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This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Margaret Court. She won 64 Grand Slam events (24 singles, 19 doubles, 21 mixed doubles), which is a record for a male or female player. Her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in mixed doubles are also all-time records for both sexes.
Court is one of only three players to achieve a career "boxed set" of Grand Slam tournament titles, winning every possible major title—singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles—at all four Grand Slam events. The others are Doris Hart and Martina Navratilova. However, Court is the only person to win all 12 Grand Slam events at least twice.
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 ...
Players who won all four Grand Slam titles over the course of their careers. Until 1977 the 4 Slams were played on 2 different surfaces (grass, clay). After 1978 they were contested on 3. The event at which the Career Grand Slam was completed indicated in bold.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic battled past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 and into the tennis history books on Sunday, winning the U.S. Open to equal Margaret Court's record haul of 24 Grand ...
Novak Djokovic has tied what has been considered one of the most unreachable records in tennis: Margaret Court's 24 Grand Slam wins. With his 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 win over Daniil Medvedev, Djokovic won ...
Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday. Like Djokovic, Margaret Court won a total of 24, but some of hers were ...
This includes one team, Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher in 1963, [3] as well as Court and Owen Davidson separately with different partners. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Billie Jean King completed the " non-calendar year Grand Slam " by winning all four majors in a row in a period spanning two calendar years.