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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Tennis Mixture
| Who, in 1874, patented the forerunner of today's tennis known as 'Sphairistike'? | Obscure Tennis Facts (fringe) |
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield. Three years after this patent was granted, Wimbledon staged the world's first ever lawn tennis tournament. On Thursday 19th July, 1877 two hundred patrons paid the sum of one shilling each to watch the all-British final, which was of course interrupted by rain! A surveyor by the name of Spencer W. Gore emerged victorious and walked away with the Challenge Cup and twelve guineas in prize money.
| Who is the only member of the British royal family ever to have competed in a first-class tennis tournament when he entered the men's doubles event at Wimbledon in 1926? | Obscure Tennis Facts (fringe) |
George VI. As Duke of York, Prince Albert (later King George VI) was a keen tennis player and entered Wimbledon with his RAF tennis doubles partner, Wing Commander Louis Grieg. Being Wimbledon's Jubilee year, this was a high profile event and both King George V and Queen Mary were present on the opening day to witness their son's defeat at the hands of two veteran English players with a combined age of 110 years.
| Who did Jennifer Capriatti battle against in the semi-final of the 2003 U.S. Open? | Tennis Mixture (manofrhetoric) |
Justine Henin-Hardenne. Capriati eventually lost in a tough 3-setter.
Roger Federer. That was Federer's first Grand Slam title. He beat out Phillipousis 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).
| Which early royal tennis enthusiast was to find that lost tennis balls cost him his life? | Obscure Tennis Facts (fringe) |
King James 1 of Scotland. Scotland's King James I enjoyed a game of the precursor of modern lawn tennis, known as royal, or real, tennis. He used to play at Blackfriars Monastery in Perth, where the balls would always seem to make their way into a small open sewage drain at the corner of the court. This so incensed the king, that he had the drain blocked up. Bad move! A few days later, on the night of 20th February 1437, a band of men broke into his apartments intent on asssassinating the king. James sought refuge under the floorboards, intending to escape through the drainage system and out via the tennis court. Unfortunately, unable to exit through the now sealed drain, he was caught and murdered.
Omaha, Nebraska. Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 30, 1982.
| What was unusual about Virginia Wade's opponent in her opening match of the US Open in 1977? | Obscure Tennis Facts (fringe) |
She had previously competed as a man. Virginia's American opponent, Dr Reneé Richards, had previously played as Richard Raskind, before undergoing gender reassignment surgery two years earlier. In 1960 he was beaten in the final of the US Nationals at Forest Hills, New York by Australian Neale Fraser; and 17 years later the 42 year-old opthalmologist suffered defeat again at the same venue. Quite a distinction nonetheless to have played in the US Championships and competed in both the men's and women's singles events!
| What nationality is Amelie Mauresmo? | Tennis Mixture (manofrhetoric) |
French. The first name "Amelie" should have given you a hint.
| The Nasdaq-100 was played in what city in 2003? | Tennis Mixture (manofrhetoric) |
Miami. Many people consider the Nasdaq-100 the 5th Grand Slam.
| How many Grand Slam tournaments are there a year? | Tennis Mixture (manofrhetoric) |
4. They are (in order) Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.
| At the inaugural modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896, two lawn tennis titles were won by an Irish law student who just happened to be holidaying in Greece at the time. Who was he? | Obscure Tennis Facts (fringe) |
John Mary Pius Boland. Having been invited by a Greek friend from his university days to spend the Easter holidays in Athens, John Boland looked forward to soaking up the sun and having a relaxing time. His friend, Thrasyvoalas Manaos, who was involved with the organizing committee in charge of the Olympic men's tennis events, had other ideas however, and persuaded John that the only tennis court available in Athens just happened to be in the Olympic venue, so if he fancied a quick game..! Having won the singles, he was subsequently persuaded that, by virtue of the fact that he had studied in Bonn, he was half-German and therefore eligible to play for Germany, which he did, winning the gold medal in the men's doubles.
 Frequently Asked Questions about Tennis Mixture
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- A mixture of spirits of alchohol (sometimes meths)and cheap wine is called what? ( goto )
- What does a well-read person call salmon marinated for several days in a mixture of spices? ( goto )
- What is the Tennis Hall of Fame? ( goto )
- Why is '0' in tennis called love? ( goto )
- How would you classify each of the following, as a pure substance or a mixture: soapy water, hydrogen gas, and sodium chloride? ( goto )
- It is less than a foot wide, is found in thousands of households and works thanks to a mixture of powdered aluminium and plastic beads. What is it? ( goto )
- What is the origin of the term 'love' in tennis? ( goto )
- What was the longest tennis match ever? ( goto )
- When did it become standard practice to write Romanian in Roman characters (with diacritical signs) instead of Cyrllic characters (or a mixture of both)? ( goto )
- Aldous Huxley once said something was "a mixture of greenhouse and hospital ward furnished in the style of a dentist's operating chamber." To what was he referring? ( goto )
- What movie had a black female judge that drank a glass of water with an additive in it, and the mixture with her body chemistry, caused her to explode? ( goto )
- What female tennis player won over $100,000.00 in 1971? ( goto )
- In which place the wimbldon tennis championship played ? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 1996? ( goto )
- Who is the tennis superstar nicknamed 'the smiling assassin'? ( goto )
- Who is number one in the world in ladies' tennis? ( goto )
- What exactly is the Grand Slam Cup in tennis? ( goto )
- What is the longest tennis rally ever recorded? ( goto )
- Where in the world is the second oldest tennis club? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 2002? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 1988? ( goto )
- What is done with the old tennis balls at Wimbledon? ( goto )
- What female tennis player won Wimbledon in 1997?
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- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 1994? ( goto )
- What female tennis player won at Wimbledon in 1986? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 2003? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 1983? ( goto )
- What female tennis player won Wimbledon in 1988? ( goto )
- What male tennis player won Wimbledon in 1989? ( goto )
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