Grand Slam (tennis)

The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world’s four most important annual tennis events. The tournaments 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 from late May to early June, Wimbledon in late June to early July, and the US Open in August–September. Each tournament is played over a two-week period.

The Australian and the United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on natural grass.

Wimbledon is the oldest tournament, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905. The French Championships was initially not considered a major prior to 1924–25, when all four became designated as Grand Slam tournaments. Skipping majors, particularly the Australian Open because of the travelling distance involved, the inconvenient dates close to Christmas and New Year, and the comparatively low prize money, was not uncommon for some players prior to 1982.

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). However, the ATP and WTA do award ranking points based on a player’s performance at a major.

The term Grand Slam, without qualification, and also originally, refers to the notable 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.

Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not within the same calendar year is referred to 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”. 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. To date, no player, male or female, has ever won all twelve events in one calendar year, though a “career boxed set” has been achieved by three female players.

Tennis
Grand Slam tournaments ATP ATP Finals ATP Masters 1000 ATP 500 series ATP 250 series ATP Challenger Tour Finals ATP Challenger WTA WTA Finals WTA Premier tournaments WTA International tournaments WTA 125s ITF Men’s Circuit ITF Women’s Circuit Wheelchair Tennis Masters Summer Paralympics Team tournaments Summer Olympics Davis Cup Fed Cup World Team Cup Hopman Cup

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. 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 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, sports columnist Alan Gould had used the term in that connection almost two months before Kieran.

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 and once in Brussels) and the World Covered Court Championships (held in various locations) were considered the premier international tennis events by the ILTF. 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. 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. 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.

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	Novak Djokovic	Naomi Osaka	Ivan Dodig  Filip Polášek	Elise Mertens  Aryna Sabalenka	Barbora Krejčíková  Rajeev Ram
French Open	late May/ early June	Stade Roland Garros, Paris	Clay	Rafael Nadal	Iga Świątek	Kevin Krawietz  Andreas Mies	Tímea Babos  Kristina Mladenovic	Latisha Chan  Ivan Dodig
Wimbledon	late June/ early July	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London	Grass	Novak Djokovic	Simona Halep	Juan Sebastián Cabal  Robert Farah	Hsieh Su-wei  Barbora Strýcová	Latisha Chan  Ivan Dodig
US Open	late August/ early September	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City	Hard	Dominic Thiem	Naomi Osaka	Mate Pavić  Bruno Soares	Laura Siegemund  Vera Zvonareva	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  Jamie Murray

Grand Slam tournament champions

Finals (Open Era only)

• List of Open Era Grand Slam men’s singles finals
• List of Open Era Grand Slam women’s singles finals

Grand Slam completion

Chronological

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

Per player

Player	Grand Slams
	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Total
Margaret Court	1		2	3
Rod Laver	2			2
Esther Vergeer (wheelchair tennis)		2
Aniek van Koot (wheelchair tennis)		2
Don Budge	1			1
Ken McGregor		1
Frank Sedgman		1
Maureen Connolly	1
Maria Bueno		1
Ken Fletcher			1
Owen Davidson			1
Stefan Edberg (junior tennis)	1
Martina Navratilova		1
Pam Shriver		1
Steffi Graf	1
Martina Hingis		1
Korie Homan (wheelchair tennis)		1
Sharon Walraven (wheelchair tennis)		1
Jiske Griffioen (wheelchair tennis)		1
Stéphane Houdet (wheelchair tennis)		1
Yui Kamiji (wheelchair tennis)		1
Jordanne Whiley (wheelchair tennis)		1
Diede de Groot (wheelchair tennis)		1
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”, and “European tennis journalists” 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.

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.” 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.” 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’.” 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’.”

