TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, September 14, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

The U.S. Open just ended yesterday. Did any tennis fans out there watch it? I only caught a match or two here and there, but I've always enjoyed watching the sport of tennis. I also enjoy playing, although I am not as good at that!

Anyway, here are some fun U.S. Open facts for you to enjoy...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it."

HINT: (1952-), is an American former world No. 1 tennis player, often considered among the greatest in the history of the sport.

RANDOM TIDBITS
When Arthur Ashe won the first "Open" U.S. Open in 1968, he was still an amateur and ineligible to get paid. Rather than collect the $12,000 in winner's prize money, he was "awarded" with his $20 per diem.

In 1970, Margret Wade once won all three events held for women - singles, doubles and mixed doubles - and earned $9,500 for her effort. Doing the same thing today would be worth $4,020,000 or about 423 times as much.

The tiebreak came to the U.S. Open in 1970, a development which continues to delight John McEnroe, who can't go a single match at any Grand Slam without praising the Open for being the only major to have a fifth-set tiebreak.

Forty years ago, the Open became the first Grand Slam to play tennis under the lights. The French Open and Wimbledon still don't, even though Wimbledon can now play into the night thanks to its roof.

The tournament had been played on grass for its first 93 years (until 1974), then clay for three years at Forest Hills (1975-77), before moving to what is now the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and its hard courts in 1978. It is the only major to have been played on three different surfaces.

The U.S. Open is the only Grand Slam to play every year since its founding. The European events, clearly, had to stop for both World Wars and the Australian Open made that decision as well.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it."

ANSWER: Jimmy Connors.

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