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How well do you know Wimbledon? Give this quiz a try:

1st Round: Who was the most recent Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round the following year? a.) Amelie Mauresmo. b.) Goran Ivanisevic. c.) Marion Bartoli. d.) Lleyton Hewitt.

2nd Round: Who holds the tournament record for fastest serve by a woman? a.) Sabine Lisicki. b.) Serena Williams. c.) Venus Williams. d.) Petra Kvitova.

3rd Round: Who has won the most Wimbledon singles championships in the Open era? a.) Roger Federer. b.) Martina Navratilova. c.) Pete Sampras. d.) Chris Evert. e.) Steffi Graf.

4th Round: Who won the longest Wimbledon men’s final in history, in terms of time? a.) Roger Federer. b.) John Isner. c.) Pete Sampras. d.) Rafael Nadal. e.) Goran Ivanisevic.

Quarterfinal: Before 1922, how many matches did a defending champion need to win to collect the title the following year? a.) 1;b.) 3; c.) 5; d.) 7.

Semifinal: When Andy Murray claimed his first Wimbledon title, how many years had it been since a British man won the tournament? a.) 96; b.) 77; c.) 76; d.) 59.

Women’s Final: Which of these players never won a Wimbledon singles title? a.) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. b.) Monica Seles. c.) Justine Henin. d.) All of the above.

Men’s Final: How many match points did Bjorn Borg need to beat John McEnroe in the 1980 final? a.) 8;b.) 4; c.) 1; d.) 10.

ANSWERS

First round: d. Hewitt, the 2002 champion, was beaten in the first round in 2003 by Ivo Karlovic , the big-serving 6-foot-10 Croatian who was a qualifier ranked 203rd at the time. The only other time a defending men’s champion lost in the opening round was in 1967, when Manuel Santana was beaten by Charlie Pasarell.

Second round: c. Venus Williams hit a 129 mph serve at Wimbledon in 2008. The men’s record is 148 mph, hit by Taylor Dent in 2010.

Third round: b. Navratilova won nine women’s singles titles, two more than Sampras or Federer, who share the men’s record.

Fourth round: d. Nadal edged Federer, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, in 4 hours 48 minutes in the 2008 final, considered by some the greatest match in tennis history.

Quarterfinal: a. When the tournament began, the reigning champion received a bye into the final. That helped Willie Renshaw win a record six consecutive titles (1881-’86) and seven overall (1881-’86, 1889).

Semifinal: b. When Murray beat Djokovic in the 2013 final (he won Wimbledon again last year), it ended a 77-year drought since the previous British men’s champion, Fred Perry in 1936. Virginia Wade was the last British women’s champion, in 1977.

Women’s final: d. Each lost in at least one final: Sanchez Vicario in 1995 and 1996; Seles in 1992; Henin in 2001 and 2006.

Men’s final: a. Borg converted his eighth match point with a backhand passing shot to break McEnroe and edge him, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (16), 8-6, for the Swede’s fifth consecutive Wimbledon championship — and last.