The four Major tennis tournaments or Grand Slam tennis tournaments —sometimes called "championships", sometimes abbreviated "Tennis Majors"^[1] or even "Majors" or "Slams"— are the world's most important annual tennis tournaments. They are now most important by world tour ranking points, prize-money, strength and size of field, and public attention, and they have been considered most important for decades. January to September^[a] the Majors are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon (The Championships, Wimbledon), and the US Open. The Australian and US tournaments are currently played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest Major, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905.

The tennis Grand Slam is a cumulative achievement, winning all four major championships in a single year in one of the five disciplines: men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles. In doubles one team may accomplish that playing together or one player may do it with different partners. The "Grand Slam" without qualification is winning the four majors in a single calendar year.^[2][3][4] That has been possible in all five disciplines every year since 1987, and in most years and most disciplines since the Australian Open was inaugurated in 1905.^[b]

The Grand Slam terminology has been extended to cover winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments ("Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam") or in a lifetime ("Career Grand Slam"). It has been extended in another way to cover winning the Olympic gold medal as well as the four Majors in a one calendar year, necessarily an Olympiad 1988 or later, accomplished only by Steffi Graf ("Golden Grand Slam")^[5] Or in a lifetime ("Career Golden Grand Slam"). The four Majors in all three disciplines where one is eligible —singles, doubles, and mixed doubles— are called a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles. No one has won all twelve in one calendar year but it has been done in a lifetime.

(Grand Slam(s) and even Slam(s) —similar to Major(s)— are also used as abbreviations for Grand Slam tennis tournament(s), ... championships, ... titles, and so on.)^[6][c]

The Open Era of tennis began in 1968 when the Major tournaments agreed to allow professional players to compete. That change was so important that there is some interest in Majors or Grand Slams specifically "Open Era".

Yearly Logistics (Current)[link]

Yearly Grand Slam (tennis) Calendar – the dates that each tournament took place in 2010

Australian Open
Tournament Dates: 17 – 30 January
Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Current Men's Single Champion: Novak Djokovic
Current Women's Single Champion: Victoria Azarenka

French Open
Tournament Dates: 22 May – 5 June
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris
Current Men's Single Champion: Rafael Nadal
Current Women's Single Champion: Li Na

Wimbledon Championships
Tournament Dates: 20 June – 3 July
Venue: All England Tennis Club, London
Current Men's Single Champion: Novak Djokovic
Current Women's Single Champion: Petra Kvitová

US Open
Tournament Dates: 29 August – 12 September
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York
Current Men's Single Champion: Novak Djokovic
Current Women's Single Champion: Samantha Stosur

History[link]

Used in golf since 1930, the term Grand Slam was first applied to tennis by New York Times columnist John Kieran according to Total Tennis, The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia by Bud Collins. In the chapter about 1933, Collins writes that after the Australian player Jack Crawford had won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon Championships, speculation arose about his chances in the U.S. Championships. Kieran, who was a bridge player, wrote: "If Crawford wins, it would be something like scoring a grand slam on the courts, doubled and vulnerable." Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of his finals match against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match.^[7]

Grand Slam[link]

The possibility of a Grand Slam did not exist until 1925, when the International Lawn Tennis Federation designated the Australian, French, British and American tournaments as the four Majors.

The first definitive single season Grand Slam was accomplished when Don Budge won all four men's singles Majors in 1938. To the end of the 2011 season, 14 players have completed a single season Grand Slam.

Of these players, two have multiple single season Grand Slams: Rod Laver accomplished the feat twice; Margaret Court accomplished the feat three times, in two different disciplines – once in women's singles and twice in mixed doubles.

The four Junior disciplines, boy's/girl's singles and doubles, provide limited opportunities to achieve a Grand Slam. Players are only eligible from age 13 to 18, with 18 year olds likely to hold a physical advantage. Only Stefan Edberg has completed the Grand Slam in a Junior discipline.

Men's singles[link]

• Don Budge (1938)
  • Note: Budge won 6 consecutive major titles from 1937 Wimbledon to 1938 U.S. Championships.

