2003 ATP Quiz - Rankings - Answers

1.    Four players were ranked #1 this year.  List them in order of # of
weeks holding the #1 position, for the 52 week period Jan 6 - Dec 29, 2003.
(1 point each)

Lleyton Hewitt, 21 weeks
Andre Agassi, 14 weeks
Andy Roddick, 9 weeks
Juan Carlos Ferrero, 8 weeks


2.    Three of the #1 players were in the top ten the entire year.  Name the
other two top ten players who hold this distinction. (1 point each)

Roger Federer and Carlos Moya



3.    Andy Roddick was the #1 ranked ITF Junior in 2000, and now holds the
#1 spot for the ATP.  Who was the last #1 Junior to ascend to the #1 ATP
ranking? (3 points)

Marcelo Rios, #1 Junior in 1993 and #1 ATP for 6 weeks in 1998.



4.  Roddick and Hewitt set records this year for biggest rise to and biggest
drop from the #1 ranking within one year.

a)  Roddick was #10 at year-end 2002.  Before Roddick, who had the lowest YE
ranking the year before he was #1?  (2 points)

Lleyton Hewitt was #7 at 2000 YE,  #1 at 2001 YE


b)  Hewitt finished 2003 at #17.  Before Hewitt, who had the lowest YE
ranking the year after he was #1? (2 points)

Mats Wilander was #1 at 1988 YE,  #12 at 1989 YE



5.    Guillermo Coria and David Nalbandian finished the year at #5 and #8.
Name the three other Argentines to finish in the year-end top ten since the
rankings started in 1973. (2 points)

Guillermo Vilas (9x), Jose-Luis Clerc (4x), Alberto Mancini (1x)



6.    True or False:  Paradorn Srichaphan became the first Asian man to
break into the top ten since the rankings began in 1973. (1 point)

True.  Vijay Amritraj held a top ranking of #16 in 1980.



7.    Consider the 2002 YE Top 10, which player fell farthest in the
rankings at 2003 YE? (1 point)

Marat Safin, tumbling from #3 to #78


8.    Now the flip side - which player ranked in the 2003 YE Top 10 was
ranked lowest at 2002 YE? (1 point)

Mark Philippoussis, rising from #80 to #9


9.    What was Pete Sampras' ranking (within +/- 3 spots) when he fell off
the charts after the US Open? (2 points)

Sampras' last ranking on 9/1/03 was #34


10.    Who are the two youngest players currently (2003 YE) ranked in the
top 100? (1 point each)

#47 Rafael Nadal and #92 Richard Gasquet, both 17y  5m


11.    Who are the two oldest players currently (2003 YE) ranked in the top
100? (1 point each)

#4 Andre Agassi (33y 6m) and #69 Todd Martin (33y 4m)


12.  There were four different slam winners in 2003, and at year end they
were ranked #1, #2, #3, and #4.  When was the last year this happened? (3
points)

1991

#1 Edberg (US Open)
#2 Courier (Roland Garros)
#3 Becker (Australian Open)
#4 Stich (Wimbledon)