Wimbledon Trivia 2026: 40 Questions and Answers

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1. When does the 2026 Wimbledon Championships main draw begin?
   Answer: 29 June 2026
2. Who is the defending men's singles champion going into Wimbledon 2026?
   Answer: Jannik Sinner
3. Who is the defending women's singles champion going into Wimbledon 2026?
   Answer: Iga Świątek
4. Which two-time champion (2023 and 2024) withdrew from Wimbledon 2026 with a wrist injury?
   Answer: Carlos Alcaraz
5. Who arrives at Wimbledon 2026 as the women's world No. 1?
   Answer: Aryna Sabalenka
6. On which date is the Wimbledon 2026 fortnight scheduled to finish with the men's final?
   Answer: 12 July 2026
7. Which country does defending men's champion Jannik Sinner represent?
   Answer: Italy
8. In the 2025 final, Jannik Sinner beat which rival to win his first Wimbledon title?
   Answer: Carlos Alcaraz
9. Iga Świątek won her first Wimbledon title in 2025 — which country does she represent?
   Answer: Poland
10. Who holds the record for the most Wimbledon men's singles titles, with eight?
    Answer: Roger Federer
11. Who holds the record for the most Wimbledon women's singles titles, with nine?
    Answer: Martina Navratilova
12. The longest match in Wimbledon history (2010) was between Nicolas Mahut and which American?
    Answer: John Isner
13. Roughly how long did that record 2010 Isner–Mahut marathon last?
    Answer: 11 hours 5 minutes
14. In what year was the first Wimbledon Championships held, making it the world's oldest tennis tournament?
    Answer: 1877
15. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament still played on which surface?
    Answer: Grass
16. Who won five consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles from 1976 to 1980?
    Answer: Björn Borg
17. In 1985, aged 17, who became the youngest man to win the Wimbledon singles title?
    Answer: Boris Becker
18. How many Wimbledon singles titles did Serena Williams win during her career?
    Answer: Seven
19. Which American won seven Wimbledon men's singles titles between 1993 and 2000?
    Answer: Pete Sampras
20. Which British player ended a 77-year wait for a home men's champion by winning Wimbledon in 2013?
    Answer: Andy Murray
21. Novak Djokovic has won how many Wimbledon men's singles titles, level with Pete Sampras?
    Answer: Seven
22. Who completed the 'Golden Slam' in 1988 — all four majors plus Olympic gold — including Wimbledon?
    Answer: Steffi Graf
23. How many Wimbledon women's singles titles did Venus Williams win?
    Answer: Five
24. Goran Ivanišević famously won Wimbledon in 2001 having entered the draw as what kind of entrant?
    Answer: A wildcard
25. Which 17-year-old stunned Serena Williams to win the 2004 Wimbledon women's singles title?
    Answer: Maria Sharapova
26. What fruit traditionally sits on top of the men's Wimbledon singles trophy?
    Answer: A pineapple
27. What is the women's Wimbledon singles trophy called?
    Answer: The Venus Rosewater Dish
28. Which dessert is the iconic snack served to fans throughout Wimbledon?
    Answer: Strawberries and cream
29. Wimbledon enforces a strict dress code requiring players to wear almost entirely what colour?
    Answer: White
30. In tennis scoring, the term 'love' means what?
    Answer: Zero points
31. What is the name of the Harris's hawk flown each morning to scare pigeons off the Wimbledon grounds?
    Answer: Rufus
32. To roughly what height are Wimbledon's grass courts mown during the Championships?
    Answer: 8 mm
33. At roughly what temperature are Wimbledon's tennis balls kept to ensure a consistent bounce?
    Answer: 20°C
34. During the Second World War, a bomb struck which Wimbledon court, destroying around 1,200 seats?
    Answer: Centre Court
35. In which south-west London district is the All England Club, home of Wimbledon, located?
    Answer: Wimbledon (SW19)
36. Wimbledon is officially staged by which members' club?
    Answer: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
37. A retractable roof was first installed over which Wimbledon court, ready for the 2009 Championships?
    Answer: Centre Court
38. In the tennis calendar Wimbledon is the third Grand Slam, following the Australian Open and which other major?
    Answer: The French Open
39. Ticketless fans famously watch the big matches on a grassy slope at Wimbledon nicknamed what?
    Answer: Henman Hill
40. How many Grand Slam tournaments make up the tennis calendar each year, of which Wimbledon is one?
    Answer: Four

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