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. 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.” 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	Novak Djokovic	2015–16	2015 Wimbledon	2016 French Open

Women’s singles

titles	Player	Years	From	To
6	Martina Navratilova	1983–84	1983 Wimbledon	1984 US Open
4	Steffi Graf	1993–94	1993 French Open	1994 Australian Open
	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	Bob Bryan  Mike Bryan	2012–13	2012 US Open	2013 Wimbledon

Women’s doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Women’s wheelchair singles

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

Quad wheelchair singles

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

Career Grand Slam

The career achievement of all four major championships in one discipline 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 displine

Discipline	Numbers of players
	Completed Career GS	Completed at least 2
Men’s singles	8 (2 Golden, 1 Super)	2
Women’s singles	10 (2 Golden, 2 Super)	5
Men’s doubles	24 (16 as teams)	5 (2 as a team)
Women’s doubles	21 (12 as teams)	8 (6 as teams)
Mixed doubles	17 (7 as teams)	4 (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:

• Australian Open: René Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Helen Wills, Althea Gibson, Tony Trabert, Margaret Osborne duPont and Manuel Santana
• French Open: Frank Sedgman, Ashley Cooper, Louise Brough Clapp, Virginia Wade, Arthur Ashe, Pete Sampras, John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport and Angelique Kerber
• Wimbledon: Ken Rosewall, Hana Mandlíková, Ivan Lendl, Monica Seles, Guillermo Vilas, Mats Wilander, Justine Henin and Stan Wawrinka
• US Open: Jean Borotra, Jack Crawford, Lew Hoad, Angela Mortimer and Evonne Goolagong Cawley

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

• Australian Open: John Van Ryn, Helen Wills, Elizabeth Ryan, Margaret Osborne duPont, Darlene Hard, Billie Jean King, Betty Stöve, Robert Seguso, Mahesh Bhupathi, Lindsay Davenport, Ai Sugiyama, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
• French Open: John Bromwich, Nancy Richey, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Cara Black and Sania Mirza
• Wimbledon: Vic Seixas, Ashley Cooper, Virginia Wade, Virginia Ruano Pascual, Paola Suárez, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Lucie Šafářová and Samantha Stosur
• US Open: Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Jack Crawford, Althea Gibson and Rod Laver

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	Fred Perry	26	1934	1935	1934	1933
2	Don Budge	23	1938	1938	1937	1937
3	Rod Laver	24	1960	1962	1961	1962
4	Roy Emerson	27	1961	1963	1964	1961
5	Andre Agassi	29	1995	1999	1992	1994
6	Roger Federer	27	2004	2009	2003	2004
7	Rafael Nadal	24	2009	2005	2008	2010
8	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	Maureen Connolly	18	1953	1953	1952	1951
2	Doris Hart	28	1949	1950	1951	1954
3	Shirley Fry Irvin	29	1957	1951	1956	1956
4	Margaret Court	20	1960	1962	1963	1962
5	Billie Jean King	28	1968	1972	1966	1967
6	Chris Evert	27	1982	1974	1974	1975
7	Martina Navratilova	26	1981	1982	1978	1983
8	Steffi Graf	19	1988	1987	1988	1988
9	Serena Williams	21	2003	2002	2002	1999
10	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	Adrian Quist	26	1936	1935	1935	1939
2	Frank Sedgman	23	1951	1951	1948	1950
3	Ken McGregor	22	1951	1951	1951	1951
4	Lew Hoad	21	1953	1953	1953	1956
	Ken Rosewall	21	1953	1953	1953	1956
6	Neale Fraser	25	1957	1958	1959	1957
7	Roy Emerson	25	1962	1960	1959	1959
8	Fred Stolle	26	1963	1965	1962	1965
9	John Newcombe	23	1965	1967	1965	1967
	Tony Roche	22	1965	1967	1965	1967
11	/ Bob Hewitt	37	1963	1972	1962	1977
12	John Fitzgerald	28	1982	1986	1989	1984
	Anders Järryd	27	1987	1983	1989	1987
14	Jacco Eltingh	27	1994	1995	1998	1994
	Paul Haarhuis	32	1994	1995	1998	1994
16	Todd Woodbridge	29	1992	2000	1993	1995
	Mark Woodforde	34	1992	2000	1993	1989
18	Jonas Björkman	32	1998	2005	2002	2003
19	Bob Bryan	28	2006	2003	2006	2005
	Mike Bryan	28	2006	2003	2006	2005
21	Daniel Nestor	35	2002	2007	2008	2004
22	Leander Paes	38	2012	1999	1999	2006
23	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	27	2019	2018	2016	2015
	Nicolas Mahut	37	2019	2018	2016	2015

