Quarterfinal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
  2. 2
    one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals wordnet
  3. 3
    A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final. general

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last eightlast eightquarterquarter

Example

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"Richard Krajicek is known as the only player to beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. He upset Pistol Pete in straight sets in the quarterfinal en route to winning the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, which came to be the only Grand Slam title in his career."

Etymology

From quarter + final.

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