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    Who won back to back men's Australian Open singles titles during the 1990s?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      Jim Courier. Courier won the open in 1992 and 1993.

    When Petr Korda retired from tennis he was labeled as a drug cheat after testing positive to steroids in Wimbledon 1998. In which year did he win the Australian Open?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      1998.

    Who did Petr Korda beat when he won the Australian Open?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      Marcelo Rios. He won 6-2 6-2 6-2.

    When Martina Hingis appeared in the 2002 Australian Open final, it was the ____ consecutive Australian Open final she had contested?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      6th. She won the first three 1997-98-99 and then lost the next three 00-01-02.

    In 1999 which player ended Monica Seles' 33 match unbeaten career run at the Aussie Open?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      Martina Hingis.

    In late 2000 Hingis announced she would be splitting with which doubles partner, and apparently sent her into tears. Who was her doubles partner?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      Anna Kournikova. Monica Seles became her new partner.

    In that classic match in 1995, Pete Sampras came from two sets to love down, on the night his terminally ill coach flew back to the U.S, to claim a massive win. Who did he beat?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      Jim Courier. He went on to lose the final to Agassi.

    How many times has Pete Sampras won the Open?Australian Open: Men's Tennis

      twice. He won in 1994 and again in 1997.

    Which top-10 player on the men's side withdrew from the 2004 Australian Open with an injury before the tournament began?Australian Open 2004

      Carlos Moya. Moya withdrew with an injury sustained the week before in Sydney. He was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Ivan Miranda of Peru.

    Which player snapped Andre Agassi's 26-match win streak at the Australian Open?Australian Open 2004

      Marat Safin. Agassi was beaten by Safin in a thrilling five-set semi-final. The score was 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 1-6, 6-3.

    How many American players reached the round of 16 in the men's singles?Australian Open 2004

      4. The four were Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi, Robby Ginepri and James Blake. Coincidentally, they were all in the top half of the draw.

    Who was the 2004 Australian Open women's singles champion?Australian Open 2004

      Justine Henin-Hardenne. Justine Henin-Hardenne, the top seed, won her third Grand Slam tournament. She defeated her countrywoman Kim Clijsters in all three! Venus Williams lost in the third round to fellow American Lisa Raymond. Serena Williams, the 2003 champion, did not play.

    How many American women singles players reached the Round of 16 at the 2004 Australian Open?Australian Open 2004

      3. The three players were Lindsay Davenport, Chanda Rubin and Lisa Raymond.

    Which top-10 woman player withdrew from her quarter-final match due to injury?Australian Open 2004

      Amelie Mauresmo. As a result of Mauresmo's withdrawal, Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia became a surprise semi-finalist.

    Which team won the 2004 Australian Open men's doubles?Australian Open 2004

      Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro. The French team of Llodra and Santoro won the Australian Open men's doubles for the second year in a row, beating the Bryan twins in the final.

    Which team won the 2004 Australian Open mixed doubles?Australian Open 2004

      Nenad Zimonjic and Elena Bovina. I'd never heard of them either, but the mixed doubles were won by Zimonjic of Serbia and Bovina of Russia. They beat Paes and Navratilova 6-1, 7-6 in the final.

    This player was the first Australian to reach the finals of the Australian Open after Pat Cash reached the finals in 1987. What is the name of "this guy"?Australian Open 2005

      Lleyton Hewitt. He won two memorable five-setters on his way to the final.

    Who was the 2005 Australian Open men's champion?Australian Open 2005

      Marat Safin. The Russian played a very poor first set, but he was brilliant thereafter winning the final defeating Hewitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

    Who defeated Elena Dementieva in the fourth round?Australian Open 2005

      Patty Schnyder. This was the round where three seeded Russians, Dementieva, Petrova, and Anastasia Myskina, bowed out.

    Sania Mirza was the first Indian woman ever to reach the third round of a Grand Slam in this Open?Australian Open 2005

      t. She defeated Petra Mandula of Hungary in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in the second round and advanced to the third round where she was defeated by Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4.

    Which pair won the mixed doubles title?Australian Open 2005

      Scott Draper & Samantha Stosur. They defeated Kevi Ullyett & Liezel Huber 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(8). It denied Ullyett a second title in two days after he won the men's doubles with Wayne Black.

    What was the age of Donald Young who became the youngest junior male,to win a Grand Slam title?Australian Open 2005

      15 years and 191 days. He dispatched Kim Sun Yong of South Korea 6-2, 6-4, in only one hr and 11 minutes.

    Who was the 2005 Australian women's champion?Australian Open 2005

      Serena Williams. She silenced her critics by defeating Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, in the final.

    How many tie-breakers were played throughout the course of the event?Australian Open 2006

      56. 34 of these tiebreakers occurred during the first round of play.

    Who was handed the 28th seed for the tournament?Australian Open 2006

      Fernando Verdasco. This player succumbed in the earlier stages of the tournament, being eliminated by Belgium's Kristof Vliegen in four sets.

    How many more games did the eventual champion win than lose?Australian Open 2006

      60. The Swiss maestro by the name of Roger Federer captured his seventh Grand Slam title through his triumph in this tournament. Overall, he won 150 games conceding 90.

    Altogether, how many Australians, Americans, and British competed in the tournament?Australian Open 2006

      21. These 21 entrants consisted of 7 Australians, 12 Americans, and 2 British players. Amongst these entrants, only nine progressed through to the second round and four to the third.

    Filippo Volandri, Mariano Zabaleta, and Alberto Martin were the players to retire in the first round?Australian Open 2006

      f. The players who retired in the first round of play were Filippo Volandri, Razvan Sabau, Mariano Zabaleta, and Marcos Daniel.

    Which country had the most number of participants at the 2007 Australian Open?2007 Australian Open Bits

      France. France had as many as 28 players in the main draw. Russia had 26, the USA 25, while host Australia had only 13 players playing the main rounds.

    How many of the 32 seeded players among men lost before the round of 32 in the 2007 Australian Open?2007 Australian Open Bits

      9. Two of the biggest names to lose in the first two rounds included the fourth seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia who lost in the first round to Mardy Fish of USA, and the 11th seeded runner-up of 2006, Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, who lost in the second round to Gael Monfils of France.

    Which country had the most number of seeded players in the women's section?2007 Australian Open Bits

      Russia. There were 8 Russian women seeded in the top 32 of the tournament. For the first time ever, USA did not have a single woman player who was seeded.

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