• Rod Laver (1962 • 1969)

Women's singles[link]

• Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953)
  • Note: 6 consecutive major titles, 1952 Wimbledon to the 1953 U.S. Championships.
• Margaret Court (1970)
  • Note: 6 consecutive major titles, 1969 US Open to the 1971 Australian Open
• Steffi Graf (1988)
  • Note: 5 consecutive major titles, 1988 Australian Open to the 1989 Australian Open
  • Note: Graf also won the Olympic gold medal in 1988 (The "Golden" Grand Slam)

Men's doubles[link]

• Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor (1951)

Women's doubles[link]

• Maria Bueno (1960), with Christine Truman Janes at the Australian Championships, then Darlene Hard at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.
• Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (1984)
  • Note: Navratilova and Shriver won 8 consecutive major titles from 1983 Wimbledon to the 1985 French Open.
• Martina Hingis (1998), with Mirjana Lučić at the Australian Open, then Jana Novotná at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

(Note: In 1986, Martina Navratilova won every major doubles title available – with Andrea Temesvári at the French Championships, then Pam Shriver at Wimbledon and the US Open. The Australian Championships were not played in 1986 but Navratilova won both the December 1985 and the January 1987 tournaments.)

Mixed doubles[link]

• Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher (1963)
• Margaret Court (1965), with: John Newcombe at the Australian Championships; Ken Fletcher at the French Championships and Wimbledon; and Fred Stolle at the U.S. Championships.
  • Note: Australian Championships final was not played. The title is shared with Robyn Ebbern and Owen Davidson
• Owen Davidson (1967), with Lesley Turner Bowrey at the Australian Championships, then Billie Jean King at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.

(Note: In 1985, Martina Navratilova won every major mixed doubles title available – the French Open and the US Open with Heinz Gunthardt and Wimbledon with Paul McNamee. She could not complete the Grand Slam because the Australian Open mixed doubles championships were not played from 1970 until 1987.)

Boys' singles[link]

• Stefan Edberg (1983)

Non-calendar year Grand Slam (reigning champion of all four majors, spanning two years)[link]

In 1982 the International Tennis Federation (ITF) redefined the Grand Slam as four consecutive victories that could span two calendar years.^[8] As defined in the constitution of the ITF: "The Grand Slam titles are the championships of Australia, France, the United States of America and Wimbledon. Players who hold all four of these titles at the same time achieve the Grand Slam".^[9] As this definition differs from the original definition of the Grand Slam as restricted to a single calendar year, there has been some controversy towards this redefinition in the tennis world.^[10][11]

The first player to be designated a non-calendar year Grand Slam winner was Martina Navratilova, when she won the 1984 French Open to make her the reigning champion of all four women's singles Majors, winning the $1 million Grand Slam bonus in recognition of her achievement.^[8]

To the end of the 2010 season, only 7 players have completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam.

Of these players, three have multiple non-calendar year Grand Slams: Natasha Zvereva accomplished the feat twice; Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams have each accomomplished the feat in two different disciplines – once each in women's singles and once each in women's doubles.

Counting the ITF's expanded definition of a Grand Slam (single year and non-calendar year), the total number of players to achieve the feat only expands to 18, with Steffi Graf and Pam Shriver now counted as two time winners (and Martina Navratilova expanding to three total).

No male players have accomplished a non-calendar year grand slam, making Laver the most recent male grand-slammer even by this more relaxed definition. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde reached the final of the 1997 French Open holding all the other three titles, but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek; in singles, Roger Federer repeated this in 2006 and 2007, ultimately losing both Paris finals to Rafael Nadal.

Women's singles[link]

• Martina Navratilova (1983–84)
  • Note: Navratilova won 6 consecutive major titles from 1983 Wimbledon to US Open 1984.
  • Note: The Australian Open was held in December from 1982 to 1985 and was thus the last Major of the calendar year.
• Steffi Graf (1993–94)
  • Her streak was: 1993 French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and the 1994 Australian Open.
• Serena Williams (2002–03)
  • Her streak was: 2002 French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and the 2003 Australian Open..

Women's doubles[link]

• Pam Shriver and Martina Navratilova (1986–87)
  • Four consecutive major titles from 1986 Wimbledon to the 1987 French Open.
• Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva (1992–93)
  • Six consecutive major titles from the 1992 French Open to 1993 Wimbledon.
• Natasha Zvereva (1996–97)
  • Four consecutive major titles from the 1996 US Open to 1997 Wimbledon (all with Gigi Fernández with the exception of 1997 Australian Open won with Martina Hingis).
• Serena Williams and Venus Williams (2009–2010)
  • Four consecutive titles from 2009 Wimbledon to the 2010 French Open.

