Grand Slam (tennis)

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The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and greater number of "best of" sets for men, which is 5. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open (also known as Roland Garros) from around late May to early June, Wimbledon in June–July, and the US Open in August–September. Each tournament is played over a two-week period. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts,[a] the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905. However the French Championships was not considered a major before 1924–25, when all four became designated Grand Slam tournaments. Skipping majors—especially the Australian Open because of the remoteness, the inconvenient dates (around Christmas and New Year's Day) and the low prize money—was not unusual before 1982.[1]

Grand Slam tournaments are not operated by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) or the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), but by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).[2][3] However, the ATP and WTA do award ranking points based on a player's performance at a major.[4][5]

The term Grand Slam, without qualification, and also originally, refers to the achievement of winning all four major championships within a single calendar year within one of the five events: men's and women's singles; men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. In doubles, one team may accomplish a Grand Slam playing together or one player may achieve it with different partners.[6][7][8]

Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year is known as a non-calendar year Grand Slam, while winning all four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a career Grand Slam. Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in addition to the four majors in one calendar year is known as a "golden Grand Slam" or more commonly the "Golden Slam". Also, winning the year-end championship (known as ATP Finals for men's singles and doubles disciplines, and WTA Finals for both women's disciplines) in the same period is known as a "Super Slam". Together, all four majors in all three disciplines (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) are called a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles. No male or female player has won all twelve events in one calendar year, although a "career boxed set" has been achieved by three female players.

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Location of the four major tennis championships

Origin of the term "Grand Slam"

The term slam for winning all of the tricks in the whist family card games (see also whist terms) is attested from early in the 17th century. Grand slam for all of the tricks, in contrast to small slam or little slam for all but one, dates from early in the 19th century.[9] This use was inherited by contract bridge, a modern development of whist defined in 1925 that became very popular in Britain and America by 1930.

Tennis has a long history of adopting golf custom and Grand slam appears to have entered tennis not directly from card sport but via golf as it was used since 1930, when Bobby Jones won the four major championships, two British and two American tournaments. Although John F. Kieran of The New York Times is widely credited with first applying the term "grand slam" to tennis to describe the winning of all four major tennis tournaments in a calendar year,[10] sports columnist Alan Gould had used the term in that connection almost two months before Kieran.[11]

History

The possibility of being the reigning champion of all the current four majors did not exist until 1924–25, when the International Lawn Tennis Federation designated the Australasian, French (before 1925 only open to members of French tennis clubs), British and American championship tournaments as the four majors. Before that time only three events: Wimbledon, the World Hard Court Championships (held in Paris & once in Brussels) and the World Covered Court Championships (held in various locations) were considered the premier international tennis events by the ILTF.[12][13] Tony Wilding of New Zealand won all three of those earlier majors in one year: 1913. It has been possible to complete a Grand Slam in most years and most disciplines since 1925. It was not possible from 1940 to 1945 because of interruptions at Wimbledon, the Australian and French opens due to the Second World War, the years from 1970 to 1985 when there was no Australian tournament in mixed doubles, and 1986 when there was no Australian Open at all.

Phil Dent has pointed out that skipping majors—especially the Australian Open—was not unusual then, before counting major titles became the norm.[14] Thus, many players had never played the Austral(as)ian amateur or open championships: the Doherty brothers, William Larned, Maurice McLoughlin, Beals Wright, Bill Johnston, Bill Tilden, René Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, Ted Schroeder, Pancho Gonzales, Budge Patty, Manuel Santana, Jan Kodeš and others, while Brookes, Ellsworth Vines, Jaroslav Drobný, Manuel Orantes, Ilie Năstase (at 35 years old) and Björn Borg came just once. Beginning in 1969, when the first Australian Open was held on the Milton Courts at Brisbane, the tournament was open to all players, including professionals, who at that point were prohibited from playing the traditional circuit.[15] Nevertheless, except for the 1969 and 1971 tournaments, many of the best players missed this championship until 1982, because of the remoteness, the inconvenient dates (around Christmas and New Year's Day) and the low prize money. In 1970, George MacCall's National Tennis League, which employed Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Andrés Gimeno, Pancho Gonzales, Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, prevented its players from entering the tournament because the guarantees were insufficient. The tournament was won by Arthur Ashe.[16]

In terms of the current four majors, the first to win all four in a single year was Don Budge, who completed the feat in 1938. To date, 17 players have completed a Grand Slam, though only six in the most prestigious singles titles. Of these players, three have won multiple majors: Rod Laver accomplished the feat twice in men's singles; Margaret Court accomplished the feat three times, in two different disciplines – once in women's singles and twice in mixed doubles; and Esther Vergeer completed a grand slam twice in Women's wheelchair doubles.

The four Junior disciplines, boys' and girls' singles and doubles, provide limited opportunities to achieve a Grand Slam. Players are only eligible from age 13 to 18, with 18-year-olds likely to hold a physical advantage. Only Stefan Edberg has completed the Grand Slam in a Junior discipline.

Tournaments

Event Dates Venue Surface Current champion(s)
Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
Australian Open mid/late
January 		Melbourne Park,
Melbourne 		Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic United States Sofia Kenin United States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury 		Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic 		Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Croatia Nikola Mektić
French Open late May/
early June 		Stade Roland Garros,
Paris 		Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Australia Ashleigh Barty Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies 		Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic 		Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Wimbledon late June/
early July 		All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,
London 		Grass Serbia Novak Djokovic Romania Simona Halep Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 		Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Croatia Ivan Dodig
US Open late August/
early September 		USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center,
New York City 		Hard Spain Rafael Nadal Canada Bianca Andreescu Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		Belgium Elise Mertens
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 		United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United Kingdom Jamie Murray

Grand Slam tournament champions

Finals (Open Era only)

