Tennis quiz

More questions about Tennis

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1. 1 Easy

   What do you call a score of zero in tennis?

   Answer: love

   Why: Dictionaries favour playing for love, meaning for no stakes; the French oeuf or egg story is popular but treated as folk etymology.

2. 2 Medium

   Why do professional tennis players often grunt while hitting the ball?

   Answer: To hit the ball harder

   Why: A 2014 study clocked grunted shots 3.8 percent faster, and a 2010 lab test slowed viewers judging shot direction by 21 to 33 milliseconds.

3. 3 Hard

   Approximately how many tennis balls are used during the Wimbledon tournament each year?

   Answer: 54,000

   Why: Slazenger has supplied Wimbledon balls since 1902, the longest partnership in sporting goods history; fresh ones go in after seven games, then every nine.

4. 4 Easy

   What material were nearly all professional tennis rackets made of before 1970?

   Answer: wood

   Why: Wilson's T2000 steel frame arrived in 1967, and Jimmy Connors was still winning with one in the 1980s.

5. 5 Medium

   What color were the tennis balls at Wimbledon before 1986?

   Answer: white

   Why: Wimbledon held out for fourteen years after the ITF approved yellow balls in 1972.

6. 6 Hard

   What is the standard height of a tennis net at the posts?

   Answer: 3.5 feet

   Why: A strap pulls the net down to three feet at the centre, six inches lower than it sits at the posts.