What was special about her dress?

Its scalloped hem echoed Goolagong's 1971 dress

Ash Barty Wimbledon Quiz: The 2021 Title and 1971 Tribute

This Ash Barty Wimbledon quiz relives the 2021 final when the world number one from Queensland lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Karolina Pliskova, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the scalloped dress, Indigenous heritage, the junior title, her cricket break and her surprise retirement.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country does Ash Barty represent?
Year
In which year did she win Wimbledon?
Final
Whom did she beat in the final?
Hero
Which Australian legend inspired her outfit?
Dress
What was special about her dress?
Heritage
What heritage do Barty and Goolagong share?
Last
Who was the previous Australian woman to win Wimbledon singles?
Junior
Which Wimbledon title had she won as a teen?
Cricket
Which sport did she play professionally during a break from tennis?
Retire
When did she retire as world number one?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country does Ash Barty represent?
Answer: Australia
She is from Queensland.
Q2: In which year did she win Wimbledon?
Answer: 2021
She was world number one.
Q3: Whom did she beat in the final?
Answer: Karolina Pliskova
It went to three sets.
Q4: Which Australian legend inspired her outfit?
Answer: Evonne Goolagong Cawley
It marked 50 years since Goolagong's first title.
Q5: What was special about her dress?
Answer: Its scalloped hem echoed Goolagong's 1971 dress
Fans loved the tribute.
Q6: What heritage do Barty and Goolagong share?
Answer: Indigenous Australian
Barty is a Ngarigo woman.
Q7: Who was the previous Australian woman to win Wimbledon singles?
Answer: Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980
The gap was 41 years.
Q8: Which Wimbledon title had she won as a teen?
Answer: The 2011 girls' singles
She was 15.
Q9: Which sport did she play professionally during a break from tennis?
Answer: Cricket
She joined the Brisbane Heat.
Q10: When did she retire as world number one?
Answer: 2022
She was only 25.

Ash Barty Wimbledon Quiz – The 2021 Title and 1971 Tribute

Ash Barty, from Queensland, won Wimbledon in 2021 as world number one, beating Karolina Pliskova in three sets. She became the first Australian woman to win the singles title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

Her scalloped dress paid tribute to the outfit Goolagong wore when she first won Wimbledon in 1971. Both women are proud Indigenous Australians, and Goolagong had long been Barty's hero.

Barty had won the Wimbledon girls' title in 2011 and even played professional cricket during a break from tennis. After also winning the 2022 Australian Open, she retired as world number one at 25.

What This Quiz Teaches

Tennis fans will enjoy these questions.

Where she comes from
Whom she beat
Which tribute she wore
What she did earlier
When she retired

Did You Know?

She also won the 2019 French Open.
Her slice backhand troubled opponents.
She was named Young Australian of the Year in 2020.
She has written children's books.
She played golf to a high level after retiring.