Most consecutive Grand Slam tournament titles[link]

Men's singles[link]

Don Budge (6): (1937 Wimbledon to the 1938 U.S. Championships).

Women's singles[link]

• Maureen Connolly Brinker (6): (1952 Wimbledon to the 1953 U.S. Championships).
• Margaret Court (6): (1969 US Open to the 1971 Australian Open).
• Martina Navratilova (6): (1983 Wimbledon to the 1984 US Open).

Men's doubles[link]

Team:

• 7: Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman (from the 1951 Australian Championships to the 1952 Wimbledon Championships)

Player:

• 8: Frank Sedgman (from the 1950 U.S. Championships to the 1952 Wimbledon Championships)

Women's doubles[link]

Team:

• 8: Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (1983 Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1984 French Open/Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1985 French Open)

Player:

• 8: Martina Navratilova (1983 Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1984 French Open/Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1985 French Open)
• 8: Pam Shriver (1983 Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1984 French Open/Wimbledon Championships/US Open/Australian Open, 1985 French Open)

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles finals[link]

Men[link]

Rank	Player	#	From	To
1	Roger Federer	10	2005 Wimbledon	2007 US Open
2	Roger Federer	8	2008 French Open	2010 Australian Open
3	Jack Crawford	7	1934 Australian Championships	1935 Wimbledon
4	Don Budge	6	1937 Wimbledon	1938 U.S. Championships
=	Rod Laver	6	1961 Wimbledon	1962 U.S. Championships
6	Fred Perry	5	1934 Wimbledon	1935 Wimbledon
=	Frank Sedgman	5	1951 U.S. Championships	1952 U.S. Championships
=	Fred Stolle	5	1964 Wimbledon	1965 Wimbledon
9	Lew Hoad	4	1956 Australian Championships	1956 U.S. Championships
=	Rod Laver	4	1969 Australian Open	1969 US Open
=	Andre Agassi	4	1999 French Open	2000 Australian Open
=	Rafael Nadal	4	2011 French Open	2012 Australian Open

Women[link]

Rank	Player	#	From	To
1	Steffi Graf	13	1987 French Open	1990 French Open
2	/ Martina Navratilova	11	1985 French Open	1987 US Open
3	/ Martina Navratilova	6	1983 Wimbledon Championships	1984 US Open
=	Chris Evert	6	1984 French Open	1985 Wimbledon Championships
=	/ Monica Seles	6	1991 US Open	1993 Australian Open
=	Margaret Court	6	1969 US Open	1971 Australian Open
=	Maureen Connolly Brinker	6	1952 Wimbledon Championships	1953 US Championships
8	Steffi Graf	5	1993 Australian Open	1994 Australian Open
=	Martina Hingis	5	1997 Australian Open	1998 Australian Open
=	Margaret Court	5	1963 Wimbledon Championships	1964 Wimbledon Championships
=	Margaret Court	5	1965 Australian Championships	1966 Australian Championships
12	/ Molla Bjurstedt Mallory	4	1915 U.S. Championships	1918 U.S. Championships
=	Pauline Betz Addie	4	1941 U.S. Championships	1944 U.S. Championships
=	Maria Bueno	4	1964 French Championships	1965 Australian Championships
=	Hana Mandlíková	4	1980 US Open	1981 Wimbledon Championships
=	/ Martina Navratilova	4	1981 US Open	1982 Wimbledon Championships
=	Chris Evert	4	1982 Wimbledon Championships	1983 French Open
=	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	1994 US Open	1995 Wimbledon
=	Serena Williams	4	2002 French Open	2003 Australian Open
=	Venus Williams	4	2002 French Open	2003 Australian Open
=	Justine Henin	4	2006 Australian Open	2006 US Open

Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (non-consecutive)[link]

Helen Wills Moody won all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending to the 1933 Wimbledon Championships (not counting her defaults in the 1926 French and Wimbledon Championships). The first 15 of those were won without losing a set. During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Summer Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.

