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This article lists the respective singles champions of those events since the inception of the ATP Tour in 1990. Note: By setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in top level tournaments from previous years. The Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships have been held since 1877 and 1970 ...
Winning all four majors, an Olympic gold, and the year-end championships at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Super Slam". [2] [3] [4] Winning the four majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for–singles, doubles and mixed doubles–is considered winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.
List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions; List of quad wheelchair tennis champions; List of Open Era Grand Slam champions by country; List of Grand Slam singles champions by country; List of Grand Slam singles champions in Open Era with age of first title
The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest matches for ...
This list excludes the 1909 Triple Crown of Jeanne Matthey at the French Championships and the 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 Triple Crown wins of Suzanne Lenglen at the French Championships. [citation needed] The French Championship tennis tournament at the time was a domestic competition not recognized as an international major.
Throughout its history, many changes in the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have affected the number of titles won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era).
[1] [2] The Masters tournaments along with the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships make up the most coveted titles on the annual ATP Tour calendar. In addition to the quadrennial Olympics , they are collectively known as the 'Big Titles' .
His hunting expeditions have spanned all continents except Antarctica, [179] and he holds numerous hunting achievements, including completing Africa's Big Five, hunting all nine principal spiral-horned antelopes, and holding the Capra Super 30, Ovis Super 20, two North American grand slams, and the North American Super Slam from Grand Slam/Ovis.