Has any player won all 4 Grand Slams in one year?

The Golden Slam, or Golden Grand Slam, is a term created in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year.

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In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. If the player or team wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam. The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are:

History

The term Grand Slam, as applied to tennis, was first used by New York Times columnist John Kieran according to Total Tennis, The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia by Bud Collins. In the chapter about 1933, Collins writes that after the Australian player Jack Crawford had won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon Championships, speculation arose about his chances in the U.S. Championships. Kieran, who was a bridge player, wrote: "If Crawford wins, it would be something like scoring a grand slam on the courts, doubled and vulnerable." Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of his finals match against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match. The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events in one calendar year, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment.

Calendar Year Grand Slam (four majors in one calendar year)

Men's Singles

Don Budge ( 1938)

Rod Laver ( 1962 • 1969) Note: Laver is the only player ever to achieve this twice.

Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly ( 1953)

Margaret Smith Court ( 1970)

Steffi Graf ( 1988) Note: Graf also won the Olympic gold medal in 1988

Men's Doubles

Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor ( 1951)

Women's Doubles

Maria Bueno ( 1960), with Christine Truman Janes at the Australian Championships, then Darlene Hard at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.

Martina Navrátilová & Pam Shriver ( 1984)

Martina Hingis ( 1998), with Mirjana Lucic at the Australian Open, then Jana Novotná at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.

Mixed Doubles

Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher ( 1963)

Margaret Smith Court ( 1965), with: John Newcombe at the Australian Championships; Ken Fletcher at the French Championships and Wimbledon; and Fred Stolle at the U.S. Championships. Owen Davidson ( 1967), with Lesley Turner Bowrey at the Australian Championships, then Billie Jean King at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.

Boys' Singles

Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam (four consecutive majors regardless of year)

Though the term was originally defined as winning all four tournaments in the same calendar year, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) declared the official term as a player holding all four titles simultaneously, regardless of the calendar year. After Martina Navrátilová won four consecutive major championships, holding all four at once, the ITF awarded her the Grand Slam US$1 million bonus, as she held all four titles at once. Bud Collins sarcastically called her accomplishment the "Grand Snap" because Playtex was the sponsor of the bonus. Martina Navrátilová ( 1983- 84) Note: Won six consecutive Grand Slam titles. Her streak was Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and Australian Open in 1983, followed by French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open in 1984. The Australian Open was held in December from 1977 through 1985, returning to its original January date in 1987. Steffi Graf ( 1993- 94) Note: Graf also won a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988. Serena Williams ( 2002- 03) Note: The " Serena Slam" — a reference to the Tiger Slam won by Tiger Woods between 2000 and 2001.

In doubles:

Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva ( 1992- 93) Note: Six consecutive titles from the 1992 French Open through 1993 Wimbledon.

Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (consecutive)

Men

Don Budge (6): ( 1937 Wimbledon through the 1938 U.S. Championships).

Women

Maureen Connolly Brinker (6): ( 1952 Wimbledon through the 1953 U.S. Championships).

Margaret Smith Court (6): ( 1969 U.S. Open through the 1971 Australian Open).

Martina Navratilova (6): ( 1983 Wimbledon through the 1984 U.S. Open).

Most Grand Slam singles finals in a row (consecutive)

Men

Jack Crawford (7): ( 1933 Australian Championships through 1934 Wimbledon)

Roger Federer (7): ( 2005 Wimbledon through 2007 Australian Open)

Women

Steffi Graf (13): ( 1987 French Open through 1990 French Open).

Most Grand Slam titles in a row (non-consecutive)

Helen Wills Moody won all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending through the 1933 Wimbledon Championships (not counting her defaults in the 1926 French and Wimbledon Championships). The first 15 of those were won without losing a set. During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Summer Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.

Career Grand Slam

Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a "Career Grand Slam." (The players who won all four Grand Slam tournaments during a single calendar year are also listed elsewhere in this article.) A number of players have failed to achieve the Career Grand Slam because they did not have long careers or because a particular tournament was ill-suited to the player's game. Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, and Mats Wilander failed to win Wimbledon, while John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, and Pete Sampras failed to win the French Open. The following lists the players who won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during their careers. (The year in which they won their first Grand Slam singles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed. The ages of the players when the Career Grand Slam was completed are listed between the square brackets.)

