Tennis Flashcards
The “Battle of the Sexes” match series pitted a male and female tennis player against each other. What were the three match-ups and who won each?
- Bobby Riggs (W) vs. Margaret Court 2. Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King (W) 3. Jimmy Connors (W) vs. Martina Navratilova
In 1957 she became the first African-American to win a singles title at Wimbledon.
Althea Gibson
Serena Williams talks about how to master the fundamentals of these, forehands & backhands from the baseline.
Groundstrokes
From April 1983 to July 1985, a tennis duo—who won 20 career doubles Grand Slam titles together—went on a record-setting streak of 109 matches without a defeat. Name either of these women, both members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver
The All England Tennis Club announced last week that final set tiebreaks would be used at Wimbledon from 2019. The decision is primarily due to two matches, a first round from 2010 and a semi final in 2018. One player was in both of these matches, winning the first and losing the second, name him. (Card created October 31st, 2018)
John Isner
This Yugoslav-American female tennis player is a former No. 1, having won nine Grand Slam singles titles. In 1993, she was the victim of an on-court stabbing and did not return to playing for two years.
Monica Seles
The first (and still only) mother to become Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion in the open era appeared as the now-quite-anachronistic “Mrs. R. Cawley” on the scoreboard in the 1980 final against Chris Evert-Lloyd (“Mrs. J.M. Lloyd”). This Australian tennis star is more associated with—and achieved the majority of her success under—what other last name, her maiden name?
Goolagong