Grand Slam completion

Chronological

# Year Player Discipline Notes
1 1938 United States Don Budge Men's singles Part of 6 consecutive titles
2 1951 Australia Ken McGregor
Australia Frank Sedgman		 Men's doubles Part of 7 consecutive titles for the team
Part of 8 consecutive titles for Sedgman with Australia John Bromwich and Australia Ken McGregor
3 1953 United States Maureen Connolly Women's singles Part of 6 consecutive titles
4 1960 Brazil Maria Bueno Women's doubles With United Kingdom Christine Truman and United States Darlene Hard
5 1962 Australia Rod Laver Men's singles
6 1963 Australia Margaret Court
Australia Ken Fletcher		 Mixed doubles Part of 6 consecutive titles for the team
Part of 7 consecutive titles for Court with Australia Fred Stolle and Australia Ken Fletcher
7 1965 Australia Margaret Court Mixed doubles Part of 5 consecutive titles with Australia John Newcombe, Australia Ken Fletcher and Australia Fred Stolle
8 1967 Australia Owen Davidson Mixed doubles Part of 5 consecutive titles with United States Donna Floyd, Australia Lesley Turner and United States Billie Jean King
9 1969 Australia Rod Laver Men's singles Only male player to complete the singles' Grand Slam twice
10 1970 Australia Margaret Court Women's singles Part of 6 consecutive titles
11 1983 Sweden Stefan Edberg Boys' singles Only Junior to complete a Grand Slam
12 1984 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		 Women's doubles Part of 8 consecutive titles
13 1988 West Germany Steffi Graf Women's singles Part of 5 consecutive titles
14 1998 Switzerland Martina Hingis Women's doubles Part of 5 consecutive titles with Croatia Mirjana Lučić, Czech Republic Jana Novotná and Russia Anna Kournikova
15 2009 Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Korie Homan		 Women's wheelchair doubles Part of 12 consecutive titles for Vergeer with Netherlands Korie Homan, Netherlands Jiske Griffioen and Netherlands Maaike Smit
16 2011 Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven		 Women's wheelchair doubles Part of 7 consecutive titles for the team
Part of 8 consecutive titles for Vergeer with Netherlands Sharon Walraven and Netherlands Marjolein Buis
17 2013 Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen		 Women's wheelchair doubles
18 2014 France Stéphane Houdet Men's wheelchair doubles With Belgium Joachim Gérard and Japan Shingo Kunieda
19 2014 Japan Yui Kamiji
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley		 Women's wheelchair doubles Part of 5 consecutive titles
20 2019 Netherlands Diede de Groot
Netherlands Aniek van Koot		 Women's wheelchair doubles Part of 7 consecutive titles for de Groot with Netherlands Aniek van Koot and Japan Yui Kamiji
22 2019 Australia Dylan Alcott Quad wheelchair doubles Part of 5 consecutive titles

Per player

Player Grand Slams
Singles Doubles Mixed Total
Australia Margaret Court
1
2
3
Australia Rod Laver
2
2
Netherlands Esther Vergeer (wheelchair tennis)
2
Netherlands Aniek van Koot (wheelchair tennis)
2
United States Don Budge
1
1
Australia Ken McGregor
1
Australia Frank Sedgman
1
United States Maureen Connolly
1
Brazil Maria Bueno
1
Australia Ken Fletcher
1
Australia Owen Davidson
1
Sweden Stefan Edberg (junior tennis)
1
United States Martina Navratilova
1
United States Pam Shriver
1
Germany Steffi Graf
1
Switzerland Martina Hingis
1
Netherlands Korie Homan (wheelchair tennis)
1
Netherlands Sharon Walraven (wheelchair tennis)
1
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen (wheelchair tennis)
1
France Stéphane Houdet (wheelchair tennis)
1
Japan Yui Kamiji (wheelchair tennis)
1
United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley (wheelchair tennis)
1
Netherlands Diede de Groot (wheelchair tennis)
1
Australia Dylan Alcott (wheelchair tennis)
1

Non-calendar year Grand Slam

Controversy over terminology

In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) began offering a $1 million bonus to any singles player to win four consecutive major titles, no matter the time of completion. Although groups variously identified as the Men's International Professional Tennis Council, "abetted primarily by some British tennis writers",[17] and "European tennis journalists"[18] had advocated for the ITF to change the definition of "Grand Slam", ITF General Secretary David Gray made it clear that this was not going to happen. In a 1983 letter to tennis journalist Paul Fein, Gray clarified:

There seems to be some confusion. The ITF's only initiative in this matter has been the organisation of the offer of a bonus of $1m. to any player who holds all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously [...] In spite of all that we have read on this matter, it has never been my Committee of Management's intention to alter the basis of the classic Grand Slam i.e., the capture of all four titles in a year.

The ITF's plan was to offer the cash bonus for three years, apparently to encourage players to compete in all four major tournaments as much as to reward success at them.[19]

Even before the ITF had announced their bonus, the Grand Slam controversy had taken on a life of its own. Writing in 1982, Neil Amdur claimed, "Now the sport spins nervously under the influence of big dollars and even bigger egos, and tradition has almost gone the way of white balls and long flannels [...] If the four major tournaments want to offer a $1 million incentive for any player in the future who can sweep their titles—and such talks have been rumored—that bonus would be a welcome addition. But changing what the Grand Slam is all about is like a baseball player believing that he 'hit for the cycle' after slugging a single, double and triple in the first game of a doubleheader and a home run in his first time at bat in the second game."[18] Despite seeming clarity from the ITF, some journalists suggested that the sport's organizing body had turned its back on history and changed the "rules" of tennis by redefining a Grand Slam. Such confusion continued for years. For instance, when Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam in 1988, George Vecsey wrote, "Even the International Tennis Federation, which should have more respect for history, ruled in 1982 that winning any four straight majors constituted a Grand Slam—and offered a $1 million bonus for it [...] But many tennis people, and most writers, and probably most fans, too, did not accept the new rules, and the I.T.F. has dropped the gimmick."[20] Vecsey was only half right: the ITF dropped the "gimmick" of the cash bonus, but it had never changed any rules.

However, the ambiguous way the ITF described the Grand Slam in their Constitution led to journalists continuing to make the same assumption as Vecsey over two decades later. For instance, when Rafael Nadal was on the verge of completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam at the 2011 Australian Open, one writer observed, "Most traditionalists insist that the 'Grand Slam' should refer only to winning all four titles in a calendar year, although the constitution of the International Tennis Federation, the sports governing body, spells out that 'players who hold all four of these titles at the same time achieve the Grand Slam'."[21] This was true until later in 2011, when the ITF edited the description to eliminate all confusion. As it now stands, "The Grand Slam titles are the championships of Australia, France, the United States of America and Wimbledon. Players who hold all four of these titles in one calendar year achieve the 'Grand Slam'."[22]

When Martina Navratilova won the 1984 French Open and became the reigning champion of all four women's singles events, she was the first player to receive the bonus prize in recognition of her achievement. Some media outlets did, indeed, say that she had won a Grand Slam.[23] Others simply noted the ongoing controversy: "Whether the Slam was Grand or Bland or a commercial sham tainted with an asterisk the size of a tennis ball, Martina Navratilova finally did it."[24] Although the ITF recognizes what is now unofficially known as the "non-calendar year Grand Slam" on its Roll of Honour, no subsequent player to win four or more majors in a row—Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, or Novak Djokovic—has received bonus prize money.

Combining the Grand Slam and non-calendar year Grand Slam, the total number of times that players achieved the feat (of being the reigning champion in all four majors) expands to 18.

