Surbiton_Trophy_Programme_2017
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quiz<br />
Grass court<br />
tennis quiz<br />
The players are changing ends and you’ve run out of bananas.<br />
Don’t panic. Try our tennis quiz instead.<br />
1) What was the original name of <strong>Surbiton</strong><br />
Racket & Fitness Club when it was founded in<br />
1881?<br />
a) <strong>Surbiton</strong> Lawn Tennis, Croquet & Bowls Club<br />
b) Tolworth Lawn Tennis Club<br />
c) Berrylands Lawn Tennis Club<br />
2) Which American player won the Surrey Grass<br />
Court Championships three times on the trot in<br />
the late 1950s<br />
a) Maureen Connolly<br />
b) Doris Hart<br />
c) Althea Gibson<br />
3) Which Spanish player originally coined the<br />
phrase “Grass is for cows”?<br />
a) Manuel Santana<br />
b) Manuel Orantes<br />
c) Andres Gimeno<br />
4) Which British tennis player released a pop<br />
single called Wimbledon Lawns?<br />
a) Annabel Croft<br />
b) Sam Smith<br />
c) Jo Durie<br />
5) Which is the only Grand Slam never to have<br />
been played on grass?<br />
a) US Open<br />
b) Australian Open<br />
c) French Open<br />
6) How much prize money did Wimbledon’s<br />
very first professional female singles champion<br />
win in 1968?<br />
a) £750<br />
b) £800<br />
c) £1,000<br />
7) Which Welshman is generally credited with<br />
inventing lawn tennis by patenting an early<br />
form of the game called Sphairistike?<br />
a) Lord Leavy of Leamington<br />
b) Major Thomas Henry Gem<br />
c) Major Walter Clopton Wingfield<br />
8) What year did <strong>Surbiton</strong> Member Judy Dalton<br />
(nee Tegart) reach the Wimbledon Final?<br />
a) 1969<br />
b) 1973<br />
c) 1979<br />
24 Aegon surbiton trophy <strong>2017</strong>
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