Men's Singles

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Fred Perry ( 1933- 34- 35)

Don Budge ( 1937- 38)

Rod Laver ( 1960- 61- 62)

Roy Emerson ( 1961- 63- 64)

Andre Agassi ( 1992- 94- 95- 99)

Women's Singles

Maureen Connolly Brinker ( 1951- 52- 53)

Doris Hart ( 1949- 50- 51- 54)

Shirley Fry Irvin ( 1951- 56- 57)

Margaret Smith Court ( 1960- 62- 63)

Billie Jean King ( 1966- 67- 68- 72)

Chris Evert ( 1974- 75- 82)

Martina Navratilova ( 1978- 81- 82- 83)

Steffi Graf ( 1987- 88)

Serena Williams ( 1999- 2002- 03)

Men's Doubles

In the following, the teams and individual players who won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. (The year in which they won their first Grand Slam doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.)

Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor ( 1951- 52)

Lew Hoad & Ken Rosewall ( 1953- 56)

Roy Emerson & Neale Fraser ( 1959- 60- 62)

John Newcombe & Tony Roche ( 1965- 67)

Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis ( 1994- 95- 98)

Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95- 2000)

Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan ( 2003- 05- 06)

Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (20):

Frank Sedgman ( 1950- 51- 52)

Ken McGregor (1951-52)

Lew Hoad ( 1953- 56)

Ken Rosewall (1953-56)

Neale Fraser ( 1957- 58- 59)

Roy Emerson (1959- 60- 62)

Fred Stolle (1962- 63- 65)

John Newcombe (1965- 67- 74)

Tony Roche (1965-67-74)

Bob Hewitt (1962- 64-67- 77)

John Fitzgerald ( 1982- 84- 86- 89)

Anders Järryd ( 1983- 87-89)

Jacco Eltingh ( 1994- 95- 98)

Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)

Mark Woodforde (1989- 92- 93- 2000)

Todd Woodbridge (1992-93-95-00)

Jonas Björkman (1998- 2002- 03- 05)

Bob Bryan (2003-05- 06)

Mike Bryan (2003-05-06)

Women's Doubles

Margaret Smith Court & Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1966- 69- 70)

Kathy Jordan & Anne Smith ( 1980- 81)

Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (1981- 82- 83- 84)

Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva ( 1992- 93)

Serena Williams & Venus Williams ( 1999-2000- 01)

Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (19):

Louise Brough Clapp ( 1942- 46- 50)

Doris Hart ( 1947- 48-50- 51)

Shirley Fry Irvin (1950-51- 57)

Maria Bueno ( 1958- 60)

Lesley Turner Bowrey ( 1961- 64)

Margaret Smith Court (1961- 63-64)

Judy Tegart Dalton (1964- 66- 69- 70)

Martina Navratilova ( 1975- 76- 77- 80)

Kathy Jordan (1980- 81)

Anne Smith (1980-81)

Pam Shriver (1981- 82- 83- 84)

Gigi Fernandez ( 1988- 91- 92- 93)

Natasha Zvereva ( 1989-91-93)

Helena Suková (1989- 90-93)

Jana Novotná (1989-90- 94)

Martina Hingis ( 1996- 97- 98)

Serena Williams ( 1999- 2000- 01)

Venus Williams ( 1999- 2000- 01)

Lisa Raymond (2000-01- 06)

Mixed doubles

In the following, the players who won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. (The year in which they won their first Grand Slam mixed doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.)

Frank Sedgman & Doris Hart ( 1949- 51)

Ken Fletcher & Margaret Smith Court ( 1964- 65)

Marty Riessen & Margaret Smith Court ( 1969- 75)

Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:

Frank Sedgman ( 1949- 51)

Ken Fletcher ( 1963)

Owen Davidson ( 1965- 66- 67)

Marty Riessen ( 1969- 75)

Bob Hewitt ( 1961- 70- 77- 79)

Todd Woodbridge ( 1990- 93- 94- 95)

Mark Woodforde ( 1992- 93)

Mahesh Bhupathi ( 1997- 99- 2005- 06)

Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:

Doris Hart ( 1949- 51)

Margaret Smith Court ( 1961- 63)

Billie Jean King ( 1967- 68)

Martina Navrátilová ( 1974- 85- 2003)

Daniela Hantuchová ( 2001- 02- 05)

Serena Williams and Venus Williams won all four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in 1998. Neither has completed a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles individually.