Achievements and near misses

Three women have won four or more consecutive major titles since 1970, with Navratilova taking six in a row in 1983–1984. On the men's side, Novak Djokovic was the first singles player since Rod Laver to hold all four major titles at once, which he accomplished between Wimbledon 2015 and the 2016 French Open. Prior to the Open Era, Don Budge received the same accolades in winning the French Championships in 1938, but then completed the more prestigious Grand Slam at the 1938 US Championships, giving him six majors in a row, the only male to ever win more than four consecutive major tournaments. The Bryan brothers (Bob and Mike) were the last to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam in men's doubles.

Several players and teams came up one title short. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, known collectively as The Woodies, reached the final of the 1997 French Open while holding all the other three titles, but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek.

In singles, Pete Sampras lost the 1994 French Open quarterfinal to fellow countryman Jim Courier, having won the previous three majors. Roger Federer in 2006 and 2007, and Novak Djokovic in 2012 repeated this, both ultimately losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal. In 2019 Novak Djokovic repeated this one more time, but lost in semifinal to Dominic Thiem. Nadal himself was prevented from achieving this feat by his countryman David Ferrer, who defeated him in the quarterfinal of the 2011 Australian Open, which Nadal entered holding the other three major titles.

In women's singles, Monica Seles lost the 1992 Wimbledon final to Steffi Graf, having won the previous three majors. Martina Hingis had a chance to achieve the feat in the 1998, but lost to Seles in the French Open semifinal.

In women's doubles, Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez had won three majors from US Open 2003 to the 2004 French Open, lost at the semifinals to Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs in the 2004 Wimbledon, and Sania Mirza together with Hingis had won from Wimbledon 2015 to the 2016 Australian Open, but lost in the third round of the 2016 French Open to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. In 2017, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová had the chance to win four consecutive titles at Wimbledon, but withdrew from their scheduled second round match following an acute knee injury suffered by Mattek-Sands in the second round of the Ladies' Singles competition.

The following list is for those players who achieved a non-calendar Grand Slam by winning four or more consecutive titles, but who failed to win the Grand Slam during the same streak.

Men's singles

titles Player Years From To
4 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–16 2015 Wimbledon 2016 French Open

Women's singles

titles Player Years From To
6 United States Martina Navratilova 1983–84 1983 Wimbledon 1984 US Open
4 Germany Steffi Graf 1993–94 1993 French Open 1994 Australian Open
United States Serena Williams 2002–03 2002 French Open 2003 Australian Open
2014–15 2014 US Open 2015 Wimbledon
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Men's doubles

titles Player Years From To
4 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		2012–13 2012 US Open 2013 Wimbledon

Women's doubles

titles Player Years From To Notes
6 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 1992–93 1992 French Open 1993 Wimbledon
5 United States Martina Navratilova 1986–87 1986 French Open 1987 French Open 1 with Hungary Andrea Temesvári and 4 with United States Pam Shriver
4 United States Louise Brough 1949–50 1949 French Championships 1950 Australian Championships 3 with United States Margaret Osborne duPont and 1 with United States Doris Hart
United States Pam Shriver 1986–87 1986 Wimbledon 1987 French Open 4 with United States Martina Navratilova
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 1996–97 1996 US Open 1997 Wimbledon 3 with United States Gigi Fernández and 1 with Switzerland Martina Hingis
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams 		2009–10 2009 Wimbledon 2010 French Open

Mixed doubles

titles Player Years From To Notes
4 United States Billie Jean King 1967–68 1967 French Championships 1968 Australian Championships 3 with Australia Owen Davidson and 1 with Australia Dick Crealy

Women's wheelchair singles

titles Player Years From To
4 Netherlands Diede de Groot 2018–19 2018 Wimbledon 2019 French Open

Quad wheelchair singles

titles Player Years From To Notes
5 Australia Dylan Alcott 2018–19 2018 Australian Open 2019 Wimbledon In 2018 there were no Quad singles' draws at both the French Open and Wimbledon

Men's wheelchair doubles

titles Player Years From To Notes
5 France Stéphane Houdet 2009–10 2009 French Open 2010 French Open 2 with France Michaël Jeremiasz, 2 with Japan Shingo Kunieda and 1 with Sweden Stefan Olsson
4 Japan Shingo Kunieda 2014–15 2014 Wimbledon 2015 French Open 3 with France Stéphane Houdet and 1 with United Kingdom Gordon Reid

Career Grand Slam

The career achievement of all four major championships in one format is termed a Career Grand Slam in that format. Dozens of players have accomplished that (column two) and 17 have doubled it: won a second championship in each of the four majors in one format (column three). Two or more career championships in all four majors is sometimes called a "Multiple Slam Set". Three players have Multiple Slam Sets in two formats, one in three formats, so 22 players are counted in the table (column three). Their achievements are tabulated below.

Career Grand Slams by format
Format Numbers of players
Completed the Career GS Completed at least 2
Men's singles 8 players (2 Golden, 1 Super) 2 players
Women's singles 10 players (2 Golden, 2 Super) 5 players
Men's doubles 24 players (16 as teams) 5 players (2 as a team)
Women's doubles 21 players (12 as teams) 8 players (6 as teams)
Mixed doubles 17 players (7 as teams) 4 players (2 as teams)

Eight men and ten women have won Career Grand Slams in singles play (rows one and two); among them two men and five women have at least two Career Grand Slams in singles (column three). Since the beginning of the open era, five men (Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic) and six women (Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova) have achieved this.

Several singles players have won three major championships without achieving the Career Grand Slam, grouped by the missing Grand Slam tournament:

Several doubles players have won three major championships without achieving the Career Grand Slam, grouped by the missing Grand Slam tournament:

Only six players have completed a Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles: one male (Roy Emerson) and five female (Margaret Court, Doris Hart, Shirley Fry Irvin, Martina Navratilova, and Serena Williams). Court, Hart and Navratilova are the only three players to have completed a "Career Boxed Set", winning all four titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles; this has never been done by a male player.

The remainder of this section is a complete list, by format, of all players who have won the Career Grand Slam. Players are ordered chronologically by their completion of the Career Grand Slam. The major tournament at which the Career Grand Slam was achieved is indicated in bold.

Men's singles

Eight men have won all four major tournaments. Two among them (Rod Laver and Roy Emerson) also achieved a double career Slam. Originally, the Grand Slam tournaments were held on grass (Australian, Wimbledon, and US Open) and clay (French) and the first four players achieved their Career Grand Slams on two surfaces. The US Open changed its surface from grass to clay in 1975 and then to hard court in 1978. The Australian Open changed from grass to hard court in 1988. The last four players (Agassi, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic) achieved their career grand slam on three different surfaces: hard court, clay, and grass.

