US OPEN '17: What do you know about America's tennis major?
How well do you know the U.S. Open tennis tournament? Give this quiz a try:
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1st Round: How much money did Arthur Ashe collect when he won the 1968 U.S. Open, the first in the Open era, when professional players were allowed to enter?
a.) $100,000.
b.) $14,000.
c.) $6,000.
d.) $20 per diem.
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2nd Round: How much will the men's and women's singles champions each earn this year?
a.) $5 million.
b.) $3.7 million.
c.) $3 million.
d.) $2.3 million.
e.) $1 million.
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3rd Round: Who was the first unseeded man to win the tournament in the Open era?
a.) Pat Rafter.
b.) Greg Rusedski.
c.) Marin Cilic.
d.) Roscoe Tanner.
e.) Andre Agassi.
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4th Round: What duo holds the record for most U.S. Open doubles titles in the Open era?
a.) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
b.) Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
c.) John McEnroe and Peter Fleming.
d.) Bob Lutz and Stan Smith.
e.) Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva.
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Quarterfinal: Who announced her retirement from tennis this month?
a.) Alexandra Stevenson.
b.) Francesca Schiavone.
c.) Melanie Oudin.
d.) Martina Hingis.
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Semifinal: How many of the men's semifinalists last year are in the draw at Flushing Meadows this year?
a.) 4.
b.) 3.
c.) 2.
d.) 1.
e.) Zero.
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Women's Final: Who won the first prime-time U.S. Open women's final?
a.) Serena Williams.
b.) Venus Williams.
c.) Billie Jean King.
d.) Martina Navratilova.
e.) Steffi Graf.
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Men's Final: If Roger Federer, who turned 36 on Aug. 8, were to win the title this year, he would be the oldest men's champion at the event since whom?
a.) Bill Tilden.
b.) Rod Laver.
c.) Pete Sampras.
d.) Ken Rosewall.
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ANSWERS
1st Round. d. Ashe collected only the per diem because he still had amateur status and was ineligible to take home the $14,000 prize money awarded to the men's singles champion. The women's champion, Virginia Wade, was paid $6,000 that year.
2nd Round. b. That's a $200,000 increase from last year's previous tournament record of $3.5 million, and part of a total player compensation figure reaching $50 million for the first time.
3rd Round. e. Agassi eliminated five seeded men en route to the 1994 title, beating Michael Stich in the final. Agassi was ranked 20th; only 16 players were seeded in those days.
4th Round. a. The Bryan twins have won five of their 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles at the U.S. Open, most recently in 2014. Navratilova and Shriver own the women's U.S. Open doubles record of four in the Open era.
Quarterfinal. c. Oudin is just 25 but has dealt with a series of injuries and health issues in recent years. At age 17 in 2009, she upset four higher-ranked women, including Maria Sharapova, to reach the quarterfinals in New York.
Semifinal. d. Of the four men's semifinalists in 2016, only Gael Monfils returns to the tournament. The other three - champion Stan Wawrinka, runner-up Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori - are done for the season because of injuries.
Women's Final. b. In what was also the first all-Williams Grand Slam final, Venus beat sister Serena 6-2, 6-4 for the 2001 U.S. Open championship.
Men's Final. a. Tilden was 36 years, 7 months old when he won the 1929 title. The oldest male champion was William Larned, who was 38 in 1911.
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