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In 1965, Margaret Court won a record nine titles out of twelve available to a player in the same year: the singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. [ citation needed ] In 1985, Martina Navratilova reached the final in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court ...
These are players who achieved some form of a tennis Grand Slam. They include a Grand Slam, non-calendar year Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam, Career Golden Slam, and Career Super Slam. No male player has won a single season Golden Slam. The tennis Open Era began in 1968, after the Australian Open and before the French Open.
Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. [13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later ...
Djokovic holds two more Grand Slam trophies than Nadal and is still chasing his 25th to take sole ownership of the all-time record for the most major singles titles he shares with Margaret Court.
Final: Beat Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 What He Did: Became the first man in 57 years to win an Australian Open final after dropping the first two sets. What He Said: “I just ...
Don Budge completed a Grand Slam at the 1938 U.S. Championships. Rod Laver completed a Grand Slam at the 1962 U.S. Championships and the 1969 US Open. Roy Emerson completed a career Grand Slam at the 1964 Wimbledon and the 1967 French Championships. Andre Agassi completed a career Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open.
The Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000 lb (Grand Slam) was a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against German targets towards the end of the Second World War. The bomb was originally called Tallboy Large until the term Tallboy got into the press and the code name was replaced by "Grand Slam".
Most consecutive Grand Slam singles final losses by a man - 3; First player to win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam (Open Era) First player to win 10 singles titles at the same ATP World Tour event (Open Era) - 11 at Monte-Carlo Masters; Youngest man to win a tennis Career Grand Slam - 24 years, 3 months and 10 days