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 United Kingdom Fred Perry 26 1934 1935 1934 1933
2 United States Don Budge 23 1938 1938 1937 1937
3 Australia Rod Laver 24 1960 1962 1961 1962
4 Australia Roy Emerson 27 1961 1963 1964 1961
5 United States Andre Agassi 29 1995 1999 1992 1994
6 Switzerland Roger Federer 27 2004 2009 2003 2004
7 Spain Rafael Nadal 24 2009 2005 2008 2010
8 Serbia Novak Djokovic 29 2008 2016 2011 2011

Women's singles

Each woman's "first wins" in the four majors are listed chronologically and their ages upon completion of the Career Grand Slam are given in brackets. Five women (Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Williams) achieved at least two Career Grand Slams, three women (Court, Graf, Williams) have achieved three Career Grand Slams and Steffi Graf is the only player to achieve four Career Grand Slams.

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 United States Maureen Connolly 18 1953 1953 1952 1951
2 United States Doris Hart 28 1949 1950 1951 1954
3 United States Shirley Fry Irvin 29 1957 1951 1956 1956
4 Australia Margaret Court 20 1960 1962 1963 1962
5 United States Billie Jean King 28 1968 1972 1966 1967
6 United States Chris Evert 27 1982 1974 1974 1975
7 United States Martina Navratilova 26 1981 1982 1978 1983
8 Germany Steffi Graf 19 1988 1987 1988 1988
9 United States Serena Williams 21 2003 2002 2002 1999
10 Russia Maria Sharapova 25 2008 2012 2004 2006
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Men's doubles

In Men's Doubles, 24 players have won the Career Grand Slam, including sixteen who achieved the Career Grand Slam with a unique partner. Eight of the 24 men achieved at least a double Career Grand Slam at Men's Doubles, led by Roy Emerson and John Newcombe with triple Slams.

Individual

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 Australia Adrian Quist 26 1936 1935 1935 1939
2 Australia Frank Sedgman 23 1951 1951 1948 1950
3 Australia Ken McGregor 22 1951 1951 1951 1951
4 Australia Lew Hoad 21 1953 1953 1953 1956
Australia Ken Rosewall 21 1953 1953 1953 1956
6 Australia Neale Fraser 25 1957 1958 1959 1957
7 Australia Roy Emerson 25 1962 1960 1959 1959
8 Australia Fred Stolle 26 1963 1965 1962 1965
9 Australia John Newcombe 23 1965 1967 1965 1967
Australia Tony Roche 22 1965 1967 1965 1967
11 Australia/South Africa Bob Hewitt 37 1963 1972 1962 1977
12 Australia John Fitzgerald 28 1982 1986 1989 1984
Sweden Anders Järryd 27 1987 1983 1989 1987
14 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh 27 1994 1995 1998 1994
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 32 1994 1995 1998 1994
16 Australia Todd Woodbridge 29 1992 2000 1993 1995
Australia Mark Woodforde 34 1992 2000 1993 1989
18 Sweden Jonas Björkman 32 1998 2005 2002 2003
19 United States Bob Bryan 28 2006 2003 2006 2005
United States Mike Bryan 28 2006 2003 2006 2005
21 Canada Daniel Nestor 35 2002 2007 2008 2004
22 India Leander Paes 38 2012 1999 1999 2006
23 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert 27 2019 2018 2016 2015
France Nicolas Mahut 37 2019 2018 2016 2015

Team

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Ken McGregor		 24
23		 1951 1951 1951 1951
2 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Lew Hoad		 22
21		 1953 1953 1953 1956
3 Australia Neale Fraser
Australia Roy Emerson		 28
25		 1962 1960 1959 1959
4 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		 23
24		 1965 1967 1965 1967
5 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 28
32		 1994 1995 1998 1994
6 Australia The Woodies
(Mark Woodforde
Todd Woodbridge)		 34
29		 1992 2000 1993 1995
7 United States Bryan brothers
(Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan)		 28
28		 2006 2003 2006 2005
8 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut		 27
37		 2019 2018 2016 2015
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Women's doubles

At Women's Doubles, 21 players have won the career Slam, including ten who achieved the Career Grand Slam with a unique partner. Nine of the 21 achieved at least a double Career Grand Slam at Women's Doubles, led by Martina Navratilova with seven or more titles in each major.

Individual

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 United States Louise Brough Clapp 27 1950 1946 1946 1942
2 United States Doris Hart 26 1949 1951 1951 1951
3 United States Shirley Fry Irvin 30 1957 1950 1951 1951
4 Brazil Maria Bueno 20 1960 1960 1958 1960
5 Australia Margaret Court 22 1961 1964 1964 1963
Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey 21 1964 1964 1964 1961
7 Australia Judy Tegart Dalton 32 1964 1966 1969 1970
8 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 23 1980 1975 1976 1977
9 United States Kathy Jordan 21 1981 1980 1980 1981
United States Anne Smith 21 1981 1980 1980 1981
11 United States Pam Shriver 21 1982 1984 1981 1983
12 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 25 1990 1990 1987 1985
13 United States Gigi Fernández 28 1993 1991 1992 1988
Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva 21 1993 1989 1991 1991
15 Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic Jana Novotná 25 1990 1990 1989 1994
16 Switzerland Martina Hingis 17 1997 1998 1996 1998
17 United States Serena Williams 19 2001 1999 2000 1999
United States Venus Williams 20 2001 1999 2000 1999
19 United States Lisa Raymond 33 2000 2006 2001 2001
20 Italy Sara Errani 27 2013 2012 2014 2012
Italy Roberta Vinci 31 2013 2012 2014 2012

Team

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
Australia Margaret Court		 32
27		 1969 1966 1969 1970
2 United States Anne Smith
United States Kathy Jordan		 21
21		 1981 1980 1980 1981
3 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		 28
21		 1982 1984 1982 1983
4 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 28
21		 1993 1992 1992 1992
5 United States Williams sisters
(Serena Williams
Venus Williams)		 19
20		 2001 1999 2000 1999
6 Italy Roberta Vinci
Italy Sara Errani		 31
27		 2013 2012 2014 2012
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Mixed doubles

At Mixed Doubles, a total of 17 players have won the career Slam, including seven who won all four events with the same partner — an odd number because Margaret Court accomplished a career Grand Slam separately with Ken Fletcher and Marty Riessen. The two other teams which won all four events are Doris Hart with Frank Sedgman, and Martina Hingis with Leander Paes. Four of the 17 players have accomplished multiple career Grand Slams in mixed doubles, led by Margaret Court's quadruple Slam.

