Tennis III Quiz

Third and final part.

33 Who has been a losing finalist six times in the Australian Ladies Doubles between 1996 and 2005 ?

34 Who won three successive Australian Ladies Doubles titles 1997-1999 with three different partners ?

35 Who appeared in six Australian Ladies Doubles finals between 1993 and 1999, winning three and losing three ?

36 Which present-day UK TV broadcaster was runner-up in the Australian Mixed Doubles with Anne Hobbs in 1987 ?

37 Who took part in five Australian Mixed Doubles finals between 1992 and 2003, losing four of them ?

38 Who took part in 7 consecutive French Mens Doubles finals (1959-65) with 5 different partners, winning the last 6 ? He appeared in 3 more finals (1967-69) but was runner-up each time.

39 Which player appeared in ten consecutive French Ladies Doubles finals (1989-1998) - winning 6 and losing 4 of them ?

40 ...and who partnered her for 5 of these wins - after having defeated her in the 1991 final ?

41 Which pairing appeared in 6 consecutive French Ladies Doubles Finals from 2000-2005 - during which time they also won the U.S. equivalent 3 times ? (difficult one so double points.)

42 Who appeared in 8 consecutive US Open/Mens Singles finals 1982-89 and managed to win three ?

43 Who won 5 consecutive U.S. Mixed Doubles titles 1961-65, then 3 more in '69,'70 and '72 ?

44 English ladies have a good record in the French open, winning the championship 6 times post-war: Who is our most recent winner, in 1976 ? Bonus points for each of the others you can name.

45 Finally, who is our only-ever winner of the U.S. Ladies Open (1968) ?

1pt for each name. Good luck !

[NigelS]

Toughies these Tommo,

44) Sue Barker
and I will guess 42) Lendl

Both correct and you've served yourself two points, Nigel.

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]NigelS 2pts[/glow]

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

33. Lindsey Davenport
34. Martina Hingis
35. Natalia Zvereva (the greatest ladies doubles player of all time, commonly called Natasha, was also the first one on the dancefloor at all after tournaments ball's)
36. Andrew Castle, 1987 was the first Ozzi doubles to be played since 1969.
37. Todd Woodbridge
39. Natasha Zvereva again
40. Gigi Fernandez

41. Pasqual and Suarez

45. Virgina Wade

Excellent answers KP, you've nearly done the lot.

1pt each for your answers to 33,34,37,39,40 and 45;
2pts for 35 and 36 as extra information given.
4pts for the difficult no 41 - Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez, who I have to admit I hadn't even heard of ! :-[

Leaderboard:
1. KP 14pts
2. NigelS 2pts

Left to get: 38, 43 and bonus part for 44.

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I got to Eastbourne Ladies most years and just got back from Wimbledon for Ladies S'F's. Mens tennis doesn't interest me much, I watch it but Ladies and Doubles are my fav. Zvereva and Hingis I followed for years, so know lots about them :D

Likewise, KP, I'm one for the laydees as well. ;)
I've been going to Wimbledon for years and the occasions that stick in my mind most are when Chris Evert was about to serve and a butterfly landed on her nose to everyone's delight.
And when I was watching a very young Annabel Croft on an outside court and she ran the baseline to retrieve a shot and almost landed in my lap. ;D
Zvereva and Hingis were my favourites too, along with Monica Seles.

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

38 was it Roy Emerson?
43 was Margaret Smith Known as Margaret Smith Court in 69, 70 and 72.
44 Margaret Scriven twice(33, 34), Angela Mortimer, Shirley Bloomer, Christine Truman, Ann Haydon(61)and then again as Ann Haydon-Jones(66) and Sue Barker.

Jock hoovers up all the remaining points on this one, which were :
1pt for the great Roy Emerson (who used to wind his serve up);
1pt for Margaret Court nee Smith;
and 5pts for Q44 - (post-war) Mortimer; Bloomer; Truman and Ann Haydon (-Jones) twice.

Quiz ended :

1. KP 14pts
2. Sir Jock o'the Strap 7pts
3. NigelS 2pts