606v2 Tennis Quiz

OK some questions for a quiz, person with most answers correct gets a bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne sent by me.

Answer the questions you can, no looking up stuff on Google

If a question is answered correctly, I will put the name of poster who got it right in brackets, answers in italics:

1/ Name a player in the top 150 whose surname ends with 5 consonants in a row. Gojowyczk (Born Slippy)
2/ Which ATP tournament has been won by both Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski ? Paris Masters & Basel (Born Slippy)
3/ Who is the 4th highest ranked French player ? Benneteau (Born Slippy)
4/ Who is the 3rd highest ranked Spanish player ? Lopez (Born Slippy)
5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the only other player to beat Nadal in a final ? Hrbaty (Laverfan)
6/ At which tournament did Novak Djokovic win his only ATP Doubles Career title ? Queens (kingraf)
7/ Name a male player who has reached world number 1 but has never won a Grand Slam. Rios (Socal)
8/ Name a male player, still active, who has reached 10 ATP finals but has won none of them. Benneteau (Socal)
9/ When Nadal was very young, what type of forehand did he have ? Left handed double handed forehand (Socal)
10/ Name the tournament which has been won by all of: Federer, Djokovic, Del Potro, and Wawrinka. Portugal Open aka Estoril (Born Slippy)

Bonus Question:
B/ Which musical artist/group is the only one to have sold 1 million copies within a week for 3 different albums ? Taylor Alison Swift (HM Murdoch)

Nadal had a two handed forehand, I think Benneteau is the guy who has reached ten finals and never won. I think the answer to 5) is gaudio. And number 7 is easy that is Marcelo Rios. These are the ones I know off the top of my head.

2. Paris Masters

3. benneteau?

4. Lopez

10. Rotterdam?

1. Is something like Peter Gorowtych I think (assuming he is still top 150) but my attempt at spelling his name is not even close.

7 - Ríos

Are you sure on question 10 IMBL? I admit to looking up on the ATP website and can't find a tournament Wawrinka and Del Po have both won (Stan has actually won very very few tournaments). Or is it a Futures or Challenger event?

Also, does "y" count as a consonant? In French it's a vowel (or used to be back when I was being taught such things).

If so I suspect BS is right on 1 (though I've never heard of the lad)

2 is Paris Masters.

3 and 4 I'm tossing up between Bautista Agut and Lopez, Benneteau and Gasquet.

5 I have a feeling it wasn't on clay, so would guess socal is wrong. No idea of the answer though, someone unexpected I would guess.

6 I have no idea

7 Rios

8 Benneteau

9 Nadal hit two-handed off both wings, Toni told him to drop a hand off one wing, he chose the left-handed FH.

10 Like I said I'm not sure is right...

Yeah "y" is a consonant in English. I've looked the name up now and it is "Gojowcyzk".

Total guess at 6 - Belgrade? Reckon he might have played with Zimonjic to support his own event?

Mad for Chelsea wrote:Are you sure on question 10 IMBL? I admit to looking up on the ATP website and can't find a tournament Wawrinka and Del Po have both won (Stan has actually won very very few tournaments). Or is it a Futures or Challenger event?

Yes, I'm sure.
There's a reason why you can't seem to find it on the ATP site (even though it's on there), I won't tell you why as that might give it away
It's an ATP event that's on every year.

socal1976 wrote:Nadal had a two handed forehand, I think Benneteau is the guy who has reached ten finals and never won. I think the answer to 5) is gaudio. And number 7 is easy that is Marcelo Rios. These are the ones I know off the top of my head.

Nadal- two handed forehand is correct- but with which hand did he play with ?

Benneteau is correct, he has a 0-10 finals record.

5) is not Gaudio

Rios however is indeed correct, well done

Born Slippy wrote:2. Paris Masters

3. benneteau?

4. Lopez

10. Rotterdam?

Number 2 is correct, although there are 2 possible answers for that so try have a guess at the second one too

Benneteau and Lopez are both indeed correct

Born Slippy wrote:Total guess at 6 - Belgrade? Reckon he might have played with Zimonjic to support his own event?

Nope

Born Slippy wrote:Yeah "y" is a consonant in English. I've looked the name up now and it is "Gojowcyzk".

Yep, I'll give it to you as your original guess was actually pretty close and you got the first name right there

Ok, on Q10 the events I know Stan has won are Oz, whichever clay masters he won this year and Chennai. DP definitely hasn't won any of those.

