Question: Who will be leading the Friday Morning Men’s Singles and Monday Evening Doubles Leagues here at The Paseo club at the end of March (week ending March 25)?
**All members who correctly answer the trivia question will be entered into a drawing to win a free 30 minute tennis lesson with Desi McBride. Email all answers to Desi McBride at desi@thepaseoclub.com.
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PAST TRIVIA QUESTIONS & WINNERS
March 13, 2011
Q: Who will be the number 1 seeds in the Ladies and Men’s Singles for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California?
A: Caroline Wozniaki and Rafael Nadal were the number 1 seeds for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Congratulations to Everett Dehn, Jessica Yha and Ted Verrier for correctly guessing this Trivia Question. Ted was the lucky winner of a 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride.
February 20, 2011
Q: Who is winning the Tuesday evening Ladies Ladder Doubles and Men’s Rotating Doubles Leagues as of February 7, 2011?
A: Lisa Nadasdy, James Prestridge and Dean Wolf and are Leading the Tuesday evening Ladies Ladder League and Men’s Rotating Doubles Leagues as of February 7, 2011.
No one correctly answered this question. Better luck next time!
February 6, 2011
Q: Who will win this years Australian Open in the Men’s and Women’s Singles Divisions?
A: Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic were the 2011 Australian Open Women’s and Men’s Singles Champions respectively.
The only correct answer to this trivia question was Jenny Kilgore! Congratulations on excellent forecasting! You have won a 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride.
January 16, 2011
Q: What player has won the most singles titles at the Australian Open in the modern era of professional tennis?
A: Serena Williams has won the Australian Open Singles Title 5 times!
Congratulations to Everett Dehn, Jenny Kilgore and Rose Gottshall for correctly answering this weeks trivia question. Everett Dehn won the drawing and earned the 30 minute free lesson with Desi McBride!
January 9, 2011
Q: In the open era who is the only male player to have finished the year ranked number 1 or 2 for seven consecutive years?
A: Roger Federer. Congratulations to Everett Dehn and Rose Gottshall for correctly answering this Trivia Question. Rose won the drawing and earns the 30 minute free tennis lesson with Desi McBride!
December 22, 2010
Q: The order of Grand Slams has changed. What was the original order of Grand Slams played in a calendar year and in what year was it changed?
A: The original order had the French Open played first, then Wimbledon, the US Open, and finally in December, The Australian Open.
Congratulations to Frank Nadasdy and Kathy Aldous for correctly answering this question! Kathy won the drawing and wins the 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride!
December 15, 2010
Q: There are 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages to using the semi western forehand grip. Can you list two advantages and two disadvantages?
A: Advantages to using the semi western forehand grip are:
1. Easier to hit topspin
2. Easier to hit high balls
3. More of your hand is behind shot so it feels stronger
4. Able to hit it harder in the court
5. Requires more racquet speed to go in, so allows you to swing hard all the time
6. Easier to hit balls closer to your body, so you are harder to jam and it is easier to get around your backhand and hit forehands
Disadvantages of hitting with the semi western forehand grip:
1. Can’t hit slice effectively
2. More of a grip change between forehand and backhand
3. Hitting low balls is very difficult because the racquet face is more closed
4. Hitting wide balls is very difficult because if you extend your arm, the racquet is very closed
5. Requires racquet speed, so you must swing harder on more shots, so you better be in shape
Congratulations to Carolyn Braun and Robert Pellymounter, who were the only members to correctly answer this week’s difficult question! Robert won the drawing and earns the 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride!
December 8, 2010
Q: Which female won the most tournaments on the WTA tour in 2010 and how many did she win?
A: Caroline Wozniacki.
Congratulations to Everette Dehn and Jenny Kilgore for correctly answering this week’s trivia question correctly. Jenny Kilgore won the drawing for the free 30 minute lesson with Desi.
December 1, 2010
Q: In one of the all time great rivalries, Chris Evert and Martina played against one another an incredible 80 times ! How many matches did Chris win and how many did Martina win?
A: Martina Navratilova won 43 times and Chris Evert won 37 times.
Congratulations to Robert Pellymounter, Jessica Yha, Pat Novak, Everett Dehn and Carolyn Braun for all getting the correct answer to this question. Congrats also to Jessica Yha won the raffle and has earned a free 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride.
November 24, 2010
Q: Fill in the blank: The Bryan brothers finished the year 2010 ranked #1 for an ATP record _____ time.
A: Sixth Time!
Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore and Jonathan Braun for correctly answering this question correctly. Jonathan Braun won the drawing and has earned a 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride!
November 17, 2010
Q: In 2010 no women from the USA competed in the year ending woman’s event this year held in Doha, Qatar. How many times and when has this happened before, if it has ever occurred?
A: The only other time this has happened was in 2006.
Congratulations to Everette Dehn, who was the only member to correctly answer this very difficult question. He wins a 30 minute lesson with Desi McBride.
November 10, 2010
Q: Since the current WTA now sponsored Sony Ericsson rankings began, Caroline Wozniacki is the ????? th
Player to be ranked #1 in the world ?
A: Caroline Wozniacki is the 2oth player to be ranked #1 in the world. Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore and Everette Dehn on getting the correct answer on this question. Everette Dehn won the drawing!
November 7, 2010
Q: In the open era, who is the only unseeded men’s player to win the US OPEN
and when did he do it ?
A: Andre Agassi in 1994 over Michael Stich. – Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore, Frank Nadasdy, Everette Dehn and Carolyn Braun, who correctly answered this Trivia Question. The winner of the drawing for the 30 minute lesson with Desi is Everette Dehn!
October 27th, 2010
Q: Prior to this year’s US OPEN, who is the only top 10 ranked male player in 2010 who averages more double faults than aces per match?
A: Novak Djokovic – Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore who was the only member who correctly answered last week’s trivia question.
October 20th, 2010
Q: Since 1980 there were only 2 men to simultaneously hold the number one ranking in both singles and doubles . Who were they ?
A: John McEnroe and Stephan Edberg – Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore, and Ted Verrier, who was the only member to correctly answer the question. Ted won the drawing
October 14th, 2010
Q: Thomas Berdych lost in the first round of the US Open this year . Who was the last Wimbledon finalist to lose in the first round of the US Open?
A: Andy Roddick – Congratulations to Jenny Kilgore, who was the only member to correctly answer the question.
October 6th, 2010
Q: Who is the only female Wild Card to win the US Open?
A: Kim Clisters – Congratulations to the following members who correctly answered last week’s Trivia Question: Jenny Kilgore, Jonathan Braun, Susan Oster, Everett Dehn, Bert Stock. The lucky winner of the 30 minute with Desi McBride is Susan Oster.
September 29, 2010
Q: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have played each other in the final of a tournament 17 times. What 2 men players hold the record for meeting in the finals during the open era and how many times did they meet?
A: Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe met 20 times in finals. Unfortunately, no one correctly answered this weeks question. Better luck next week!
September 22, 2010
Q: Bob and Mike Bryan won this year’s US Open and were the number 1 seeded team. When was the last time a number 1 seed won the US Open Men’s Doubles Title and in what year did they win?
A: Mark Woodford and Todd Woodbridge in 1996.
Congratulations: Jenny Kilgore, who was the only member to correctly answer this week’s trivia question. She wins a free 30 minute tennnis lesson with Desi McBride.
September 15th, 2010
Q: Rafael Nadal completed the career Grand Slam when he won the US Open yesterday. He is the seventh player in history to win the career Grand Slam. Who are the other six?