Most Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in a row (non-consecutive)[link]

Doris Hart won all 13 of the Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments she played beginning with the 1951 French Championships and extending to the 1955 U.S. Championships. During this period, she won 5 Wimbledons, 3 French Championships, and 5 U.S. Championships.

Career Grand Slam[link]

The career achievement of all four major championships in one discipline is termed a Career Grand Slam in that discipline. Dozens of players have accomplished that (column two) and 17 have doubled it: won a second championship in each of the four majors in one discipline (column three). Two or more career championships in all four majors is sometimes called a "Multiple Slam Set". Three players have Multiple Slam Sets in two disciplines, one in three disciplines, so 22 players are counted in the table (column three). Their achievements are tabulated below.

Seven men and nine women have won Career Grand Slams in singles play (rows one and two); among them two men and four women have at least two CGS in singles (column three).

Since the beginning of the open era, four men and five women have done it (Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal; Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams).

Dozens of great singles players have won numerous major championships without achieving the Career Grand Slam. Indeed, Björn Borg never won the US Open or the Australian Open, and John McEnroe never won the Australian Open or the French Open. Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, Monica Seles, Mats Wilander, and Justine Henin failed to win Wimbledon. Pete Sampras, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Martina Hingis, and Lindsay Davenport failed to win the French Open. Evonne Goolagong Cawley never won the US Open. Helen Wills Moody and Althea Gibson never won the Australian Open.

Among great singles players who are currently active, Venus Williams has not won either the Australian Open or the French Open; Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have not yet won the French Open.

The remainder of this section is a complete list, by discipline, of all players who have won the Career Grand Slam. Players are ordered chronologically by their completion of the Slam.

Men's singles[link]

Each man's "first wins" in the four Majors are listed chronologically and their ages upon completion of the Slam are given in brackets. Two of the seven men achieved at least a double career Slam.

• Fred Perry (1933 U.S. Championships, 1934 Australian Championships, 1934 Wimbledon Championships & 1935 French Championships) [26]
• Don Budge (1937 Wimbledon Championships, 1937 U.S. Championships, 1938 Australian Championships & 1938 French Championships) [23]
• Rod Laver (1960 Australian Championships, 1961 Wimbledon Championships, 1962 French Championships & 1962 U.S. Championships) [24]
  • Note: Laver separately completed the career slam in the open era by winning all four majors in 1969.
• Roy Emerson (1961 Australian Championships, 1961 U.S. Championships, 1963 French Championships & 1964 Wimbledon Championships) [27]
• Andre Agassi (1992 Wimbledon, 1994 US Open, 1995 Australian Open & 1999 French Open) [29]
  • Agassi also accomplished a Career Golden Slam by winning the singles Olympic gold medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games to go with his career Grand Slam.
• Roger Federer (2003 Wimbledon, 2004 Australian Open, 2004 US Open & 2009 French Open) [27]
• Rafael Nadal (2005 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open & 2010 US Open) [24]
  • Nadal also accomplished a Career Golden Slam by winning the singles Olympic gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to go with his career Grand Slam.

Women's singles[link]

Each woman's "first wins" in the four Majors are listed chronologically and their ages upon completion of the Slam are given in brackets. Four of the nine women achieved at least a double career Slam, led by Steffi Graf's quadruple Slam.

• Maureen Connolly Brinker (1951 U.S. Championships, 1952 Wimbledon Championships, 1953 Australian Championships & 1953 French Championships; all as Maureen Connolly) [18]
• Doris Hart (1949 Australian Championships, 1950 French Championships, 1951 Wimbledon Championships & 1954 U.S. Championships) [29]
• Shirley Fry Irvin (1951 French Championships, 1956 Wimbledon Championships, 1956 U.S. Championships & 1957 Australian Championships) [29]
• Margaret Court (1960 Australian Championships, 1962 French Championships, 1962 U.S. Championships & 1963 Wimbledon Championships; as Margaret Smith) [20]
• Billie Jean King (1966 Wimbledon Championships, 1967 U.S. Championships, 1968 Australian Championships & 1972 French Open) [28]
• Chris Evert (1974 French Open, 1974 Wimbledon Championships, 1975 US Open & 1982 Australian Open) [28]
• Martina Navratilova (1978 Wimbledon Championships, 1981 Australian Open, 1982 French Open & 1983 US Open) [26]
• Steffi Graf (1987 French Open, 1988 Australian Open, 1988 Wimbledon & 1988 US Open) [19]
  • Graf also accomplished a Career Golden Slam by winning the singles Olympic gold medal at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games to go with her career Grand Slam.
• Serena Williams (1999 US Open, 2002 French Open, 2002 Wimbledon & 2003 Australian Open) [21]

