2006 1Q ATP/WTA Quiz

>>>THE QUESTIONS<<<

1.Mahesh Bhupathi & Martina Hingis teamed to win the Australian Open Mixed Doubles title in January. It was the sixth Mixed slam title of Bhupathi's career, with all of them won with different WTA partners. Of the list below, which five joined Hingis as Bhupathi's winning teammate?

Mary Pierce
Elena Likhovtseva
Martina Navratilova
Jelena Dokic
Ai Sugiyama
Rika Fujiwara
Rika Hiraki
Shinobu Asagoe
Daniela Hantuchova
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2.Before Melbourne, when was the last time Hingis was a Doubles or Mixed Doubles champion at a grand slam? Who was her partner?
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3.Four American women reached WTA singles semifinals in the 1st Quarter. Three of them -- Lindsay Davenport, Jill Craybas & Amy Frazier -- are at least 29 years old. Who's the youngest American semifinalist?

a.Laura Granville
b.Meghann Shaughnessy
c.Ashley Harkleroad
d.Vania King
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4.Everyone remembers that Roger Federer and Marcos Baghdatis reached the Australian Open final. But who were their fellow semifinalists?

a.Tommy Hass & Nikolay Davydenko
b.David Nalbandian & Nicolas Kiefer
c.Sebastien Grosjean & Mario Ancic
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5.What milestone did Lindsay Davenport accomplish in the 1st Quarter?

a.she got her 700th career match win
b.she played her 1000th career match
c.she won her 50th career singles title
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6.Roger Federer swept both 2006 Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami in the 1st Quarter. It means that nine of the last ten non-Masters Cup events have been won by either Federer (6) or Rafael Nadal (3). Who won the single remaining title?

a.Tomas Berdych
b.Andy Roddick
c.David Nalbandian
d.Ivan Ljubicic
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7.True/False. Samantha Stosur recently became the 21st WTA player to be ranked #1 in doubles, making her the first Aussie woman to hold the top spot.
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8.What did Bjorn Phau and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez have in common in the 1st Quarter?

a.they both defeated Andy Roddick
b.they both defeated Guillermo Coria
c.they both defeated Andre Agassi
d.they both defeated Lleyton Hewitt
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9.The same player ended the WTA's two longest 1st Quarter winning streaks (by Amelie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova). Who was she?

a.Elena Dementieva
b.Svetlana Kuznetsova
c.Justine Henin-Hardenne
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10.Of the list below, pick the ATP/WTA players with multiple tour singles titles in the 1st Quarter:

Roger Federer
James Blake
Maria Sharapova
Amelie Mauresmo
Ivan Ljubicic
Rafael Nadal
Elena Dementieva
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Tommy Haas
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>>>THE ANSWERS (1 pt each unless noted)<<<

1.(1 pt. for each of 5 answers) Bhupathi also won Mixed slam titles with Hiraki ('97 Roland Garros), Sugiyama ('99 U.S. Open), Likhovtseva ('02 Wimbledon), Pierce ('05 Wimbledon) and Hantuchova ('05 U.S. Open).
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2.(1 pts. for each of 3 answers - year/slam/partner) Hingis' last slam Doubles title was with Anna Kournikova at the '02 Australian Open. The win with Bhupathi was her first Mixed title.
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3.d. Vania King, 17, was a semifinalist in Bangalore. She lost to Mara Santangelo.
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4.b. Nalbandian & Kiefer
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5.a. Davenport became the eighth woman to record 700 victories, joining Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez and Evonne Goolagong. She's yet to reach 900 matches, and already has 51 singles titles.
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6.a. Berdych won the Masters Series title in Paris in November, defeating Ljubicic in the final. Nalbandian won the year-ending Masters Cup title.
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7.False. Fellow Aussie Rennae Stubbs was co-#1 with Lisa Raymond for three weeks in August/September 2000.
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8.d. Both Phau and Garcia-Lopez defeated Andre Agassi in the 1st Quarter.
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9.b. Kuznetsova ended Mauresmo's 16-match streak in the Dubai QF, and Sharapova's 11-match string in the Miami final.
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10.(1 pt. for each of 6 answers) ATP players with multiple 1Q titles were Federer (4), Blake (2), Ljubicic (2) and Haas (2). WTA players were Mauresmo (3) and Henin-Hardenne (2).
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>>>THE SCORING<<<

16-21 - Mr. Federer, I presume?
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10-15 - Ms. Henin-Hardenne, I presume?
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5-9 - Mr. Roddick, I presume?
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0-4 - Ms. Dokic, I presume?
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All for now.