Calendar Year Golden Slam

The Golden Slam, or Golden Grand Slam, is a term created in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year. Tennis was not an Olympic medal sport between 1924 and 1988, or even considered important by the top players until a a few years ago; therefore, many tennis players never participated in the Olympics.

Career Golden Slam

A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during the player's career has achieved a Career Golden Slam. Players who won a Career Golden Slam: Andre Agassi ( 1992- 94- 95- 96- 99) Steffi Graf ( 1988) Teams that won a Career Golden Slam: Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde ( 1992- 93- 95- 96- 2000) Serena Williams & Venus Williams ( 1999- 2000- 01) Gigi Fernandez: partnering Mary Joe Fernandez won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Gold Medal; partnering Natasha Zvereva won the Grand Slam in 1992-93.

Small Slam

Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year, are sometimes said to have achieved a Small Slam.

Men's Singles

Jack Crawford 1933: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships

Fred Perry 1934: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships

Tony Trabert 1955: French, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships

Lew Hoad 1956: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships

Ashley Cooper 1958: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships

Roy Emerson 1964: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships

Jimmy Connors 1974: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Open

Mats Wilander 1988: Australian, French & U.S. Open

Roger Federer - First man to achieve this twice 2004: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Open 2006: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Open

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Women's Singles

Helen Wills 1928: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1929: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships Margaret Smith Court - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1970 1962: Australian, French, & U.S. Championships 1965: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1969: Australian, French, & U.S. Open 1973: Australian, French, & U.S. Open

Billie Jean King 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open

Martina Navrátilová - won six consecutive Grand Slam titles in 1983-84 1983: Wimbledon, U.S. Open, & Australian Open 1984: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open Steffi Graf - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988 1989: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open 1993: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open 1995: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open 1996: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open Monica Seles 1991: Australian Open, French Open, & U.S. Open 1992: Australian Open, French Open, & U.S. Open

Martina Hingis 1997: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open

Serena Williams - winner of a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam after winning the 2003 Australian Open 2002: French Open, Wimbledon, & U.S. Open

Men's Doubles

Jacques Brugnon 1928: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon

Jack Crawford 1935: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon

John Bromwich 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Ken McGregor 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon

Frank Sedgman 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon

Ken Rosewall 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships Lew Hoad 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Tony Roche 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships

John Newcombe 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships 1973: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open Anders Jarryd 1987: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

John Fitzgerald 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Jacco Eltingh 1998: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon

Women's Doubles

Margaret Osborne duPont 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships Louise Brough Clapp 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships Shirley Fry Irvin 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Darlene Hard 1962: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Lesley Turner Bowrey 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon

Betty Stove 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Margaret Smith Court 1973: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Virginia Wade 1973: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Helen Gourlay Cawley 1977: Australian Open (January), Wimbledon, Australian Open (December)

Martina Navratilova 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open 1986: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open Pam Shriver 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Helena Sukova 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon

Gigi Fernandez 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Natasha Zvereva 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1997: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Jana Novotna 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1998: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Virginia Ruano Pascual 2004: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Paola Suarez 2004: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Mixed Doubles

Eric Sturgess 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Frank Sedgman 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Vic Seixas 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Margaret Smith Court 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships 1969: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Billie Jean King 1967: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships

Marty Riessen 1969: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

Bob Hewitt 1979: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Martina Navratilova 1985: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Mark Woodforde 1992: Australian Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Boys' Singles

Mark Kratzmann 1984: Australian Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Nicolas Pereira 1988: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Gaël Monfils 2004: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon

Girls' Singles

Natalia Zvereva 1987: French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open

Magdalena Maleeva 1990: Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open

The career "Boxed Set"

Another imaginable Grand Slam-related accomplishment is winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles – winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam events. The top men's singles players have played comparatively little doubles, and very little mixed doubles. Three women have completed the "boxed set" during their careers:

Doris Hart

Margaret Smith Court

Martina Navrátilová

Serena Williams has come closer than any other currently active player to joining this elite group. She has yet to win the mixed doubles at the Australian and French opens (finishing as the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open).

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