Men's doubles[link]

At Men's Doubles, 21 players have won the career Slam including fourteen who "slammed" with one partner. The latter are listed first, as seven teams, ignoring any major wins with other partners. Five of the 21 men achieved at least a double career Slam at Men's Doubles, led by Roy Emerson and John Newcombe with triple Slams.

• Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor (1951–52)
• Lew Hoad & Ken Rosewall (1953–56)
• Roy Emerson & Neale Fraser (1959-60-62)
• John Newcombe & Tony Roche (1965–67)
• Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)
• Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95-2000) – see also The Woodies
• Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (2003-05-06) – see also Bob and Mike Bryan

Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (8):

• Adrian Quist (1935-36-39)
• Neale Fraser (1957-58-59)^{[clarification needed]}
• Bob Hewitt (1962-64-67-77)
• John Fitzgerald (1982-84-86-89)
• Anders Järryd (1983-87-89)
• Jonas Björkman (1998-2002-03-05)
• Daniel Nestor (2002-04-07-08)
• Leander Paes (1999-2006-12)

Women's doubles[link]

At Women's Doubles, 20 players have won the career Slam including ten who "slammed" with one partner. The latter are listed first, as five teams, ignoring any major wins with other partners. Eight of the 20 achieved at least a double career Slam at Women's Doubles, led by Martina Navratilova with seven or more titles in each Major.

• Margaret Court & Judy Tegart Dalton (1966-69-70)
• Kathy Jordan & Anne Smith (1980–81)
• Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (1981-82-83-84)
• Gigi Fernández & Natasha Zvereva (1992–93)
• Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999-2000-01) – see also Williams sisters

Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (13):

• Louise Brough Clapp (1942-46-50)
• Doris Hart (1947-48-50-51)
• Shirley Fry Irvin (1950-51-57)
• Althea Gibson (1956–1957)
• Maria Bueno (1958–60)
• Lesley Turner Bowrey (1961–64)
• Judy Tegart Dalton (1964-66-69-70)^{[clarification needed]}
• Gigi Fernández (1988-91-92-93)^{[clarification needed]}
• Natasha Zvereva (1989-91-93)^{[clarification needed]}
• Helena Suková (1989-90-93)
• Jana Novotná (1989-90-94)
• Martina Hingis (1996–97-98)
• Lisa Raymond (2000-01-06)

Mixed doubles[link]

At Mixed Doubles, 15 players have won the career Slam including five who "slammed" with one partner —an odd number because Margaret Court won the career Slam separately with Ken Fletcher and with Marty Riessen. The three teams are listed first, ignoring any major wins with other partners. Three of the 15 players achhieved at least a double career Slam at Mixed Doubles, led by Margaret Court's quadruple Slam.

"Major" career achievements in Mixed Doubles reflect the Australian Open decision to drop the mixed tournament in 1970, retracted in 1987. No other mixed doubles tournament was designated "major" in its place.

• Frank Sedgman & Doris Hart (1949–51)
• Ken Fletcher & Margaret Court (1964–65)
• Marty Riessen & Margaret Court (1969–75)

Male mixed doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:

• Jean Borotra (1925-26-27-28)
• Owen Davidson (1965-66-67)
• Bob Hewitt (1961-70-77-79)
• Todd Woodbridge (1990-93-94-95)
• Mark Woodforde (1992–93)
• Mahesh Bhupathi (1997-99-2005-06)

Female mixed doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:

• Doris Hart (1949, 1951, 1951, 1951)^{[clarification needed]}
• Margaret Court (1961, 1963, 1963, 1963) repeated 4 times^{[clarification needed]}
• Billie Jean King (1967–68)
• Martina Navratilova (1974-85-2003)
• Daniela Hantuchová (2001-02-05)
• Cara Black (2002-04-08-10)

Boys singles[link]

• Stefan Edberg (1983)

Boys doubles[link]

• Mark Kratzmann (1983–84)

Golden Slam[link]

The term Golden Slam (initially "Golden Grand Slam") was coined in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and the singles gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year. To date, she is the only player to have achieved a calendar year Golden Slam.^[12]

Tennis was an Olympic sport from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics through the 1924 Games, then was dropped for the next 64 years (except as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984) before returning in 1988. As there were only three Major championships designated by the International Lawn Tennis Federation before 1925, no tennis players who retired before 1988 had the chance to complete a single season Golden Slam. There was a small window for the gold medal winners from the 1920 Olympics or 1924 Olympics, if they chose to travel, to complete a career golden slam.

