Q 01/05

In which city is Rod Laver Arena, the main show court of a Grand Slam tournament?

A) Sydney

B) Melbourne

C) Adelaide

D) Canberra

Answer · why

B) Melbourne

Melbourne's tennis park gave its centre court his name in 2000, so every Australian Open champion since has been crowned in the house of the only man ...

Q 02/05

Which Australian matched Laver by winning all four women's majors in 1970?

A) Evonne Goolagong

B) Margaret Court

C) Lesley Turner

D) Kerry Melville

Answer · why

B) Margaret Court

Margaret Court swept the women's majors in 1970, the year after Laver's second sweep. Laver himself never won another: his 1969 US Open title turned o...

Q 03/05

Who came within one match of repeating Laver's 1969 Grand Slam, at the 2021 US Open?

A) Rafael Nadal

B) Daniil Medvedev

C) Novak Djokovic

D) Andy Murray

Answer · why

C) Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic had won the year's first three majors, then lost in straight sets to Daniil Medvedev, weeping in his chair before the last game. As of ...

Q 04/05

Laver won 200 titles; whose 109 was the men's Open Era record in 2025?

A) Ivan Lendl

B) Ilie Nastase

C) Jimmy Connors

D) Pete Sampras

Answer · why

C) Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors won the last of his 109 in 1989. Laver's 200 dwarfs it because it reaches back before open tennis began in 1968, to years the Open Era c...

Q 05/05

Why did Laver miss the 1963–67 majors?

A) National service

B) Ban on professionals

C) Shoulder injury

D) Early retirement

Answer · why

B) Ban on professionals

A ban on professionals kept him out: until 1968 the four majors admitted amateurs only. Let back in at 29, he won the first open Wimbledon that summer...