Sports Records and History

The Australian Open is the first of the four annual Grand Slam tennis tournaments, typically held in January each year in Melbourne.

Venus Williams won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2007, defeating Marion Bartoli in the final. This was her fourth Wimbledon singles title.

The inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games were held in Singapore in 2010.

London hosted the 30th Olympic Games in 2012. Beijing hosted the 29th in 2008. Kuala Lumpur has never hosted Olympics. Singapore hosted Youth Olympics 2010. London previously hosted in 1908 and 1948, making 2012 its third time.

Rafael Nadal is a professional tennis player from Spain. He won his first Wimbledon title in 2008 by defeating Roger Federer in the final.

Roger Federer is a world-famous professional tennis player who is a national of Switzerland. The other players listed are from Sweden (Edberg) or the USA (Roddick, Becker).

Yaroslava Shvedova won the Ericsson International WTA Tennis Event in 2007, marking a significant victory in her professional career.

Gaston Gaudio of Argentina won the 2004 French Open men's singles title by defeating his compatriot Guillermo Coria in the final.

Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the dominant players of that era, but they did not win this specific tournament.

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious.

Lance Armstrong originally won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005. Although these titles were later stripped due to doping, he is the historical answer in many trivia contexts.

Roger Federer won the 2007 U.S. Open men's singles title by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final.

Serena Williams won the women's singles title at the 2002 U.S. Open by defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final.