Career Golden Slam[link]

A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during his or her career is said to have achieved a Career Golden Slam.

• Singles players who won a Career Golden Slam (a singles Career Grand Slam plus the Olympic gold medal in singles):
  • Steffi Graf (1987 French Open, 1988 Australian Open, 1988 Wimbledon Championships, 1988 Olympic gold medal, & 1988 US Open) (as mentioned above, added a Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning her second consecutive French Open in 1988)
  • Andre Agassi (1992 Wimbledon, 1994 US Open, 1995 Australian Open, 1996 Olympic gold medal, & 1999 French Open)
  • Rafael Nadal (2005 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2008 Olympic gold medal, 2009 Australian Open, & 2010 US Open)

• Doubles teams that won a Career Golden Slam (a doubles team Career Grand Slam & the Olympic gold medal in doubles):
  • Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992 Australian Open, 1992 US Open, 1993 Wimbledon, 1996 Olympic gold medal, & 2000 French Open)
  • Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999 French Open, 1999 US Open, 2000 Wimbledon, 2000 Olympic gold medal, & 2001 Australian Open)

• Individual doubles players who won a Career Golden Slam:
  • Pam Shriver: partnering Martina Navratilova to win 1981 Wimbledon Championships, 1982 Australian Open, 1983 US Open, 1984 French Open; and partnering Zina Garrison to win the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal.
  • Gigi Fernández: partnering Robin White to win the 1988 US Open; partnering Jana Novotná to win the 1991 French Open; partnering Natasha Zvereva to win the 1992 Wimbledon Championships; partnering Mary Joe Fernandez to win 1992 Olympic gold; and partnering Natasha Zvereva to win the 1993 Australian Open.
  • Daniel Nestor: partnering Sébastien Lareau to win the 2000 Olympic Gold Medal; partnering Mark Knowles in winning the 2002 Australian Open, 2004 US Open and 2007 French Open; partnering Nenad Zimonjić in winning 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

Three Major tournament titles in a year[link]

Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year.

Men's singles[link]

• Jack Crawford
  • 1933: Australian, French, & Wimbledon Championships
• Fred Perry
  • 1934: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Tony Trabert
  • 1955: French, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Lew Hoad
  • 1956: Australian, French, & Wimbledon Championships
• Ashley Cooper
  • 1958: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Roy Emerson
  • 1964: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Jimmy Connors
  • 1974: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open (He and others were banned from the 1974 French Open^[13])
• Mats Wilander
  • 1988: Australian, French, & US Open
• Roger Federer
  • 2004: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 2006: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 2007: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Rafael Nadal
  • 2010: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Novak Djokovic
  • 2011: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open

Women's singles[link]

• Helen Wills
  • 1928: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
  • 1929: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Margaret Court – also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1970
  • 1962: Australian, French, & U.S. Championships
  • 1965: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
  • 1969: Australian, French, & US Open
  • 1973: Australian, French, & US Open
• Billie Jean King
  • 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Martina Navratilova – won six consecutive Grand Slam titles in 1983–84
  • 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, & Australian Open
  • 1984: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Steffi Graf – also winner of a Grand Slam in 1988, a Golden Slam in 1988, and a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam (ending with the 1994 Australian Open)
  • 1989: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 1993: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 1995: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 1996: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Monica Seles
  • 1991: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open
  • 1992: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open
• Martina Hingis
  • 1997: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Serena Williams – winner of a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam after winning the 2003 Australian Open
  • 2002: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open

Men's doubles[link]

