Knowing the timeline of Graf’s relationship with Andre Agassi helped one tennis fan earn $1,000 during the game.
Published Jan 31, 2024
A tennis fan scored big on Jeopardy! this week. (For a moment, anyway.)
On Monday’s episode of the American game show, 22-time Grand Slam singles champion Steffi Graf made an appearance as the $1,000 answer in the category “Women in Sports.”
The answer, in the opening “Jeopardy!” round of play, also named-dropped Graf’s fellow Hall of Famer husband, saying: “In 2001, it was love all when Andre Agassi married this German tennis star.”
Lloyd Sy, a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Ill., answered the question correctly, which helped contribute to his $3,400 total at the end of the opening round.
(Whether the subject was worthy of $1,000—purportedly, reserved for the most difficult topics—is another matter entirely. We would’ve gone for the Golden Slam.)
We’ll take Women in Sports for 1000 please 💜
Q: In 2001 it was love all when @AndreAgassi married this German tennis star.
A: Who is…. let us know in the comments 👇 pic.twitter.com/7gd6i0mjlO
— wta (@WTA) January 30, 2024
But Sy’s tennis knowledge, unfortunately, didn’t help him win it all.
Though he entered the Final Jeopardy round in first place with $19,800 to his name, he ultimately finished in third after losing $14,000 of that total on an incorrect guess to the final answer.