Wimbledon Championships-2016

Question: Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of recently held Wimbledon Championships-2016?
(a) Garbin Muguruja
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Martina Hingis
(d) Jehanna Larson
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

• From 27 June to 10 July 2016;.The 2016 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament was played.
• It was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
• Result of the competition is as follows:
• Men’s Singles:
  • Winner: Andy Murray(United Kingdom)
  • Runner Up:Milos Raonic(Canada)
• Women’s singles:
  • Winner: Serena Williams (United States)
  • Runner Up: Angelique Kerber(Germany)
• Men’ Doubles:
  • Winner:Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut(Both are of France)
  • Runner Up:Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin(Both are of France)
• Women’s Doubles:
  • Winner: Serena Williams and Venus Williams(Both are of United States)
  • Runner Up:Tímea Babos(Hungary ) and Yaroslava Shvedova(Kazakhstan)
• Mixed Doubles:
  • Winner:Henri Kontinen(Finland) and Heather Watson (United Kingdom)
  • Runner Up: Robert Farah(Colombia) and Anna-Lena Gronefeld(Germany)
• Serena Williams (United States) won her seventh Wimbledon crown and a historic 22nd major title.
• For Serena Williams and Venus Williams it was the sixth title at Wimbledon, and 14 in Grand Slams.
• Serena Williams successfully defended her women’s Singles title and equalled Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22 major singles titles.
• Margaret Court (Australia) holds the record of winning most women’s singles Grand Slam title.
• She won 24 Grand Slam singles titles out of which 13 are of before Open Era (1968) and the remaining 11 are won by her after it.

Reference:
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/index.html
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5719208/title/champions-corner-serena
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5715824/title/serena-williams-22-stats-for-22-slams
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5716821/title/serena-venus-complete-wimbledon-sweep