Team

#	Player	Age	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	Frank Sedgman  Ken McGregor	24 23	1951	1951	1951	1951
2	Ken Rosewall  Lew Hoad	22 21	1953	1953	1953	1956
3	Neale Fraser  Roy Emerson	28 25	1962	1960	1959	1959
4	John Newcombe  Tony Roche	23 24	1965	1967	1965	1967
5	Jacco Eltingh  Paul Haarhuis	28 32	1994	1995	1998	1994
6	The Woodies (Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge)	34 29	1992	2000	1993	1995
7	Bryan brothers (Bob Bryan Mike Bryan)	28 28	2006	2003	2006	2005
8	Pierre-Hugues Herbert  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	Louise Brough Clapp	27	1950	1946	1946	1942
2	Doris Hart	26	1949	1951	1951	1951
3	Shirley Fry Irvin	30	1957	1950	1951	1951
4	Maria Bueno	20	1960	1960	1958	1960
5	Margaret Court	22	1961	1964	1964	1963
	Lesley Turner Bowrey	21	1964	1964	1964	1961
7	Judy Tegart Dalton	32	1964	1966	1969	1970
8	/ Martina Navratilova	23	1980	1975	1976	1977
9	Kathy Jordan	21	1981	1980	1980	1981
	Anne Smith	21	1981	1980	1980	1981
11	Pam Shriver	21	1982	1984	1981	1983
12	Helena Suková	25	1990	1990	1987	1985
13	Gigi Fernández	28	1993	1991	1992	1988
	/ Natasha Zvereva	21	1993	1989	1991	1991
15	/ Jana Novotná	25	1990	1990	1989	1994
16	Martina Hingis	17	1997	1998	1996	1998
17	Serena Williams	19	2001	1999	2000	1999
	Venus Williams	20	2001	1999	2000	1999
19	Lisa Raymond	33	2000	2006	2001	2001
20	Sara Errani	27	2013	2012	2014	2012
	Roberta Vinci	31	2013	2012	2014	2012

Team

#	Player	Age	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	Judy Tegart Dalton  Margaret Court	32 27	1969	1966	1969	1970
2	Anne Smith  Kathy Jordan	21 21	1981	1980	1980	1981
3	Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver	28 21	1982	1984	1982	1983
4	Gigi Fernández  Natasha Zvereva	28 21	1993	1992	1992	1992
5	Williams sisters (Serena Williams Venus Williams)	19 20	2001	1999	2000	1999
6	Roberta Vinci  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	Jean Borotra	29	1928	1927	1925	1926
2	Doris Hart	26	1949	1951	1951	1951
	Frank Sedgman	21	1949	1951	1951	1951
4	Margaret Court	20	1963	1963	1963	1961
5	Ken Fletcher	23	1963	1963	1963	1963
6	Owen Davidson	23	1965	1967	1967	1966
7	Billie Jean King	24	1968	1967	1967	1967
8	Marty Riessen	33	1969	1969	1975	1969
9	Bob Hewitt	39	1961	1970	1977	1979
10	Todd Woodbridge	24	1993	1992	1994	1990
11	Mark Woodforde	27	1992	1995	1993	1992
12	/ Martina Navratilova	46	2003	1974	1985	1985
13	Daniela Hantuchová	22	2002	2005	2001	2005
14	Mahesh Bhupathi	29	2006	1997	2002	1999
15	Cara Black	30	2010	2002	2004	2008
16	Leander Paes	42	2003	2016	1999	2008
	Martina Hingis	35	2006	2016	2015	2015

Team

#	Player	Age	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	Doris Hart  Frank Sedgman	21 26	1949	1951	1951	1951
2	Ken Fletcher  Margaret Court	23 21	1963	1963	1963	1963
3	Margaret Court  Marty Riessen	32 33	1969	1969	1975	1969
4	Leander Paes  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	Stefan Edberg	17	1983	1983	1983	1983