Individual

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 France Jean Borotra 29 1928 1927 1925 1926
2 United States Doris Hart 26 1949 1951 1951 1951
Australia Frank Sedgman 21 1949 1951 1951 1951
4 Australia Margaret Court 20 1963 1963 1963 1961
5 Australia Ken Fletcher 23 1963 1963 1963 1963
6 Australia Owen Davidson 23 1965 1967 1967 1966
7 United States Billie Jean King 24 1968 1967 1967 1967
8 United States Marty Riessen 33 1969 1969 1975 1969
9 Union of South Africa Bob Hewitt 39 1961 1970 1977 1979
10 Australia Todd Woodbridge 24 1993 1992 1994 1990
11 Australia Mark Woodforde 27 1992 1995 1993 1992
12 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 46 2003 1974 1985 1985
13 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 22 2002 2005 2001 2005
14 India Mahesh Bhupathi 29 2006 1997 2002 1999
15 Zimbabwe Cara Black 30 2010 2002 2004 2008
16 India Leander Paes 42 2003 2016 1999 2008
Switzerland Martina Hingis 35 2006 2016 2015 2015

Team

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 United States Doris Hart
Australia Frank Sedgman		 21
26		 1949 1951 1951 1951
2 Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia Margaret Court		 23
21		 1963 1963 1963 1963
3 Australia Margaret Court
United States Marty Riessen		 32
33		 1969 1969 1975 1969
4 India Leander Paes
Switzerland Martina Hingis		 42
35		 2015 2016 2015 2015
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Boys' singles

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 Sweden Stefan Edberg 17 1983 1983 1983 1983

Boys' doubles

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1 Australia Mark Kratzmann 17 1984 1983 1983 1983

Women's wheelchair singles

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Diede de Groot (NED) 22 2018 2019 2017 2018

Quad wheelchair singles

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Dylan Alcott (AUS) 28 2015 2019 2019 2015

Men's wheelchair doubles

Individual

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 24 2007 2008 2006 2007
2  Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 40 2010 2007 2009 2009
3  Maikel Scheffers (NED) 28 2011 2008 2011 2010
4  Michaël Jeremiasz (FRA) 32 2013 2009 2009 2005
5  Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 25 2016 2011 2015 2011
6  Gordon Reid (GBR) 25 2017 2015 2016 2015

Team

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
 Stéphane Houdet (FRA)		 30
44		 2010 2010 2013 2014

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Esther Vergeer (NED) 27 2004 2007 2009 2005
 Korie Homan (NED) 29 2009 2009 2009 2005
3  Sharon Walraven (NED) 40 2011 2010 2010 2010
4  Jiske Griffioen (NED) 27 2006 2008 2012 2006
5  Aniek van Koot (NED) 23 2010 2013 2012 2013
6  Yui Kamiji (JPN) 20 2014 2014 2014 2014
 Jordanne Whiley (GRB) 22 2014 2014 2014 2014
7  Diede de Groot (NED) 22 2019 2018 2018 2017

Team

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Esther Vergeer (NED)
 Korie Homan (NED)		 27
22		 2009 2009 2009 2005
2  Esther Vergeer (NED)
 Sharon Walraven (NED)		 29
40		 2011 2011 2010 2010
3  Aniek van Koot (NED)
 Jiske Griffioen (NED)		 23
28		 2013 2013 2012 2013
4  Jordanne Whiley (GRB)
 Yui Kamiji (JPN)		 22
20		 2014 2014 2014 2014
5  Aniek van Koot (NED)
 Diede de Groot (NED)		 29
22		 2019 2018 2019 2019

Quad wheelchair doubles

# Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1  Dylan Alcott (AUS) 28 2018 2019 2019 2019

Most consecutive Grand Slam tournament titles

Men's singles

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
6 United States Don Budge 1937 Wimbledon 1938 U.S. Championships

Women's singles

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
6 United States Maureen Connolly 1952 Wimbledon 1953 U.S. Championships
Australia Margaret Court 1969 US Open 1971 Australian Open
United States Martina Navratilova 1983 Wimbledon 1984 US Open
Note: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year.

Men's doubles

Individual

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
8 Australia Frank Sedgman 1950 U.S. Championships 1952 Wimbledon

Team

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
7 Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Ken McGregor 		1951 Australian Championships 1952 Wimbledon

Women's doubles

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
8 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver 		1983 Wimbledon 1985 French Open

Mixed doubles

Individual

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
7 Australia Margaret Court 1962 US Championships 1964 French Championships

Team

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
6 Australia Margaret Court
Australia Ken Fletcher 		1963 Australian Championships 1964 French Championships

Men's wheelchair singles

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
13 Japan Shingo Kunieda 2007 Australian Open 2011 Australian Open

Women's wheelchair singles

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
11 Netherlands Esther Vergeer 2005 US Open 2009 US Open

Quad wheelchair singles

Until 2019, there were no wheelchair quad draws on both French Open and Wimbledon.

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
5 United Kingdom Peter Norfolk 2007 US Open 2010 Australian Open
Australia Dylan Alcott 2018 Australian Open 2019 Wimbledon

Men's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
5 France Stéphane Houdet 2009 French Open 2010 French Open
2014 Australian Open 2015 Australian Open

Team

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
3 France Stéphane Houdet
Japan Shingo Kunieda		 2014 Wimbledon 2015 Australian Open

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
12 Netherlands Esther Vergeer 2005 US Open 2009 US Open

Team

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
7 Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven		 2010 Wimbledon 2012 Australian Open

Quad wheelchair doubles

Until 2019, there were no wheelchair quad draws on both French Open and Wimbledon.

Individual

Cons.
titles		 Player From To
9 United States David Wagner 2013 Australian Open 2017 US Open

Team

Cons.
titles		 Player(s) From To
6 United States Nick Taylor
United States David Wagner		 2007 US Open 2010 US Open

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles finals

Men

Cons.
finals		 Player From To
10 Switzerland Roger Federer 2005 Wimbledon Championships 2007 US Open
8 2008 French Open 2010 Australian Open
7 Australia Jack Crawford 1933 Australian Championships 1934 Wimbledon Championships
6 United States Don Budge 1937 Wimbledon Championships 1938 U.S. Championships
Australia Rod Laver 1961 Wimbledon Championships 1962 U.S. Championships
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015 Australian Open 2016 French Open
5 United Kingdom Fred Perry 1934 Wimbledon Championships 1935 Wimbledon Championships
Australia Frank Sedgman 1951 U.S. Championships 1952 U.S. Championships
Australia Fred Stolle 1964 Wimbledon Championships 1965 Wimbledon Championships
Spain Rafael Nadal 2011 French Open 2012 French Open
4 Australia Lew Hoad 1956 Australian Championships 1956 U.S. Championships
Australia Rod Laver 1969 Australian Open 1969 US Open
United States Andre Agassi 1999 French Open 2000 Australian Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2011 Wimbledon Championships 2012 French Open

