Serena Williams in a single match
d.she entered events as a representative of two different countries
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14."Tennis was a part of my life for so many years, but now it's finished." Who said it?
a.Steffi Graf
b.Nathalie Tauziat
c.Sandrine Testud
d.Martina Hingis
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15.Thirteen women spent time in the Top 10 during the 13 weeks that made up the 1st quarter. Name as many as you can.
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>>>THE ANSWERS
>>>1 point for each answer, unless noted

1.A. 31-year old Coetzer won in Acapulco.
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2.The Russians are Rodionova, Jidkova, Fokina and Douchevina (1 point for each correct answer)
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3.B. Dokic said it in a post-match press conference not long after Williams lost to Shaughnessy in the Miami 4r.
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4.C. Navratilova won the 1985 Roland Garros and US Open titles with Gunthardt, the former Steffi Graf coach who's now working with Jelena Dokic. Navratilova won a title apiece with Paes (Oz 03), Woodforde (Wimb 93), I.Molina (RG 74), Paul McNamee (Wimb 85), Emilio Sanchez (US 87) and Jonathan Stark (Wimb 95).
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5.C. Anna Kournikova (31 spots, #35 to #66), Silvija Talaja (24, #75 to #99) and Emmanuelle Gagliardi (22, #61 to #83).
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6.False. Three did. Clijsters in Sydney, Serena Williams at the Australian and Sugiyama in Scottsdale.
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7.A. Provis won Auckland in 1995.
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8.B. S.Williams (7 weeks), Hantuchova(3) and Clijsters (3).
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9.D. Serena Williams (in a French accent).
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10.True. 19-year old Clijsters won titles in Sydney and Indian Wells.
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11.B.
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12.A. Lina Krasnoroutskaya (up 116, #175 to #59), Stephanie Cohen Aloro (73, #170 to #97) and Klara Koukalova (50, #120 to #70).
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13.B. Nagyova lost to Kournikova in the 1r of the Australian Open. Kournikova was 0-3 in her other 1st quarter matches.
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14.D.
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15.Serena Williams (13 of 13 weeks), Venus Williams (13), Kim Clijsters (13), Justine Henin-Hardenne (13), Jennifer Capriati (13), Daniela Hantuchova (13), Amelie Mauresmo (13), Jelena Dokic (13), Lindsay Davenport (12), Monica Seles (9), Chanda Rubin (3), Anastasia Myskina (1) and Martina Hingis (1). (score 1 point for each correct answer)

>>>SCORING CHART
30...The Undefeated: Serena and You!
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21-29...An invitation to the Williams Family Reunion is in the mail
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15-20...Waffles and Russians Beware
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6-14...Like Wonder Girl, you need to get stronger
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0-5...Anna K's new doubles partner (so, does that make you a "lucky loser?")