Question 45
HardOriginal questionWhich Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on clay?
Show the answer and explanation
CorrectNot quiteAnswer A
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The French Open, at Roland-Garros, is the clay-court Grand Slam.
Wimbledon is the grass one, and both the Australian and the US Opens are played on hard courts.
The surface changes how the game is played, which is why winning on all of them is treated as a distinct achievement.
Worth noting
Four tournaments, three surfaces: one clay, one grass, two hard. That distribution is the whole of what usually gets asked.
- Concept
- The tennis Grand Slam surfaces
- Typical timeTypical
- 50 s
- Your timeYours
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