Boys’ doubles

#	Player	Age	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	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
7	Alfie Hewett (GBR)	22	2020	2020	2016	2017

Team

#	Player	Age	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
1	Shingo Kunieda (JPN)  Stéphane Houdet (FRA)	30 44	2010	2010	2013	2014
2	Gordon Reid (GBR)  Alfie Hewett (GBR)	29 22	2020	2020	2016	2017

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	Don Budge	1937 Wimbledon	1938 U.S. Championships

Women’s singles

Cons. titles	Player	From	To
6	Maureen Connolly	1952 Wimbledon	1953 U.S. Championships
	Margaret Court	1969 US Open	1971 Australian Open
	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	Frank Sedgman	1950 U.S. Championships	1952 Wimbledon

Team

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

Women’s doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Individual

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

Team

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

Men’s wheelchair singles

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

Women’s wheelchair singles

Cons. titles	Player	From	To
11	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	Peter Norfolk	2007 US Open	2010 Australian Open
	Dylan Alcott	2018 Australian Open	2019 Wimbledon

Men’s wheelchair doubles

Individual

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

Team

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

Women’s wheelchair doubles

Individual

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

Team

Cons. titles	Player(s)	From	To
7	Esther Vergeer  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	David Wagner	2013 Australian Open	2017 US Open

Team

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

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles finals

Men

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

Women

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

A

NH

Titles	Player	Year	Australian Open			French Open			Wimbledon			US Open
			Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
9	Margaret Court (3)	1965	W	W	W1	F	W	W	W	3R	W	W	A	W
8	Don Budge	1938	W	SF	QF	W	F	A	W	W	W	W	W	W
	Frank Sedgman	1951	SF	W	A	SF	W	W	QF	W	W	W	W	W
	Frank Sedgman (2)	1952	F	W	A	F	W	W	W	W	W	W	F	W
	Margaret Court	1963	W	W	W	QF	F	W	W	F	W	F	W	W
	Margaret Court (4)	1969	W	W	W1	W	F	W	SF	W	SF	W	F	W
7	Doris Hart	1951	A	A	A	F	W	W	W	W	W	SF	W	W
	Doris Hart (2)	1952	A	A	A	W	W	W	QF	W	W	F	W	W
	Margaret Court (2)	1964	W	F	W	W	W	W	F	W	F	4R	F	W
	Billie Jean King	1967	A	A	A	QF	QF	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
	Margaret Court (5)	1970	W	W	NH	W	SF	SF	W	SF	2R	W	W	W
	Martina Navratilova (2)	1984	SF	W	NH	W	W	A	W	W	QF	W	W	A
	Martina Navratilova (3)	1985	W	W	NH	F	W	W	W	F	W	F	F	W
6	Suzanne Lenglen	1925	A	A	A	W	W	W	W	W	W	A	A	A
	Alice Marble	1939	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	W	W	W	W
	Louise Brough	1950	W	W	SF	SF	F	A	W	W	W	3R	W	3R
	Doris Hart (3)	1953	A	A	A	F	W	W	F	W	W	F	W	W
	Lew Hoad	1956	W	W	A	W	F	2R	W	W	A	F	W	F
	Maria Bueno	1960	QF	W	SF	SF	W	W	W	W	F	F	W	F
	Darlene Hard	1960	A	A	A	W	W	SF	QF	W	W	W	W	QF
	Margaret Court (6)	1973	W	W	NH	W	W	A	SF	QF	A	W	W	F
	Martina Navratilova	1983	W	W	NH	4R	A	A	W	W	A	W	W	A
	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.

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.

Only one player has completed the (calendar year) Golden Slam in a single season:

 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”. 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”.

