Q 01/05

Who beat Sampras in the 2001 US Open?

A) Marat Safin

B) Yevgeny Kafelnikov

C) Lleyton Hewitt

D) Patrick Rafter

Answer · why

C) Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt, then 20, won 7-6, 6-1, 6-1 for his first major; Sampras had beaten three former champions in a row to get there and was playing his se...

Q 02/05

Who last won four straight Wimbledons before Sampras?

A) Boris Becker

B) John McEnroe

C) Björn Borg

D) Stefan Edberg

Answer · why

C) Björn Borg

Björn Borg won five in a row from 1976 to 1980. After the last of his own four, at dusk in 2000, Sampras climbed into the stands to hug his parents, w...

Q 03/05

Who beat Sampras and finished 2000 as No. 1?

A) Carlos Moyá

B) Thomas Muster

C) Juan Carlos Ferrero

D) Gustavo Kuerten

Answer · why

D) Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten clinched it at the season-ending championship in Lisbon, beating Sampras in the semi-final and then taking the title to end eight stra...

Q 04/05

On his Davis Cup debut in the 1991 final, Sampras lost both his singles as which host nation took the trophy?

A) Sweden

B) France

C) Germany

D) Australia

Answer · why

B) France

France: on an indoor court in Lyon the 20-year-old lost to Henri Leconte and Guy Forget, and the hosts upset the heavily favoured Americans for their ...

Q 05/05

Which major title eluded Sampras?

A) The French Open

B) The Australian Open

C) The US Open

D) Wimbledon

Answer · why

A) The French Open

The French Open: its slow clay took the sting out of his serve, and his best run ended in a straight-sets semi-final loss to the eventual champion.