Wimbledon Championships Tennis Quiz Questions with Answers

Wimbledon Championships Quiz – Tennis Questions and Answers

16th June 2024 B_admin

Welcome to another specially themed quiz for the archive.

“Anyone for a tennis quiz”?

I have compiled 30 quality quiz questions and answers on the oldest tournament of them all, the Wimbledon Championships.

There is a mix of difficulty ranging from easy to difficult. I’ve split the questions into 3 sections with answers below for easy scrolling.

Good luck.

Wimbledon Quiz – Round 1

1 . Traditionally, and weather permitting, which day of the week was rest day during the Wimbledon tournament?

2 . 50/50. Which was introduced first? Hawk-Eye Technology or Centre Court Retractable Roof?

3 . What is the total prize fund for Wimbledon 2024 Championships across all events, Gentlemen, Ladies, Doubles, etc?
£5 million | £25 million | £50 million

4 . Which RB is located at Centre Court between sections 201 and 212?

5 . Held annually and known as being a warm-up for Wimbledon, what is the sponsorship name of the Queen’s Club Championships?

6 . An estimated 28,000 kg of what, is sold and consumed every year at Wimbledon?

7 . BBGs (Ball Boys and Girls) undergo a rigorous training and selection processes. Yes or No: Do they get paid?

8 . New balls are used for every game and the ball-change then happens after the first seven games. Which company produce the balls for Wimbledon?

9 . Wimbledon umpires are known for their distinctive uniforms, which are traditionally supplied by which brand?

10 . Dan Maskell passed away in 1992. He was known as the “__what____ of Wimbledon”?

ANSWERS – Round 1 – Wimbledon Quiz

1 . Sunday (was known as Middle Sunday)
2 . Hawk-Eye Technology (in 2007, the roof first used in 2009)
3 . £50 million
4 . Royal Box
5 . cinch Championships
6 . Strawberries
7 . Yes (Approx £200 for the fortnight)
8 . Slazenger (owned by the Frasers Group)
9 . Ralph Lauren (the official outfitter)
10 . Voice of Wimbledon (BBC commentator)

Wimbledon Quiz – Round 2

1 . Which VR is the name of the ceremonial silver dish awarded to the winner of the Ladies’ Singles at Wimbledon?

2 . Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew. Games can now be played up until which time at night?

3 . The club that host the tournament is called the AELTC. What do these letters stand for? (Your answer will read AELTaCC)

4 . 50/50: Carlos Ramos is a famous name at Wimbledon as what? Umpire | 1st Foreigner to win.

5 . Elena Rybakina was the winner of the 2022 ladies singles title. She was born in Russia but since 2018 has competed on behalf of which nation?

6 . Which GWS is the name of one of the seven invitational events?

7 . The Halle Open (aka Gerry Weber Open) is held at the same time as the Queens Club Championships as a warm-up to Wimbledon. In which country is the town of Halle?

8 . What nationality was Norman Brookes, the first non-British player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title?

9 . In 1996, who became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time at Wimbledon?

10 . How far into the tournament did Tim Henman ever reach in the Gentlemens Singles? Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final

ANSWERS – Round 2 – Wimbledon Quiz

1 . Venus Rosewater
2 . 11pm
3 . All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
4 . Umpire
5 . Kazakhstan
6 . Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Singles
7 . Germany
8 . Australian (1907)
9 . Martina Hingis (winning women’s doubles aged 15 alongside Helena Suková)
10 . Semi-Finals (Four times a semi-finalist at Wimbledon)

Wimbledon Quiz – Round 3

1 . “Pistol” Pete Sampras won Wimbledon Men’s Singles in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000. Which Dutch player defeated Sampras in the quarterfinals in 1996 to go on and win that year and break Sampras’s run?

2 . How many times in total has Wimbledon ever been cancelled, either due to war or pandemics?

3 . When Andy Murray was about to win his first Wimbledon singles title in 2013, how many former British singles champions were still alive?

4 . Who is the most recent German tennis player to win the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon?

5 . Björn Borg played against 3 different American players in the 70s & 80s in a Wimbledon singles final. 1 point for each of their names?

6 . Which player was recorded in 2009 as loudest known grunt during Wimbledon?

7 . Sir David Attenborough is responsible for pushing through which change in tradition at Wimbledon?

8 . How is it decided which player serves first at Wimbledon?

9 . Taylor Dent (for gentlemen) & Venus Williams (for ladies) hold the records for what at Wimbledon?

10 . Official sponsorship partners of Wimbledon. 1 point for each: Official Technology Partner; Official Timekeeper; Official Water?

ANSWERS – Round 3 – Wimbledon Quiz

1 . Richard Krajicek
2 . 11 (WW1 4 times; WW2 6 times; Covid 1 time)
3 . 3 (Virginia Wade, Ann Haydon-Jones, Angela Mortimer)
4 . Michael Stich (he beat Boris Becker in an all-German final in 1991)
5 . John McEnroe | Jimmy Connors | Roscoe Tanner
6 . Maria Sharapova (105 decibels)
7 . Yellow Balls (Attenborough was controller of BBC2. White balls were difficult to see on TV)
8 . Coin toss
9 . Fastest Serve
10 . IBM – Rolex – Evian

Thanks for Playing

If you are a pub-quiz host looking for ideas for Wimbledon tennis questions, or just here looking to test your knowledge on the oldest Grand Slam of them all, hopefully there’s something within here that you may find useful & interesting.

Questions were all fact-checked in 2024. If you are visiting this page and planning to use questions in your quiz, some of them may require date, fact checked in the future.