2005/4Q WTA Quiz

>>>THE QUESTIONS<<<

1.This was the end-of-season WTA singles Top 10:

#1 Lindsay Davenport
#2 Kim Clijsters
#3 Amelie Mauresmo
#4 Maria Sharapova
#5 Mary Pierce
#6 Justine Henin-Hardenne
#7 Patty Schnyder
#8 Elena Dementieva
#9 Nadia Petrova
#10 Venus Williams

Only four of the above players maintained their Top 10 ranking for all 45 weeks of the WTA schedule. Who were they?
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2.Two players notched multiple wins over #1-ranked players in the world in 2005. Who did it?

a.Kim Clijsters & Venus Williams
b.Serena Williams & Amelie Mauresmo
c.Maria Sharapova & Mary Pierce
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3.BACKSPIN NICKNAME MATCH-UP. Which of the '05 Backspin nicknames goes with the appropriate player?

a.Ferris
b.Vesuvius
c.Killer
d.Steamer
e.Sneaky
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1.Alicia Molik
2.Nicole Vaidisova
3.Venus Williams
4.Patty Schnyder
5.Kim Clijsters
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4.From the list below, pick all the players who defeated Serena Williams in 2005:

a.Tiantian Sun
b.Jill Craybas
c.Francesca Schiavone
d.Silvia Farina Elia
e.Jelena Jankovic
f.Anna-Lena Groenefeld
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5.TRUE/FALSE. In 2005, no American woman won a WTA singles title who wasn't named Davenport or Williams.
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6.Kim Clijsters earned $2,200,000 (USD) for winning both the U.S. Open Series and the U.S. Open title. What was the bonus she gave her coach?

a.9% of $2.2m
b.$9,000
c.$90,000
d.none
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7.In 2005, several players had periods of time when they were simultaneously ranked in the Top 10 in both singles and doubles. From this list, which ones did?

Kim Clijsters
Lindsay Davenport
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Alicia Molik
Nadia Petrova
Vera Zvonareva
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8.Several countries had a lone player advance to a WTA singles final this season. Three of them were Croatia, Colombia and the Netherlands. Name the single finalist who represented each country in a deciding match.
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9.Which player who finished ranked in the singles Top 50 raised her ranking the most places since the end of 2004?

a.Nicole Vaidisova
b.Sania Mirza
c.Sesil Karatantcheva
d.Lucie Safarova
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10.CZECH OR RUSSIAN? Match up the following 2005 ITF titlists with their nationalities:

Renata Voracova
Angelina Gabueva
Sandra Zahlavova
Veronika Raimrova
Anastasia Pivovarova
Iveta Gerlova
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BONUS: In the 4Q, Cara Black became the 20th woman to be ranked #1 since the doubles rankings were established in 1984. Twelve, including Black, played on tour in 2005. Name as many as you can.
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>>>THE ANSWERS (2 pts.each unless noted)<<<

1.(2 pts.for each of 4 correct answers) Davenport, Mauresmo, Sharapova and Dementieva were the only players who remained in the Top 10 for every week of the season.
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2.c. Sharapova (two wins over #1 Davenport) and Pierce (also two over Davenport) recorded multiple victories over world #1's in 2005. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, it should be noted, defeated #1 Davenport once and led then-#1 Sharapova 6-1/4-2 before being forced to retire with an ankle injury.
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3.(2 pts.for each of 5 correct answers) a-3, b-2, c-5, d-1, e-4
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4.(2 pts.for each of 5 correct answers) a,b,c,d,e. Five of the six players listed all notched wins over Serena this year. From the list, only Groenefeld did not.
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5.False. Amy Frazier, 33, won the title in Quebec City in Week 44.
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6.b. Clijsters gave her coach a "whopping" $9,000 bonus. Needless to say, he's now her former coach.
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7.(2 pts.for each of 3 correct answers) Kuznetsova (35 weeks), Molik (18) and Petrova (12) spent time in the Top 10 in both singles and doubles at the same time in '05.
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8.(2 pts for each of 3 correct answers) Croatia: Karolina Sprem was Kolkata RU to Anastasia Myskina; Colombia: Catalina Castano was Budapest RU to Anna Smashnova; Netherlands: Michaella Krajicek won the Tashkent final over Akgul Amanmuradova.
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9.b. Mirza jumped 175 spots (#206 to #31) in the last twelve months. Safarova went up 135 (#183 to #50), Karatantcheva 92 (#127 to #35) and Vaidisova 62 (#77 to #15).
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10.(2 pts.for each of 6 correct answers) Voracova, Zahlavova, Raimrova and Gerlova are Czechs. Gabueva and Pivovarova are Russian.
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BONUS: (1 pt.for each of 12 correct answers) In chronological order of first reaching the #1 ranking: Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Corina Morariu, Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs, Ai Sugiyama, Paola Suarez, Kim Clijsters, Virginia Ruano-Pascual and Cara Black.
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>>>THE SCORING<<<

55-70 - You're like Vaidisova in 2006
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35-54 - You're like Sharapova, good but hoping for more in 2006
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15-34 - You're like Mirza, your results could go either way in 2006
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5-14 - You're like Zvonareva, just wishing for 2006 to get here
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0-4 - You're like Capriati, looking for a comeback in 2006
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All for now.