Women

Cons.
finals		 Player From To
13 Germany Steffi Graf 1987 French Open 1990 French Open
11 United States Martina Navratilova 1985 French Open 1987 US Open
6 United States Maureen Connolly 1952 Wimbledon Championships 1953 US Championships
Australia Margaret Court 1969 US Open 1971 Australian Open
United States Martina Navratilova 1983 Wimbledon Championships 1984 US Open
United States Chris Evert 1984 French Open 1985 Wimbledon Championships
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 1991 US Open 1993 Australian Open
5 Australia Margaret Court 1963 Wimbledon Championships 1964 Wimbledon Championships
1965 Australian Championships 1966 Australian Championships
Germany Steffi Graf 1993 Australian Open 1994 Australian Open
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1997 Australian Open 1998 Australian Open
4 Norway Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1915 U.S. Championships 1918 U.S. Championships
United States Pauline Betz Addie 1941 U.S. Championships 1944 U.S. Championships
Brazil Maria Bueno 1964 French Championships 1965 Australian Championships
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 1980 US Open 1981 Wimbledon Championships
United States Martina Navratilova 1981 US Open 1982 Wimbledon Championships
United States Chris Evert 1982 Wimbledon Championships 1983 French Open
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1994 US Open 1995 Wimbledon Championships
United States Serena Williams 2002 French Open 2003 Australian Open
United States Venus Williams 2002 French Open 2003 Australian Open
Belgium Justine Henin 2006 Australian Open 2006 US Open
United States Serena Williams 2014 US Open 2015 Wimbledon Championships

Most Grand Slam singles titles without a loss

Helen Wills Moody won all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending to the 1933 Wimbledon Championships (not counting her defaults in the 1926 French and Wimbledon Championships). During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.

Most Grand Slam mixed doubles titles without a loss

Doris Hart won all 13 of the Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments she played beginning with the 1951 French Championships and extending to the 1955 U.S. Championships. During this period, she won 5 Wimbledons, 3 French Championships, and 5 U.S. Championships.

Most Grand Slam titles across all disciplines in a year

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. In 1985 Martina Navratilova reached Finals in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court in 1963 and repeated a year later.

Only twelve unique players - nine women and three men - have won at least six major championships in one calendar year.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Titles Player Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed
9 Australia Margaret Court (3) 1965 W W W1 F W W W 3R W W A W
8 United States Don Budge 1938 W SF QF W F A W W W W W W
Australia Frank Sedgman 1951 SF W A SF W W QF W W W W W
Australia Frank Sedgman (2) 1952 F W A F W W W W W W F W
Australia Margaret Court 1963 W W W QF F W W F W F W W
Australia Margaret Court (4) 1969 W W W1 W F W SF W SF W F W
7 United States Doris Hart 1951 A A A F W W W W W SF W W
United States Doris Hart (2) 1952 A A A W W W QF W W F W W
Australia Margaret Court (2) 1964 W F W W W W F W F 4R F W
United States Billie Jean King 1967 A A A QF QF W W W W W W W
Australia Margaret Court (5) 1970 W W NH W SF SF W SF 2R W W W
United States Martina Navratilova (2) 1984 SF W NH W W A W W QF W W A
United States Martina Navratilova (3) 1985 W W NH F W W W F W F F W
6 France Suzanne Lenglen 1925 A A A W W W W W W A A A
United States Alice Marble 1939 A A A A A A W W W W W W
United States Louise Brough 1950 W W SF SF F A W W W 3R W 3R
United States Doris Hart (3) 1953 A A A F W W F W W F W W
Australia Lew Hoad 1956 W W A W F 2R W W A F W F
Brazil Maria Bueno 1960 QF W SF SF W W W W F F W F
United States Darlene Hard 1960 A A A W W SF QF W W W W UR
Australia Margaret Court (6) 1973 W W NH W W A SF QF A W W F
United States Martina Navratilova 1983 W W NH 4R A A W W A W W A
United States Martina Navratilova (4) 1987 F W SF F W QF W QF A W W W

1 Margaret Court's 1965 and 1969 Australian mixed doubles titles were unplayed finals.

Note:UR=Unknown Result.

Golden Slam

Tennis was an Olympic sport from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics to the 1924 Games, then was dropped for the next 64 years (except as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984) before returning in 1988. As there were only three major championships designated by the International Lawn Tennis Federation before 1925, none of the tennis players who participated in the Olympics between 1896 and 1924 had a chance to complete a Golden Grand Slam. However, there was a possibility to complete a Career Golden Grand Slam by winning the 1920 Olympics or 1924 Olympics plus each of the four grand slams, all of which were present from 1925 onwards. The term Golden Slam (initially "Golden Grand Slam") was coined in 1988.[25]

Only one player has completed the Golden Slam:[26][27]

Germany Steffi Graf (1988 Australian Open, 1988 French Open, 1988 Wimbledon Championships, 1988 US Open, and 1988 Olympic gold medal)

Non-calendar year Golden Slam

Winning four consecutive Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic event in the period of twelve months, although not in the same year, is called a "Non-calendar year Golden Slam".[28] Only Bob and Mike Bryan have achieved this by winning the 2012 Olympics, 2012 US Open, 2013 Australian Open, 2013 French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships. After they won the final at Wimbledon, this was coined the "Golden Bryan Slam".[29]

Career Golden Slam

A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal (or a Paralympic gold medal) during his or her career is said to have achieved a Career Golden Slam. The event at which the Career Golden Slam was achieved is indicated in bold.

# Player Discipline Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics
1 United States Pam Shriver Women's doubles 1982 1984 1981 1983 1988
2 Germany Steffi Graf Women's singles 1988 1987 1988 1988 1988
3 United States Gigi Fernández Women's doubles 1993 1991 1992 1988 1992
4 United States Andre Agassi Men's singles 1995 1999 1992 1994 1996
5 Australia Todd Woodbridge Men's doubles 1992 2000 1993 1992 1996
Australia Mark Woodforde
7 United States Serena Williams Women's doubles 2001 1999 2000 1999 2000
United States Venus Williams
9 Japan Shingo Kunieda Men's wheelchair doubles 2007 2008 2006 2007 2004
10 Canada Daniel Nestor Men's doubles 2002 2007 2008 2004 2000
11 Netherlands Korie Homan Women's wheelchair doubles 2009 2009 2009 2005 2008
Netherlands Esther Vergeer Women's wheelchair doubles 2004 2007 2009 2005 2000
13 France Stéphane Houdet Men's wheelchair doubles 2010 2007 2009 2009 2008
14 Spain Rafael Nadal Men's singles 2009 2005 2008 2010 2008
15 Netherlands Sharon Walraven Women's wheelchair doubles 2011 2011 2010 2010 2008
16 United States Bob Bryan Men's doubles 2006 2003 2006 2005 2012
United States Mike Bryan
18 United States Serena Williams Women's singles 2003 2002 2002 1999 2012
19 France Michaël Jeremiasz Men's wheelchair doubles 2013 2009 2009 2005 2008
20 Netherlands Aniek van Koot Women's wheelchair doubles 2010 2013 2012 2013 2016
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen Women's wheelchair doubles 2006 2008 2012 2006 2016
22 France Nicolas Peifer Men's wheelchair doubles 2016 2011 2015 2011 2016
23 Australia Dylan Alcott Quad wheelchair singles 2015 2019 2019 2015 2016
24 Australia Dylan Alcott Quad wheelchair doubles 2018 2019 2019 2019 2016

Super Slam

Soon after the Open Era began in 1968, the new professional tours each held a year-end championship (YEC), which are elite tournaments involving only the top performers of the given season. The subsequent return of tennis to the Olympics in 1988 gave rise to the notion of a Super Slam as a combination of Golden Slam and YEC title.[30][31][32] Eligible YECs are currently called the ATP Finals for men, WTA Finals for women, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

No player has ever completed the Super Slam in a single season.

