Q 01/05

How many major singles titles did Sampras win?

A) 14

B) 15

C) 16

D) 18

Answer · why

A) 14

The record stood until Roger Federer passed it at Wimbledon in 2009.

Q 02/05

How many Wimbledon singles titles did Sampras win?

A) 8

B) 7

C) 9

D) 10

Answer · why

B) 7

He won them in an eight-year span from 1993 to 2000, missing only 1996.

Q 03/05

For how many weeks was Sampras ranked world No. 1?

A) 300

B) 320

C) 286

D) 350

Answer · why

C) 286

It was the record until Federer surpassed it in 2012.

Q 04/05

For how many consecutive years did Sampras finish as year-end No. 1?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 7

D) 6

Answer · why

D) 6

Agassi ended the run in 1999; Jimmy Connors had managed five in a row in the 1970s.

Q 05/05

Which major did Sampras never win?

A) The French Open

B) The Australian Open

C) The US Open

D) Wimbledon

Answer · why

A) The French Open

His best run there was a 1996 semi-final; he lost in the early rounds six straight times at the end.

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