Wimbledon Winners Trivia Quiz

Answer: Helen Wills Moody (USA)

Helen Wills Moody (USA) was the first to win eight Ladies' singles titles (1927-30, 1932-33, 1935 and 1938). Martina Navratilova (USA) however, has won the Ladies singles title nine times (1978-79, 1982-1987 and 1990). Dorothea Lambert Chambers (UK) won the Ladies' singles titles on 7 occasions (1903-4, 1906, 1910-11 and 1913-14). Steffi Graf (GER) also won the Ladies' singles title on 7 occasions (1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96).

Answer: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (AUS)

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde(AUS) won the doubles six times (1993-1997 and 2000). Todd Woodbridge also won three doubles titles partnering Jonas Björkman (SWE) in 2002-2004.
John Newcombe and Tony Roche (AUS) won four doubles titles in the Open era (1968-1970 and 1974). They also won in 1965 during the amateur era. John McEnroe and Peter Fleming (USA) also won four doubles titles in 1979, 1981 and 1983-4. Twins Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) won three doubles titles in 2006, 2011 and 2013. Mike Bryan also won the Wimbledon doubles title in 2018 partnering Jack Sock (USA).

Answer: Billie Jean King (USA)

Billie Jean King (USA) won six Ladies' singles titles ( 1966-68, 1972-3 and 1975) and 10 Ladies' doubles titles (1961-2, 1965, 1967-8, 1970-3 and 1979). Martina Navratilova (USA) won nine Ladies' singles titles and seven Ladies' doubles titles. Maria Bueno (BRA) won three Ladies' singles titles and five Ladies' doubles titles. Darlene Hard (USA) won two Ladies' singles titles and four Ladies' doubles titles.

Answer: Rod Laver (AUS)

Rod Laver (AUS) won the Gentleman' singles titles in 1961-2 and in 1968-9. In 1962 (amateur era) and 1969 (Open era) he completed the Grand Slam of tennis (Australia, French, Wimbledon and US). John Newcombe (AUS) won the Gentlemen's singles title once as an amateur (1967) and twice in the professional Open era in 1970 and 1971. Björn Borg (SWE) won his five consecutive Gentleman's singles titles in the Open era from 1976-1980. Roy Emerson (AUS) won his two Gentleman's singles titles in the amateur era 1964-5.

Answer: Frew McMillan (RSA)

Frew McMillan (RSA) won the doubles title in 1967, 1972 and 1978 and the mixed doubles titles in 1978 and 1981 covering three decades 60s, 70s and 80s. Leander Paes (IND) was the third player to achieve successful at Wimbledon in three decades with wins in doubles in 1999 and mixed doubles in 1999, 2003, 2010 and 2015. Pancho Gonzales (USA) won the doubles in 1949 and mainly played on the professional circuit in the 1950s and 1960s.

He did however play at Wimbledon during the Open era reaching the quarter finals of the mixed doubles in 1968. Ken Rosewall (AUS) only had Wimbledon successful in the doubles in 1953 and 1956.

However, he did make the final of the Gentlemen's singles in 1954, 1956, 1970 and 1974 without success.

Answer: Vic Seixas (USA)

Vic Seixas (USA) won three mixed doubles titles with Doris Hart from 1953-1955. He also won a fourth mixed doubles title with Shirley Fry (USA) in 1956. Frank Sedgman (AUS) partnered Doris Hart to the mixed doubles title in 1951-2. Mervyn Rose (AUS) partnered Darlene Hard (USA) to successful in the mixed doubles in 1957. Rod Laver (AUS) won two mixed doubles titles with Darlene Hard (USA) in 1959-60.

Answer: 1986

1986 was the first year the tennis balls were yellow to make them more visible on TV due to the fact that all players wore white dresscode. 1968 was the start of the Open era. 2014 was the year that both the men's and ladies' receive equal prize money. 2009 was the first year the retractable roof was used over Centre Court.

Answer: Goran Ivanisevic (CRO)

Goran had been runner-up in the Wimbledon singles final on three occasions (1992, 1994 and 1998). Prior to Wimbledon in 2001 he was ranked 125th in the World. Because of his previous record he was granted a wildcard entry. He beat Patrick Rafter (AUS) in five sets in the final. Boris Becker became the first unseeded player when he won the first of his three Wimbledon singles titles in 1985. Martina Hingis won the Wimbledon Ladies singles title in 1997, becoming the youngest winner since Lottie Did in 1897. Martina was 16 yrs when she won her only singles title in 1997 and was seeded number 1.

The year before in 1996 she became the youngest person at 15 years 282 days to win a Wimbledon title being in the doubles with Helena Sukova. Richard Krajicek was seeded No:17 when he defeated Mali Vai Washington (USA) in the 1996 Wimbledon final.

Answer: John Isner (USA) and Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

John Isner (USA) and Nicolas Mahut (FRA) played a singles match in 2010 which lasted 183 Games (6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6 and 70-68) over three days. Kevin Anderson (RSA) and John Isner (USA) played a singles match in 2018 with 99 games taking 6 hours and 36 minutes. Pancho Gonzales (USA) and Charlie Pasarrell (USA) played a singles match in 1969 which lasted for 112 games and 5 hours and 20 minutes. Mark Knowles (BAH)/Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Todd Perry (AUS) played a doubles match in 2006 lasting 87 games over 6 hours and 9 minutes.

Answer: A hawk

Rufus is the name of the hawk that is despatched each day to deter and scare any pigeons from landing or dropping their business on the Wimbledon courts. He scours the sky for pidgeons but does not attack them, but to purely keep them out of the area. Rufus has been part of the Wimbledon family for 15 years, taking the place of the previous hawk, Hamish. The grass on all the courts at Wimbledon is a 100% perennial rye grass. During the event the grass is cut daily to a height of 8mm. They use roller lawnmowers and mow in stripes to create the patterns.