Non-calendar year Super Slam

Only one player has completed the Super Slam in a period of twelve months:

Germany Steffi Graf (1987 Virginia Slims Championships, 1988 Australian Open, 1988 French Open, 1988 Wimbledon Championships, 1988 US Open and 1988 Olympic gold medal)

Career Super Slam

  • The event at which the Career Super Slam was achieved indicated in bold below:
# Player Discipline Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics Year-end
1 United States Pam Shriver Women's doubles 1982 1984 1981 1983 1988 1981
2 Germany Steffi Graf Women's singles 1988 1987 1988 1988 1988 1987
3 United States Gigi Fernández Women's doubles 1993 1991 1992 1988 1992 1993
4 United States Andre Agassi Men's singles 1995 1999 1992 1994 1996 1990
5 Australia Todd Woodbridge Men's doubles 1992 2000 1993 1992 1996 1992
Australia Mark Woodforde
7 Canada Daniel Nestor Men's doubles 2002 2007 2008 2004 2000 2007
8 Netherlands Esther Vergeer Women's wheelchair doubles 2004 2007 2009 2005 2000 2001
Netherlands Korie Homan Women's wheelchair doubles 2009 2009 2009 2005 2008 2004
10 France Stéphane Houdet Men's wheelchair doubles 2010 2007 2009 2009 2008 2006
11 Netherlands Sharon Walraven Women's wheelchair doubles 2011 2011 2010 2010 2008 2010
12 United States Bob Bryan Men's doubles 2006 2003 2006 2005 2012 2003
United States Mike Bryan
14 United States Serena Williams Women's singles 2003 2002 2002 1999 2012 2001
15 Japan Shingo Kunieda Men's wheelchair doubles 2007 2008 2006 2007 2004 2012
16 France Michaël Jeremiasz Men's wheelchair doubles 2013 2009 2009 2005 2008 2008
17 Netherlands Aniek van Koot Women's wheelchair doubles 2010 2013 2012 2013 2016 2012
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen Women's wheelchair doubles 2006 2008 2012 2006 2016 2004
19 France Nicolas Peifer Men's wheelchair doubles 2016 2011 2015 2011 2016 2016
20 Australia Dylan Alcott Quad wheelchair singles 2015 2019 2019 2015 2016 2018

Three major tournament titles in a year

Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year. Jack Crawford, Lew Hoad, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams won the first three events, but lost the last grand slam tournament.[b] Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of the 1933 U.S. Championships final against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match.[33] Until 2016, Wimbledon have never hosted singles tournament for wheelchairs.[34] Notwithstanding year when the US Open did not take place due to date clashes with the Paralympics.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Note 1: From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was held in December as the last major of the calendar year. Note 2: Until 2016, Wimbledon have never hosted singles tournament for wheelchairs.[35] Note 3: Notwithstanding year when the US Open wheelchair events did not take place due to date clashes with the Paralympics.

Four major tournament finals in a year

Players who have played in all four Grand Slam tournament finals in the same year.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Triple Crown

The Triple Crown refers to winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles at one event, in the same week.[36][37][38] This has become an increasingly rare accomplishment in the sport, partly because the final matches in all three disciplines often likely take place concurrently in the same day, and not in separate days. Doris Hart for example attained her first Triple Crown after playing three Wimbledon final matches held in one single day.

Notes:

  • This list excludes the 1909 Triple Crown of Jeanne Matthey at Roland Garros and the 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 Triple Crown wins of Suzanne Lenglen at Roland Garros. The French Championship tennis tournament at the time was a domestic competition not recognized as an international major. At the time the major clay court event (actual precursor of the French Open in its current international format) was the World Hard Court Championships, where Suzanne Lenglen also attained a Triple Crown in 1921 and 1922.
  • Also the 1941 triple championship of Alice Weiwers isn't listed due to its disputed official status: French major championships held in Vichy France from 1941 to 1945 aren't currently recognized by the Fédération Française de Tennis.

Boxed Set

Another Grand Slam-related accomplishment is winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles – which is at least one of every possible type of major championship available to a player: the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam events of the year. This has never been accomplished within a year or consecutively across two calendar years.

Career Boxed Set

The Career Boxed Set refers to winning one of every possible grand slam title (singles, doubles, mixed) over the course of an entire career. No male player has completed this, although Frank Sedgman only missed out on the French Open singles title. Men who participate in top/elite level singles have played comparatively few doubles, and very few mixed doubles. So far, only three women have completed the boxed set during their careers:

  • The event at which the boxed set was achieved indicated in bold below
Boxed Sets Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed
2
 Australia Margaret Court 22 1960 1961 1963 1962 1964 1963 1963 1964 1963 1962 1963 1961
26 1961 1962 1964 1964 1965 1964 1965 1969 1965 1965 1968 1962
1
 United States Doris Hart 29 1949 1950 1949 1950 1948 1951 1951 1947 1951 1954 1951 1951
United States Martina Navratilova 46 1981 1980 2003 1982 1975 1974 1978 1976 1985 1983 1977 1985

Court is not only unique in having two boxed sets, but is also unique in the timing of her accomplishments. Her first boxed set was completed before the start of the open era, and she has a boxed set achieved solely within the open era:

Player Age Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Mixed
Australia Margaret Court 31 1969 1969 1969 1969 1973 1969 1970 1969 1968 1969 1968 1969

Martina Hingis was the most recent player to be one title away from joining this elite group. She only needed the French Open singles, having reached the final in 1997 and 1999.[39] Prior to Hingis, it was Billie Jean King who came close at completing a career boxed set. She only needed the Australian Open women's doubles title, having reached the final in 1965 and 1969.

No man has ever completed the career boxed set Grand Slam, with Frank Sedgman being the closest one of completing it. He only missed the French Open singles title, having reached the final in 1952.

Multiple Career Grand Slams

Of the many players who have managed to win a full set of four majors, there is a small number who have gone on to win all four majors a second or more times. The completion of "Multiple Career Grand Slams" or sometimes called "Multiple Slam Sets" (MSS) has been achieved by only 22 unique players up to the end of the 2015 Wimbledon. MSS players can be found in each of the five tennis disciplines: men's or women's singles, men's or women's doubles, mixed doubles. It can also be found in women's wheelchair doubles. Of these, five players have completed MSS in more than one discipline: Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman and Serena Williams have MSS in two disciplines, Margaret Court has MSS in three disciplines.

