These tennis trivia questions begin at love-all and build toward the sport's defining champions, venues, and matches. Five balanced rounds of 10 make the set easy to use at a club social, family game night, classroom, or pub quiz.
Play for one point per answer, use a single round as a warm-up, or save the famous-matches section for a tiebreak. Each reveal adds enough background to explain why the answer matters without turning the quiz into a rulebook.
How to host a tennis trivia night
Read every question before players open the answer and allow roughly 20 seconds for rules or venues and 30 seconds for history. Decide whether a family name earns the point when a full player name is requested. For mixed-experience groups, pair a casual fan with someone who follows the tours.
- Round 1 covers scoring, court lines, and common rules.
- Rounds 2 through 4 move through Grand Slam history and major champions.
- Round 5 finishes with unforgettable matches, team competitions, and the Olympics.
A note on tennis sources
Rules and Grand Slam framework were checked against the International Tennis Federation's official materials. Completed title runs and historical records were cross-checked with official tournament archives and ATP or WTA records. The questions avoid live rankings and current-season totals so the set remains useful after the next trophy is lifted.
Round 1: Tennis Rules and Scoring
What is a serve called when it lands legally and the receiver cannot touch it?＋
An ace.
What is the score called when both players reach 40?＋
Deuce; a player then normally needs two consecutive points to win the game.
What comes immediately after deuce when a player wins the next point?＋
Advantage to that player, unless a no-ad scoring format is being used.
How many games does a player normally need to win a set?＋
At least six, usually with a margin of two games or a tiebreak at the competition's specified score.
What is a double fault?＋
Two consecutive service faults, which cost the server the point.
What is a let on a serve?＋
A serve that touches the net and otherwise lands correctly is replayed without counting as a fault.
What is a foot fault in tennis?＋
It is a service fault caused when the server violates the baseline or court-position rules during the service motion.
Which court lines are used for singles but not the outer doubles alleys?＋
The inner sidelines define the narrower singles court.
From which side does a player serve the first point of a game?＋
From the right, or deuce, court; the server then alternates sides after each point.
Does a player lose the point for touching the net while the ball is in play?＋
Yes. A player, racket, or clothing touching the net during the point results in loss of the point.
Round 2: Grand Slam History and Venues
What is the main stadium court at Melbourne Park called?＋
Rod Laver Arena.
Which Grand Slam is played on clay at Roland-Garros?＋
The French Open in Paris.
What is Wimbledon's main show court called?＋
Centre Court.
Which Grand Slam is staged at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center?＋
The US Open in New York City.
Which is the oldest of tennis's four Grand Slam tournaments?＋
Wimbledon, first held in 1877.
In what year was the first Australasian Championships, now the Australian Open, held?＋
1905, at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne.
In what year was the first U.S. National Men's Singles Championship held?＋
1881, at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island.
What is a calendar-year Grand Slam in singles?＋
Winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open in the same calendar year.
What trophy is presented to the Wimbledon women's singles champion?＋
The Venus Rosewater Dish.
What was the French championship's key change in 1925?＋
It opened to international competitors, becoming the French Internationals that developed into today's French Open.
Round 3: Men's Grand Slam Champions
Who became the first man to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam in 1938?＋
Don Budge of the United States.
Which man completed calendar-year Grand Slams in both 1962 and 1969?＋
Rod Laver, with the second coming in the Open Era.
Which Swede won six French Open singles titles and five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles?＋
Björn Borg achieved both feats between 1974 and 1981.
Which player ended his career with 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles after winning the 2002 US Open?＋
Pete Sampras.
Who became the first man to reach 20 Grand Slam singles titles?＋
Roger Federer reached 20 by winning the 2018 Australian Open.
Who was the first man to reach 21 Grand Slam singles titles?＋
Rafael Nadal reached 21 at the 2022 Australian Open.
Which player held all four men's major singles titles at once after the 2016 French Open?＋
Novak Djokovic completed a run of four consecutive major victories across two calendar years.
Which man won Olympic singles gold in 1996 and later completed a Career Golden Slam at the 1999 French Open?＋
Andre Agassi; his 1999 French Open title completed his set of all four majors plus Olympic singles gold.
Who became the first British man since Fred Perry to win Wimbledon singles, in 2013?＋
Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final.
Who became the youngest men's singles Grand Slam champion at the 1989 French Open?＋
Michael Chang was 17 years and 110 days old when he won in Paris.
Round 4: Women's Grand Slam Champions
Who became the first woman to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam, in 1953?＋
Maureen Connolly won all four major singles titles that year.
Which player completed the Golden Slam in 1988?＋
Steffi Graf won all four majors and Olympic singles gold in the same year.
Who won 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles in the Open Era?＋
Serena Williams won 23 between the 1999 US Open and 2017 Australian Open.
Which woman won a record nine Wimbledon singles titles?＋
Martina Navratilova won nine, including six consecutively from 1982 through 1987.
Which player won seven French Open women's singles titles?＋
Chris Evert won seven titles in Paris between 1974 and 1986.
Who became the first Black player to win a Wimbledon singles title in 1957?＋
Althea Gibson, who successfully defended the title in 1958.
Who won Wimbledon in 1980 as the first mother to take the women's singles title since 1914?＋
Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Chris Evert in the final.
Who became the youngest French Open women's singles champion in 1990?＋
Monica Seles won at age 16 years and 189 days.
Which Australian won 24 major women's singles championships?＋
Margaret Court won 24 across the amateur and Open eras.
Which champion with 12 major singles titles has the women's world team competition named after her?＋
Billie Jean King; the former Fed Cup was renamed the Billie Jean King Cup.
Round 5: Famous Matches, Team Events, and the Olympics
Who defeated Roger Federer in the celebrated 2008 Wimbledon men's final?＋
Rafael Nadal won the five-set final as darkness fell on Centre Court.
Which two players contested the 11-hour, 5-minute Wimbledon match in 2010?＋
John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set over three days.
Which players contested the longest Australian Open final, lasting 5 hours and 53 minutes in 2012?＋
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in five sets.
Who beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match?＋
Billie Jean King won in straight sets at the Houston Astrodome.
Which international men's team competition began in 1900?＋
The Davis Cup, originally contested by the United States and Great Britain.
What was the Billie Jean King Cup called before its 2020 renaming?＋
The Fed Cup, short for Federation Cup in its original name.
Which mixed-team international event was named after Australian player Harry Hopman?＋
The Hopman Cup.
In which year did tennis return as a full-medal Olympic sport after a long absence?＋
1988, at the Seoul Olympic Games.
Who won the 1988 Olympic women's singles gold medal to complete the Golden Slam?＋
Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final.
Which American brothers won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles together?＋
Bob and Mike Bryan, widely known as the Bryan brothers.
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