• Jacques Brugnon
  • 1928: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
• John Van Ryn
  • 1931: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Jack Crawford
  • 1935: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
• John Bromwich
  • 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Ken McGregor
  • 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
• Frank Sedgman
  • 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
• Ken Rosewall
  • 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
  • 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Lew Hoad
  • 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
  • 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Tony Roche
  • 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships
• John Newcombe
  • 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships
  • 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Anders Järryd
  • 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
  • 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• John Fitzgerald
  • 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Jacco Eltingh
  • 1998: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon

Women's doubles[link]

• Margaret Osborne duPont
  • 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Louise Brough Clapp
  • 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Doris Hart
  • 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Shirley Fry Irvin
  • 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Althea Gibson
  • 1957: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Darlene Hard
  • 1962: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Lesley Turner Bowrey
  • 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
• Nancy Richey Gunter
  • 1966: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Betty Stöve
  • 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Margaret Court
  • 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Virginia Wade
  • 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Helen Gourlay Cawley
  • 1977: Australian Open (January), Wimbledon, Australian Open (December)
• Martina Navratilova
  • 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open
  • 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open
  • 1986: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
  • 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Pam Shriver
  • 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open
  • 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Helena Suková
  • 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Gigi Fernández
  • 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
  • 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
  • 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Natasha Zvereva
  • 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
  • 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
  • 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
  • 1997: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Jana Novotná
  • 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
  • 1998: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Virginia Ruano Pascual
  • 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Paola Suárez
  • 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Serena Williams
  • 2009: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Venus Williams
  • 2009: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open

Mixed doubles[link]

• Eric Sturgess
  • 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Frank Sedgman
  • 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Doris Hart
  • 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
  • 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Vic Seixas
  • 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Margaret Court
  • 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships
  • 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Billie Jean King
  • 1967: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
• Marty Riessen
  • 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Bob Hewitt
  • 1979: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Martina Navratilova
  • 1985: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Mark Woodforde
  • 1992: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open

Boys' singles[link]

• Mark Kratzmann
  • 1984: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Nicolas Pereira
  • 1988: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Gaël Monfils
  • 2004: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon

Girls' singles[link]

• Natalia Zvereva
  • 1987: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Magdalena Maleeva
  • 1990: Australian Open, French Open, US Open

Boys' doubles[link]

• Mark Kratzmann & Simon Youl
  • 1983: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Jason Stoltenberg & Todd Woodbridge
  • 1988: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Ben Ellwood
  • 1994: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Brendan Evans & Scott Oudsema
  • 2004: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open

Girls' doubles[link]

• Beth Herr
  • 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
• Corina Morariu & Ludmilla Varmuzova
  • 1995: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
• Victoria Azarenka
  • 2005: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  • 2006: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
• Urszula Radwańska
  • 2007: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open

Career "Boxed Set"[link]

Another Grand Slam-related accomplishment is winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles – winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam events.

The top men's singles players have played comparatively few doubles, and very few mixed doubles. Three women have completed the "boxed set" during their careers:

• Doris Hart
• Margaret Court
• Martina Navratilova

Serena Williams has come closer than any other currently active player to joining this elite group. She has yet to win the mixed doubles at the Australian and French opens (finishing as the runner-up at the 1999 Australian Open and 1998 French Open)

Multiple Slam Sets[link]

Of the many players who have managed to win a full set of four Majors, there is a small number who have gone on to win all four Majors a second – or even multiple – times. The completion of “multiple slam sets” (MSS) has been achieved by only 17 unique players up to the end of the 2010 season. MSS players can be found in each of the 5 tennis disciplines: men's or women's singles, men's or women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Of these, 4 players have completed MSS in more than one discipline: Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Frank Sedgman have MSS in 2 disciplines, Margaret Court has MSS in 3 disciplines.

This table shows each multiple occurrence of a complete MSS for each of the players who have accomplished multiple slams in a particular tennis discipline. The year shown for each of the 4 Majors is the year that particular Major win was repeated as part of that player’s achievement of their second (all 17 players) and third (7 players) and fourth (4 players) and fifth through seventh (Martina Navratilova, in women’s doubles) complete slam set of Major wins.^{[clarification needed]}

For example, the fourth row shows that Margaret Court completed here third career slam set in Women's Singles —winning each of the four majors three times— during the 1970 Wimbledon Championships (bold). Grey background shades lesser achievements by the same player in the same discipline (eg, Court in the seventh row); yellow highlights the greatest achievement in the discipline (eg, Graf in the third row).

