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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 ...
The Grand Slam tournaments are the annual four major tennis events played in the Open Era, which began in 1968, superseding the Amateur Era. The Australian and U.S. tournaments were officially recognized by the ILTF in 1924, and the French Championships followed a year later in 1925 when it became open to all international players.
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 player has won a single season Super Slam. The tennis Open Era began in 1968, after the Australian Open and before the French Open.
Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". [1] [2] The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, usually referred to ...
This is a list of all the men's Grand Slam singles finals in tennis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From the 1877 Wimbledon Championship up to and including the 2023 US Open, there have been 483 finals contested between 273 different men, with 152 champions emerging.
This is an all-time list of winners of the four Grand Slam men's and women's singles tennis tournaments, organized by country. The year of the first win in each tournament is shown in parentheses. Each player's first grand slam tournament win is shown in bold. The greatest number of wins in each country (in the total column) is shown in bold.
This is a list of Mixed Doubles Grand Slam tennis tournament champions. [ 1 ] Although several players have won at least one title in each of the four majors to achieve the Career Grand Slam , only three players have won the Grand Slam , all four titles in a single calendar year. [ 2 ]
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.