By discipline (numbers of players and table entries)

  • Men's Singles (2 people; 2 entries)
  • Women's Singles (5 people; 9 entries)
  • Men's Doubles (8 people; 10 entries)
  • Women's Doubles (9 people; 17 entries)
  • Mixed Doubles (4 people, 6 entries)
  • Men's Wheelchair Doubles (3 people; 4 entries)
  • Women's Wheelchair Doubles (4 people; 6 entries)

Men's singles

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2 Australia Roy Emerson 1 1961 1963 1964 1961
2 1963 1967 1965 1964
2 Australia Rod Laver 1 1960 1962 1961 1962
2 1962 1969 1962 1969

Women's singles

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
4 West Germany/Germany Steffi Graf 1 1988 1987 1988 1988
2 1989 1988 1989 1989
3 1990 1993 1991 1993
4 1994 1995 1992 1995
3 Australia Margaret Court 1 1960 1962 1963 1962
2 1961 1964 1965 1965
3 1962 1969 1970 1969
3 United States Serena Williams 1 2003 2002 2002 1999
2 2005 2013 2003 2002
3 2007 2015 2009 2008
2 United States Martina Navratilova 1 1981 1982 1978 1983
2 1983 1984 1979 1984
2 United States Chris Evert 1 1982 1974 1974 1975
2 1984 1975 1976 1976

Men's doubles

Individual

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
3 Australia Roy Emerson 1 1962 1960 1959 1959
2 1966 1961 1961 1960
3 1969 1962 1971 1965
3 Australia John Newcombe 1 1965 1967 1965 1967
2 1967 1969 1966 1971
3 1971 1973 1968 1973
2 Australia Frank Sedgman 1 1951 1951 1948 1950
2 1952 1952 1951 1951
2 Australia Neale Fraser 1 1957 1958 1959 1957
2 1958 1960 1961 1960
2 Australia Fred Stolle 1 1963 1965 1962 1965
2 1964 1968 1964 1966
2 Australia Ken Rosewall 1 1953 1953 1953 1956
2 1956 1968 1956 1969
2 United States Bob Bryan 1 2006 2003 2006 2005
2 2007 2013 2011 2008
2 United States Mike Bryan 1 2006 2003 2006 2005
2 2007 2013 2011 2008

Teams

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2 United States Bryan brothers
(Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan)		 1 2006 2003 2006 2005
2 2007 2013 2011 2008

Women's doubles

Individual

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
7 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 1 1980 1975 1976 1977
2 1982 1982 1979 1978
3 1983 1984 1981 1980
4 1984 1985 1982 1983
5 1985 1986 1983 1984
6 1987 1987 1984 1986
7 1988 1988 1986 1987
4 United States Pam Shriver 1 1982 1984 1981 1983
2 1983 1985 1982 1984
3 1984 1987 1983 1986
4 1985 1988 1984 1987
3 Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva 1 1993 1989 1991 1991
2 1994 1992 1992 1992
3 1997 1993 1993 1995
2 Australia Margaret Court 1 1961 1964 1964 1963
2 1962 1965 1969 1968
2 United States Gigi Fernández 1 1993 1991 1992 1988
2 1994 1992 1993 1990
2 Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic Jana Novotná 1 1990 1990 1989 1994
2 1995 1991 1990 1997
2 United States Serena Williams 1 2001 1999 2000 1999
2 2003 2010 2002 2009
2 United States Venus Williams 1 2001 1999 2000 1999
2 2003 2010 2002 2009
2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 1 1997 1998 1996 1998
2 1998 2000 1998 2015

Teams

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
4 Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver		 1 1982 1984 1981 1983
2 1983 1985 1982 1984
3 1984 1987 1983 1986
4 1985 1988 1984 1987
2 United States Gigi Fernández
Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 1 1993 1992 1992 1992
2 1994 1993 1993 1995
2 United States Williams sisters
(Serena Williams
Venus Williams)		 1 2001 1999 2000 1999
2 2003 2010 2002 2009

Mixed doubles

Individual

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
4 Australia Margaret Court 1 1963 1963 1963 1961
2 1964 1964 1965 1962
3 1965 1965 1966 1963
4 1969 1969 1968 1964
2 United States Doris Hart 1 1949 1951 1951 1951
2 1950 1952 1952 1952
2 Australia Frank Sedgman 1 1949 1951 1951 1951
2 1950 1952 1952 1952
2 India Mahesh Bhupathi 1 2006 1997 2002 1999
2 2009 2012 2005 2005

Teams

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2 United States Doris Hart
Australia Frank Sedgman		 1 1949 1951 1951 1951
2 1950 1952 1952 1952

Men's wheelchair doubles

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
3  Stéphane Houdet (FRA) 1 2010 2007 2009 2009
2 2014 2009 2013 2011
3 2015 2010 2014 2014
2  Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 1 2007 2008 2006 2007
2 2008 2010 2013 2014
2  Gordon Reid (GBR) 1 2017 2015 2016 2015
2 2020 2016 2017 2017

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
3  Esther Vergeer (NED) 1 2004 2007 2009 2005
2 2006 2008 2010 2006
3 2007 2009 2011 2007
3  Aniek van Koot (NED) 1 2010 2010 2012 2013
2 2013 2013 2013 2015
3 2017 2015 2019 2019
2  Jiske Griffioen (NED) 1 2006 2008 2012 2006
2 2007 2013 2013 2007
2  Yui Kamiji (JPN) 1 2014 2014 2014 2014
2 2015 2016 2015 2018

Teams

Nº of Slam sets Name Slam set # Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2  Aniek van Koot (NED)
 Jiske Griffioen (NED)		 1 2013 2013 2012 2013
2 2017 2015 2013 2015

Pro Slam

Before the Open Era began in 1968, only amateur players were allowed to compete in the four majors. Many male top players "went pro" in order to win prize money legally, competing on a professional world tour comprising completely different events.[40] From 1927 to 1967, the three oldest pro events were considered "majors" of the pro tour: the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, French Pro Championship and Wembley Championships.[41][42] A player who won all three in a calendar year was considered to achieve a "Professional Grand Slam", or "Pro Slam".[41][42] The feat was accomplished twice:

Australia Ken Rosewall in 1963;[43]
Australia Rod Laver in 1967.[44]

Three other players won those three major trophies during their pro careers: Ellsworth Vines, Hans Nüsslein and Don Budge. The pro slams did not have a women's draw.[citation needed]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Open is played on Plexicushion while the US Open is played on DecoTurf.
  2. ^ In 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open was the last event held, rather than the first.

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