Tennis legends and rules quiz

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1. In tennis scoring, what comes after 'love'?
   • 1
   • 15
   • 5
   • 10
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   15. Points go love, 15, 30, 40, then game.

2. What does 'love' mean in tennis?
   • Match point
   • A tie
   • A let
   • Zero
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   Zero. One popular theory links it to the French l'oeuf (egg), shaped like a zero.

3. What is it called when the score is 40–40?
   • Break point
   • Advantage
   • Love all
   • Deuce
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   Deuce. From deuce, a player must win two points in a row.

4. What is an 'ace'?
   • A serve the receiver doesn't touch
   • A double fault
   • A shot hitting the line
   • A winning volley
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   A serve the receiver doesn't touch. Aces are pure serving winners.

5. At what score does a set usually go to a tiebreak?
   • 5–5
   • 6–6
   • 4–4
   • 7–7
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   6–6. Tiebreak rules for final sets vary between tournaments.

6. How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win?
   • 24
   • 20
   • 23
   • 18
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   23. 23 is the Open Era record for women.

7. How many Wimbledon men's singles titles did Roger Federer win?
   • 8
   • 6
   • 9
   • 7
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   8. Federer holds the men's record at Wimbledon.

8. Who won the 2022 Australian Open women's singles, the first Australian woman to win it since 1978?
   • Ash Barty
   • Casey Dellacqua
   • Sam Stosur
   • Daria Kasatkina
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   Ash Barty. Barty retired a few weeks later as world number one.

9. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, a Wiradjuri woman, won Wimbledon in which two years?
   • 1968 and 1970
   • 1974 and 1976
   • 1971 and 1980
   • 1979 and 1983
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   1971 and 1980. Her 1980 win made her the first mother in the Open Era to win Wimbledon.

10. What is the men's international team competition in tennis called?
    • The Laver Cup
    • The Hopman Cup
    • The Davis Cup
    • The Fed Cup
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    The Davis Cup. The women's equivalent is the Billie Jean King Cup.