Slam Sets completed, second and subsequent sets
(chronological sequence in column one)

	Name	Country	Discipline	#	Au.	Fr.	Wi.	US
09	Roy Emerson	AUS	Men's Singles	2	1963	1967	1965	1964
12	Rod Laver	AUS	Men's Singles	2	1962	1969	1962	1969
33	Steffi Graf	GER	Women's Singles	4	1994	1995	1992	1995
14	Margaret Court	AUS	Women's Singles	3	1962	1969	1970	1969
20	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Singles	2	1983	1984	1979	1984
21	Chris Evert	USA	Women's Singles	2	1984	1975	1976	1976
06	Margaret Court	AUS	Women's Singles	2	1961	1964	1965	1965
29	Steffi Graf	FRG	Women's Singles	2	1989	1988	1989	1989
30	Steffi Graf	GER	Women's Singles	3	1990	1993	1991	1993
15	Roy Emerson	AUS	Men's Doubles	3	1969	1962	1971	1965
17	John Newcombe	AUS	Men's Doubles	3	1971	1973	1968	1973
01	Frank Sedgman	AUS	Men's Doubles	2	1952	1952	1951	1951
04	Neale Fraser	AUS	Men's Doubles	2	1958	1960	1961	1960
13	Ken Rosewall	AUS	Men's Doubles	2	1956	1968	1956	1969
07	Roy Emerson	AUS	Men's Doubles	2	1966	1961	1961	1960
16	John Newcombe	AUS	Men's Doubles	2	1967	1969	1966	1971
27	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	7	1988	1988	1986	1987
28	Pam Shriver	USA	Women's Doubles	4	1985	1988	1984	1987
34	Natasha Zvereva	Belarus	Women's Doubles	3	1997	1993	1993	1995
11	Margaret Court	AUS	Women's Doubles	2	1962	1965	1969	1968
31	Gigi Fernández	USA	Women's Doubles	2	1994	1992	1993	1990
35	Jana Novotná	CZE	Women's Doubles	2	1995	1991	1990	1997
36	Serena Williams	USA	Women's Doubles	2	2003	2010	2002	2009
37	Venus Williams	USA	Women's Doubles	2	2003	2010	2002	2009
18	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	2	1982	1982	1979	1978
19	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	3	1983	1984	1981	1980
22	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	4	1984	1985	1982	1983
24	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	5	1985	1986	1983	1984
25	Martina Navratilova	USA	Women's Doubles	6	1987	1987	1984	1986
23	Pam Shriver	USA	Women's Doubles	2	1983	1985	1982	1984
26	Pam Shriver	USA	Women's Doubles	3	1984	1987	1983	1986
32	Natasha Zvereva	Belarus	Women's Doubles	2	1994	1992	1992	1992
10	Margaret Court	AUS	Mixed Doubles	4	1969	1969	1968	1964
02	Doris Hart	USA	Mixed Doubles	2	1950	1952	1952	1952
03	Frank Sedgman	AUS	Mixed Doubles	2	1950	1952	1952	1952
05	Margaret Court	AUS	Mixed Doubles	2	1964	1964	1965	1962
08	Margaret Court	AUS	Mixed Doubles	3	1965	1965	1966	1963

Discipline (number of players and table entries)

• MSingles – Men's Singles (2 people; 2)
• WSingles – Women's Singles (4 people; 7)
• MiXeD – Mixed Doubles (3 people, 5 rows
• MDoubles – Men's Doubles (5 people; 7)
• WDoubles – Women's Doubles ( ; 16)

See also[link]

Tennis portal

• List of Grand Slam related tennis records

• List of Australian Open champions
• List of French Open champions
• List of Wimbledon Open Era champions
• List of US Open (tennis) champions
• List of Grand Slam related tennis records
• List of Grand Slam men's singles champions
• List of Grand Slam women's singles champions
• List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam boys' singles champions
• List of Grand Slam boys' doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam girls' singles champions
• List of Grand Slam girls' doubles champions
• Tennis statistics

Notes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Grand Slam (tennis)

• Official website of the Australian Open
• Official website of the French Open
• Official website of Wimbledon
• Official website of the US Open
• All-times Grand Slam tournaments finals – Reference book.
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