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Women's Tennis 2007 [1] Trivia Quiz

A quiz devoted to the WTA tour 2007.

A multiple-choice quiz by joeh37. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
joeh37

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,072

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The season opened with the Mondial Australian Women's hardcourts. Russian Dinara Safina won the tournament, but which of these players did she not defeat on her way to the title? Hint

Li Na

Martina Hingis

Elena Likhovtseva

Shahar Peer

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Question 2 of 10

2. The opening Grand Slam of the year was the Australian Open. Who was the highest ranked seeded player to be knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open? Hint

Ai Sugiyama

Anabel Medina Garrigues

Jie Zheng

Samantha Stosur

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Question 3 of 10

3. The First Tier I of the year was the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan. Martina Hingis won the title. Who did she play in the first round? Hint

Roberta Vinci

Nicole Pratt

No One

Gisela Dulko

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Question 4 of 10

4. In February, there was the Tier IV Pattaya Women's Open in Thailand. Who won their first title at this event? Hint

Tamarine Tanasugarn

Shuai Peng

Sybille Bammer

Vania King

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Question 5 of 10

5. In March, the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, and the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami were both held. Which of these players did not go beyond the quarterfinals in both? Hint

Li Na

Nicole Vaidisova

Daniela Hantuchova

Shahar Peer

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who won the Tier IV Estoril Open in the end of April? Hint

Greta Arn

Marion Bartoli

Victoria Azarenka

Anastasia Rodionova

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Question 7 of 10

7. May saw two back-to-back Tier I's with Berlin and Rome. Who was the runner-up in both? Hint

Nadia Petrova

Patty Schnyder

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Dinara Safina

8. The end of May saw the second Grand Slam of the year at Roland Garros (French Open). Justin Henin beat Ana Ivanovic in the final. What was similar between this final and that of the 2007 Australian Open? Hint

All these

Same Players

Same Scoreline

Same Winner

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Question 9 of 10

9. As a warmup to Wimbledon, the tour stopped off in Eastbourne for the Women's International Open. How many British women competed in the main draw at this event? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. To mark the midway point of the year, the third Grand Slam took place at Wimbledon. Who was the first seeded casualty at Wimbledon? Hint

Sybille Bammer

Samatha Stosur

Olga Poutchkova

Anabel Medina Garrigues

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The season opened with the Mondial Australian Women's hardcourts. Russian Dinara Safina won the tournament, but which of these players did she not defeat on her way to the title?

Answer: Li Na

Likhovtseva was her first round opponent. Hingis was her opponent in the final.
Peer was beaten by Safina in the semi-finals. Li Na lost in the second round to Catalina Castano of Colombia.

2. The opening Grand Slam of the year was the Australian Open. Who was the highest ranked seeded player to be knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open?

Answer: Anabel Medina Garrigues

Anabel Medina Garrigues was seeded 25 and lost to Elena Vesina 7-6 1-6 1-6. Ai Sugiyama was seeded 23 and made it into the second round. Samantha Stosur likewise made the second round as 24 seed. Jie Zheng did go out at the first hurdle but was only seeded 31.

3. The First Tier I of the year was the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan. Martina Hingis won the title. Who did she play in the first round?

Answer: No One

The top seeds all got a bye, and Hingis was one of them.

4. In February, there was the Tier IV Pattaya Women's Open in Thailand. Who won their first title at this event?

Answer: Sybille Bammer

Bammer beat Gisela Dulko in the final 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.

5. In March, the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, and the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami were both held. Which of these players did not go beyond the quarterfinals in both?

Answer: Daniela Hantuchova

Despite winning in Indian Wells, Daniela Hantuchova lost in the 3rd round of Miami to Vera Zvonareva.

6. Who won the Tier IV Estoril Open in the end of April?

Answer: Greta Arn

Arn beat Azarenka 2-6, 6-1, 7-6, in the final.

7. May saw two back-to-back Tier I's with Berlin and Rome. Who was the runner-up in both?

Answer: Svetlana Kuznetsova

Kuznetsova lost to Ivanovic in Berlin, and to Jankovic in Rome.

Answer: Same Scoreline

Henin beat Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2. It was the same scoreline that Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova by in January's Australian Open.

9. As a warmup to Wimbledon, the tour stopped off in Eastbourne for the Women's International Open. How many British women competed in the main draw at this event?

Answer: 4

Wild Cards: Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha, and Melanie South plus qualifier Katie O'Brien. Impressively, 3 made the 2nd round, however, none advanced further than that.

10. To mark the midway point of the year, the third Grand Slam took place at Wimbledon. Who was the first seeded casualty at Wimbledon?

Answer: Olga Poutchkova

Olga Poutchkova, the 30th seed lost on day 2 to Elena Vesina 1-6, 3-6. Stosur, Bammer, and Medina Garrigues all went out on day 3.

Source: Author joeh37

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