Grand Slam

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The term grand slam originated in contract bridge (where it contrasts with a "small slam"); specifically it is:

• A high score in contract bridge involving winning all the tricks in a hand, see bridge scoring

Subsequently, "grand slam" has come to refer to other things.

In competition:

• Grand slam (baseball)
• Grand slam (chess), most prestigious chess tournaments besides the World Chess Championship cycle. The Chess Grand Slams include the Corus chess tournament, Linares chess tournament, M-Tel Masters in Sofia, Pearl Spring chess tournament and Bilbao Grand Slam tournament.
• Grand Slam (curling)
• Grand Slam (golf)
• Grand Slam (horse), a graded stakes race winning thoroughbred race horse
• Grand Slam (PBA) of the Philippine Basketball Association
• Grand Slam (real tennis)
• Grand Slam (rugby union)
• Grand Slam (NASCAR)
• Grand Slam (tennis)
• Grand Slam Championship, a recognition defined by winning four specific professional wrestling championships.
• Grand Slam City, an American city which has at least one franchise in all four major professional sports
• Grand Slam of Eventing, consecutively winning 3 of the most prestigious three-day events in the world
• Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, oldest and most prestigious 100 mile races in the U.S.
• Grand Slam (Formula One) - Leading every lap of a race after starting from pole position, while also setting the fastest lap.

In entertainment:

• Grand Slam (1967 film), a 1967 Italian heist movie
• Grand Slam (1978 film), a 1978 Welsh TV movie comedy
• Grand Slam (band), a band formed by Thin Lizzy bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott
• Grand Slam (Isley Brothers album), a 1981 album by the Isley Brothers
• Grand Slam (Magic Slim album), a 1983 album by Magic Slim
• Grand Slam (Spiderbait album), a 1999 album by Australian band Spiderbait
• Grand Slam (TV series), a quiz show shown in the UK in 2003
  • Grand Slam (US game show), a US remake in 2007
• Grand Slam Tennis, a video game developed by EA Sports
• Grandslam Entertainment, a video game company

Grand Slam may also refer to:

• Grand Slam (G.I. Joe), a character from the G.I. Joe universe
• Grand Slam bomb, a larger version of the Tallboy bunker buster bomb
• Grand Slam Breakfast, a four-item option on the menu of Denny's restaurant

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