Grand Slam in tennis

\nA Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote holding all four of the following championship titles at the same time:

• Australian Open\n*French Open\n*Wimbledon\n*U.S. Open

The term was originally restricted to the winning of all four tournaments in the same calendar year. These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments of the year in the public mind as well as in terms of the ranking points and prizemoney awarded for performances in them. The winners of the grand slam (all four tournaments in the same calendar year) are:

• Don Budge (1938)\n* Maureen Connolly (1953)\n* Rod Laver (1962 and 1969)\n* Margaret Smith Court (1970)\n* Steffi Graf (1988) (also the Olympic Gold medal, thus winning a Golden Slam)

Winners of all four grand slam tournaments consecutively, but not in a single calendar year, include:

• Martina Navratilova (1983-84)\n* Steffi Graf (1993-94)\n* Serena Williams (2002-03)

Players who won all four grand slam tournaments but not in the same calendar year include:

• Fred Perry (1933-34-35)\n* Doris Hart (1949-50-51-54)\n* Shirley Fry (1951-56-57)\n* Roy Emerson (1961-63-64)\n* Billie Jean King (1966-67-68-72)\n* Chris Evert (1974-75-82)\n* Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-99)

Golden Grand Slam

The Golden Grand Slam is winning all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as the Gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics, in the same calendar year. So far the only person to have achieved such a feat is Steffi Graf in 1988. \n\n\n Category:Tennis