Q 01/05

The US Open tennis championships are played in which New York City borough?

A) Brooklyn

B) Manhattan

C) The Bronx

D) Queens

Answer · why

D) Queens

Queens: the tournament grounds sit in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, next to Citi Field and the old World's Fair site.

Q 02/05

Where does the US Open fall in the calendar of the four tennis Grand Slams?

A) First and earliest

B) Second and late spring

C) Third and midsummer

D) Fourth and last

Answer · why

D) Fourth and last

It is the fourth and last Grand Slam of the season, following the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon each late August into September.

Q 03/05

Since 1978 the US Open tennis has been played on which surface?

A) Crushed red clay

B) Acrylic hard courts

C) Natural grass

D) Indoor carpet

Answer · why

B) Acrylic hard courts

Acrylic hard courts arrived with the 1978 move to Flushing Meadows; the original DecoTurf surface was replaced by Laykold, another acrylic system, in ...

Q 04/05

Between 1975 and 1977 the tennis championships were played on which surface?

A) Clay

B) Grass

C) Hard court

D) Wood

Answer · why

A) Clay

Clay (green Har-Tru) was used from 1975 to 1977 after complaints about uneven bounces on the old grass; floodlit night play arrived in the same 1975 s...

Q 05/05

Which man is the only player to have won US Open singles titles on all three surfaces the event has used?

A) John McEnroe

B) Jimmy Connors

C) Björn Borg

D) Ivan Lendl

Answer · why

B) Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors, whose first title came in 1974 and last in 1983, is the only man to win the championship on each of the three playing surfaces the even...