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The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year ...
1878. Wimbledon. Frank Hadow. Spencer Gore. 1877. Wimbledon. Spencer Gore. William Marshall. Find out every men's tennis Grand Slam winner throughout history, here at ESPN.com.
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Don Budge is the only man to have won six consecutive major singles titles, from Wimbledon 1937 to U.S. Championships 1938, and the first player ever to complete a Grand Slam (1938). Ken Rosewall holds a record 15 Pro Major titles, and 23 major titles overall, counting both amateur and professional circuits, a record surpassed by Djokovic in 2023.
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- Who Has Won All Four Grand Slams in The Same Year?
- What Is A Golden Slam and Who Has Completed It?
In running order, the four grand slam events held each year are the: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. The French Open is played on clay, Wimbledon on grass and the remaining two are competed on hard courts. Wimbledon is the oldest grand slam event, founded in 1877, followed by the US Open four years later, the French Open in 189...
Novak Djokovic and Margaret Court currently hold the record for most grand slam singles titles. Djokovic took the lead outright in the men's game by winning his third Roland-Garros title at the 2023 French Open when Rafael Nadal was ruled out of his title defence by injury. Nadal had taken sole ownership of the men's singles record after edging pas...
The term 'Grand Slam' actually relates to the achievement of winning all four tournaments in the same year. Winning one title is hard enough, but winning all four straight is extremely difficult. American Don Budge was the first to achieve a Grand Slam in 1938, with Australian Rod Laver the only other men's singles player to repeat the feat. Mauree...
If a Grand Slam wasn't rare enough, a Golden Slam requires players to also win Olympic gold on top of the four grand slam events in the same year. Steffi Graf was the first to complete a Golden Slam in 1988, with only wheelchair players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott managing to replicate the feat since. In the end, only Alcaraz's incredible perfo...
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Jun 11, 2023 · Djokovic earned his men's-record 23rd Grand Slam singles championship, breaking a tie with Nadal and moving three in front of the retired Federer, with a 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Ruud that ...
Jun 11, 2023 · Novak Djokovic has won his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title with a 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Casper Ruud in the French Open final. Djokovic broke a tie with Rafael Nadal for the most major singles trophies in the history of men’s tennis. Nadal is a 14-time champion at Roland Garros who missed the tournament because he is injured. Djokovic adds to the French Open titles he earned in ...
Sep 12, 2021 · Daniil Medvedev won his first grand slam title Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the US Open final and ending the world No. 1’s hopes of completing a calendar grand slam.