I think Stan's other titles are all small clay court events in the pre RG / post Wimbledon spell. DP also won a couple of those in 2008 in that 4 tournament winning run he had. Fed may well have won one of those early in his career and I remember he won Estoril a few years ago. No idea if Novak won one of those early in his career.

I think it must therefore be a small clay court event but I don't know which one. Possibly Morocco?

I vaguely recall Djokos first (turns out only) doubles title being on grass. So AEGON or Halle

Both Born Slippy and Kingraf extremely close to question 10 and 6.

Bear in mind some tournaments can be rebranded...

Queen's?

It Must Be Love wrote:Both Born Slippy and Kingraf extremely close to question 10 and 6.

Bear in mind some tournaments can be rebranded...

I see it now, clever, clever...

Number 5 is a either a trick question or incorrectly worded.

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the third player to beat Nadal in a final ?

i.e. If Federer beat him 2 out of the 3 finals then only one other player (making two in total) can have beat him in a final. Therefore there can't have been a third player (unless the other final he lost was a doubles match??!).

So the answer is....no one.

Was Djoko's first doubles title in Serbia? Didn't he start and run a tournament in his home country? Did he enter the doubles there and win (I'm guessing it wasn't a strong line-up). Complete guess.

Johnyjeep wrote:Number 5 is a either a trick question or incorrectly worded.

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the third player to beat Nadal in a final ?

i.e. If Federer beat him 2 out of the 3 finals then only one other player (making two in total) can have beat him in a final. Therefore there can't have been a third player (unless the other final he lost was a doubles match??!).

Yes sorry you're right, that was a typo; I should have said either second player or player in the third final.
Have changed it now, hopefully it's a bit clearer.

Johnyjeep wrote:
Was Djoko's first doubles title in Serbia? Didn't he start and run a tournament in his home country? Did he enter the doubles there and win (I'm guessing it wasn't a strong line-up). Complete guess.

Good guess, but nope.

kingraf wrote:Queen's?

Correct for Djokovic's doubles win- now think which year ?

Mad for Chelsea wrote:

It Must Be Love wrote:Both Born Slippy and Kingraf extremely close to question 10 and 6.

Bear in mind some tournaments can be rebranded...

I see it now, clever, clever...

Yes, that's why Question number 10 was my favourite

Quite cool as well that this tournament would be the one to link Grand Slam champions like Federer, Djokovic, Wawrinka, and Del Potro.

It Must Be Love wrote:8/ Name a male player, still active, who has reached 10 ATP finals but has won none of them (Socal)

Bad luck socal -11th time lucky!

@IMBL... put the correct answers in the OP, once they have been answered correctly.

laverfan wrote:@IMBL... put the correct answers in the OP, once they have been answered correctly.

I have been.

All of Socal's 10 final losses came to me by the way.
The tenth one was on the clay of Paris, it was the deciding set tiebreak and Socal unfortunately tripped over and fell on the net on an easy volley match point down. Luckily he didn't fall to the side, or he may have knocked over some of my perfectly arranged bottles.
To be fair though the guy playing the semi withdrew from the match due to injury, so Socal was going into the match a bit undercooked.

OK, all questions have been answered apart from 2 and the bonus question.
I'll give some clues:

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the only other player to beat Nadal in a final ?

It was a Slovakian player.

10/ Name the tournament which has been won by all of: Federer, Djokovic, Del Potro, and Wawrinka

Born Slippy... read your post again.
A tournament which has been rebranded.

B/ Which musical artist/group is the only one to have sold 1 million copies within a week for 3 different albums ?

Artist was born in the USA.

It Must Be Love wrote:OK, all questions have been answered apart from 2 and the bonus question.
I'll give some clues:

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the only other player to beat Nadal in a final ?

It was Swiss player.

Ivo Heuberger, perhaps.

It Must Be Love wrote:

B/ Which musical artist/group is the only one to have sold 1 million copies within a week for 3 different albums ?

Artist was born in the USA.

Springsteen?

laverfan wrote:

It Must Be Love wrote:

B/ Which musical artist/group is the only one to have sold 1 million copies within a week for 3 different albums ?

Artist was born in the USA.

Springsteen?

Nope, afraid not.

laverfan wrote:

It Must Be Love wrote:OK, all questions have been answered apart from 2 and the bonus question.
I'll give some clues:

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the only other player to beat Nadal in a final ?

