Q 01/05

The French Open's red clay is in fact a thin dusting of crushed what over white limestone?

A) Sandstone

B) Brick

C) Red granite

D) Seashells

Answer · why

B) Brick

Brick, crushed to a red powder, forms only the top millimetre or two of each court; beneath it lie layers of white limestone, clinker and gravel, so t...

Q 02/05

Which 17-year-old Swede won the 1982 French Open, beating four of the top five seeds on the way?

A) Stefan Edberg

B) Björn Borg

C) Mats Wilander

D) Thomas Enqvist

Answer · why

C) Mats Wilander

Mats Wilander knocked out the seeds ranked two, five, four and three in successive rounds, and one rally in his final against Guillermo Vilas lasted 9...

Q 03/05

Where does the French Open sit in the calendar of the four Grand Slams?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

Answer · why

B) Second

Second in the year, after the Australian Open and a few weeks before Wimbledon, though when it returned after the war in 1946 it was played in July, a...

Q 04/05

Roland Garros, the man the French Open's venue honours, was famous as what?

A) A wartime prime minister

B) An aviator and fighter pilot

C) A Champagne merchant

D) An Olympic fencing champion

Answer · why

B) An aviator and fighter pilot

An aviator and fighter pilot, Garros made the first flight across the Mediterranean in 1913 and was killed in action in 1918, a day before his 30th bi...

Q 05/05

Who won the 1988 French Open women's final 6–0, 6–0 in just 34 minutes?

A) Martina Navratilova

B) Monica Seles

C) Steffi Graf

D) Gabriela Sabatini

Answer · why

C) Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva without losing a game, the shortest women's final in the tournament's history, and went on to win all four majors and...