sporcle wta tennis player logic puzzle solution
TRANSCRIPT
Venus is Serena’s sister and has won Grand Slam titles since 2000 B3 = Venus Williams
Pennetta is the only new grand slam winner in 2015 C2 = Pennetta
The only non-European and non-American players to have won a Grand Slam title since 2000 are Stosur and Li.
There has already been many Australian and American Grand Slam winners before 2000, but no Chinese A4 = Li
E1 is not American (cf C2, same row as Serena), not European (cf B3, corner) and not Li (already in A4) the only remaining solution for E1 = Stosur.
The only 3 Russian players that claimed a GS title since 2000 are Myskina, Kuznetsova and Sharapova
Sharapova is the only one that faced Serena in a GS final (AO 2007 and 2015, FO 2013, Wimbledon 2004) A2 = Sharapova
Amélie Mauresmo is the last French n°1 A3 = Mauresmo
Only 5 French or Belgian players have won a GS title since 2000 : Bartoli, Clijsters, Henin, Mauresmo and Pierce.
They are in 5 different columns. Since none of them are next to Pennetta, B4, C4 and D4 must be French or Belgian players.
B4 never won the Australian Open, so it can’t be Pierce (1995), Henin (2004) or Clijsters (2011). B4 = Bartoli
C4 is either Belgian or FrenchHowever, Clijsters and Henin have been ranked number 1.
C4 = Pierce
D4 is either Clijsters or Henin.Row 4 contains 2 olympic gold medalists, and neither Li, Bartoli nor
Pierce have won a gold medal. D4 and E4 are olympic gold medalistsClijsters never won the Olympic Games
D4 = Henin
B1 and B2 are Russian B1 and B2 = Kuznetsova/MyskinaKuznetsova won 2 Grand Slam titles so she can’t be in row 1.
B2 = Kuznetsova B1 = Myskina
Novak Djokovic is Serbian, and the only Serbian tenniswoman to have won a GS title in singles is Ivanovic
E3 = Ivanovic
There is either a Belgian or a French player in column E, and E4 is not European E2 is French or Belgian
Clijsters is the only remaining one to have claimed a GS title E2 = Clijsters
The remaining players to have won a Grand Slam title since 2000 are Azarenka, Capriati, Kerber, Kvitova, Muguruza and Schiavone
(+Davenport in 2000, not part of this quiz).As E4 is a non European player :
E4 = Capriati
The only remaining player to have won the Australian Open in 2 consecutive years is Azarenka (2012 – 2013)
D3 = Azarenka
At this point, there are 4 possible answers remaining: Kerber, Kvitova, Muguruza and Schiavone.D1 and D2 won their first title in 2016 D1/D2 = Kerber/Muguruza
C1/C3 = Kvitova/SchiavoneThanks to D4 clue, we now that players in row 1 only won one Grand Slam title, whereas Kvitova
won Wimbledon twice. C1 = Schiavone C3 = Kvitova
Kerber won her first title (AO 2016) before Muguruza (FO 2016) D1 = Kerber
D2 = Muguruza
Congrats !