It was Swiss player.

Ivo Heuberger, perhaps.

Ah sorry, I mean Slovakian player not Swiss- I've edited my clue now.
Must have been the Moet getting to me.

It Must Be Love wrote:

laverfan wrote:

It Must Be Love wrote:OK, all questions have been answered apart from 2 and the bonus question.
I'll give some clues:

5/ Between 2004 and 2006 Nadal lost 3 ATP & ITF event finals. 2 of them were against Federer (Miami 2005 & Wimby 2006). Who was the only other player to beat Nadal in a final ?

It was Swiss player.

Ivo Heuberger, perhaps.

Ah sorry, I mean Slovakian player not Swiss- I've edited my clue now.
Must have been the Moet getting to me.

Hrbaty. BTW, did you steal Federer's bottle at O2?

laverfan wrote:

Hrbaty. BTW, did you steal Federer's bottle at O2?

Correct.

Yes, Hrbaty is right too !

It Must Be Love wrote:

laverfan wrote:

Hrbaty. BTW, did you steal Federer's bottle at O2?

Correct.

Yes, Hrbaty is right too !

Stealing is ethically corrupt and admitting it is morally corrupt.

It is some rapper?

I think 10 is presumably the Portugal Open given the fact it has had a name change?

I am not prepared to admit knowing the answer to the bonus question.

2008 for Novak's doubles title? (Year he lost the singles to Rafa I think?)

Milan or Basel for the other event Henman and Greg both won.

JuliusHMarx wrote:It is some rapper?

Nope, it's not a rapper.

Eminem did sell 1 million records in a week in 2002 with the Eminem show, but he's not been able to do that on 3 separate occasions.

Born Slippy wrote:I think 10 is presumably the Portugal Open given the fact it has had a name change?

Correct ! It is indeed the Estoril Open, now known as the Oeiras or Portugal Open.

Born Slippy wrote:2008 for Novak's doubles title? (Year he lost the singles to Rafa I think?)

Nope, it was 2010 actually.

Born Slippy wrote:Milan or Basel for the other event Henman and Greg both won.

Basel is indeed correct, another tournament won by Greg and Tim

All 10 questions answered, now only the bonus questions remains...

Born Slippy wrote:I am not prepared to admit knowing the answer to the bonus question.

1 million sales, 3 albums, 3 opening weeks.
edit: To make it clear that was 1 million albums per week

It Must Be Love wrote:All 10 questions answered, now only the bonus questions remains...

Born Slippy wrote:I am not prepared to admit knowing the answer to the bonus question.

1 million sales, 3 albums, 3 opening weeks.

I believe you are a fan of this artist, IMBL: Taylor Swift.

And there we have it, quiz completed !

Born Slippy gets the Moet & Chandon 606v2 quiz award for getting 5 out of the 10 questions right, and will get to take a smug photo in front of a bottle of champagne.

HM Murdoch gets a copy of 1989 for getting the bonus question right* !

*Details of how to obtain a copy will be somewhere in the Daily Telegraph

IMBL wrote:

Born Slippy wrote:Milan or Basel for the other event Henman and Greg both won.

Basel is indeed correct, another tournament won by Greg and Tim

according to the ATP they both won Vienna too

Oh Taylor Swift. I'm a fan.

Mad for Chelsea wrote:

IMBL wrote:

Born Slippy wrote:Milan or Basel for the other event Henman and Greg both won.

Basel is indeed correct, another tournament won by Greg and Tim

according to the ATP they both won Vienna too

Who knew there was so much linking Greg and Tim

kingraf wrote:Oh Taylor Swift. I'm a fan.

kingraf wrote:Oh Taylor Swift. I'm a fan.

She left Spotify.

laverfan wrote:

kingraf wrote:Oh Taylor Swift. I'm a fan.

She left Spotify.

Good on her, they barely pass any money onto the artist.

It Must Be Love wrote:

Mad for Chelsea wrote:

IMBL wrote:

Born Slippy wrote:Milan or Basel for the other event Henman and Greg both won.

Basel is indeed correct, another tournament won by Greg and Tim

according to the ATP they both won Vienna too

Who knew there was so much linking Greg and Tim

They share the same birthday - one year apart

Didn't know she left Spotify. It's a joke company though, so good for her. Think Daft Punk got like $13 000 from them for Random Access Memories. Pathetic.