2026: Week 7, Quiz 1

Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme will run from Mon-Thu.:

  1. Novak Djokovic reached the final of the Australian Open aged 38 in 2026, but failed to win and become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the open era. Who, with an Australian Open win in 1972, thus retained his record?
  2. Serena Williams lost her last four singles finals in her bid to win a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. But she does remain the oldest woman to win a singles Grand Slam title in the open era (as of early 2026), doing so by defeating which older player in the final in January 2017?
  3. Martina Navratilova played her last women’s singles final aged 37 at Wimbledon in 1994, losing to which then 22-year-old?
  4. Navratilova (who else?) was almost fifty years old when she partnered with which American doubles specialist to win the mixed doubles title at the 2006 US Open?
  5. [Theme: 1 of 4] What common last name connects a father-son allrounder pair who both played cricket for New Zealand and faced off against Mohammad Azharuddin?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 6, Quiz 5:

  1. Davos
  2. Gangrene
  3. Wyoming
  4. Annapurna
  5. Mont Blanc