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

 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	Pam Shriver	Women’s doubles	1982	1984	1981	1983	1988	1981
2	Steffi Graf	Women’s singles	1988	1987	1988	1988	1988	1987
3	Gigi Fernández	Women’s doubles	1993	1991	1992	1988	1992	1993
4	Andre Agassi	Men’s singles	1995	1999	1992	1994	1996	1990
5	Todd Woodbridge	Men’s doubles	1992	2000	1993	1992	1996	1992
	Mark Woodforde
7	Daniel Nestor	Men’s doubles	2002	2007	2008	2004	2000	2007
8	Esther Vergeer	Women’s wheelchair doubles	2004	2007	2009	2005	2000	2001
	Korie Homan	Women’s wheelchair doubles	2009	2009	2009	2005	2008	2004
10	Stéphane Houdet	Men’s wheelchair doubles	2010	2007	2009	2009	2008	2006
11	Sharon Walraven	Women’s wheelchair doubles	2011	2011	2010	2010	2008	2010
12	Bob Bryan	Men’s doubles	2006	2003	2006	2005	2012	2003
	Mike Bryan
14	Serena Williams	Women’s singles	2003	2002	2002	1999	2012	2001
15	Shingo Kunieda	Men’s wheelchair doubles	2007	2008	2006	2007	2004	2012
16	Michaël Jeremiasz	Men’s wheelchair doubles	2013	2009	2009	2005	2008	2008
17	Aniek van Koot	Women’s wheelchair doubles	2010	2013	2012	2013	2016	2012
	Jiske Griffioen	Women’s wheelchair doubles	2006	2008	2012	2006	2016	2004
19	Nicolas Peifer	Men’s wheelchair doubles	2016	2011	2015	2011	2016	2016
20	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. 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. Until 2016, Wimbledon have never hosted singles tournament for wheelchairs. 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#

A

NH

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. 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#

A

NH

Triple Crown

The Triple Crown refers to winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles at one event, in the same week. 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, having reached the final in 1952. 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	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	Doris Hart	29	1949	1950	1949	1950	1948	1951	1951	1947	1951	1954	1951	1951
	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
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. 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.

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	Roy Emerson	1	1961	1963	1964	1961
		2	1963	1967	1965	1964
2	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	/ Steffi Graf	1	1988	1987	1988	1988
		2	1989	1988	1989	1989
		3	1990	1993	1991	1993
		4	1994	1995	1992	1995
3	Margaret Court	1	1960	1962	1963	1962
		2	1961	1964	1965	1965
		3	1962	1969	1970	1969
3	Serena Williams	1	2003	2002	2002	1999
		2	2005	2013	2003	2002
		3	2007	2015	2009	2008
2	Martina Navratilova	1	1981	1982	1978	1983
		2	1983	1984	1979	1984
2	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	Roy Emerson	1	1962	1960	1959	1959
		2	1966	1961	1961	1960
		3	1969	1962	1971	1965
3	John Newcombe	1	1965	1967	1965	1967
		2	1967	1969	1966	1971
		3	1971	1973	1968	1973
2	Frank Sedgman	1	1951	1951	1948	1950
		2	1952	1952	1951	1951
2	Neale Fraser	1	1957	1958	1959	1957
		2	1958	1960	1961	1960
2	Fred Stolle	1	1963	1965	1962	1965
		2	1964	1968	1964	1966
2	Ken Rosewall	1	1953	1953	1953	1956
		2	1956	1968	1956	1969
2	Bob Bryan	1	2006	2003	2006	2005
		2	2007	2013	2011	2008
2	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	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	/ 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	Pam Shriver	1	1982	1984	1981	1983
		2	1983	1985	1982	1984
		3	1984	1987	1983	1986
		4	1985	1988	1984	1987
3	/ Natasha Zvereva	1	1993	1989	1991	1991
		2	1994	1992	1992	1992
		3	1997	1993	1993	1995
2	Margaret Court	1	1961	1964	1964	1963
		2	1962	1965	1969	1968
2	Gigi Fernández	1	1993	1991	1992	1988
		2	1994	1992	1993	1990
2	/ Jana Novotná	1	1990	1990	1989	1994
		2	1995	1991	1990	1997
2	Serena Williams	1	2001	1999	2000	1999
		2	2003	2010	2002	2009
2	Venus Williams	1	2001	1999	2000	1999
		2	2003	2010	2002	2009
2	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	/ Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver	1	1982	1984	1981	1983
		2	1983	1985	1982	1984
		3	1984	1987	1983	1986
		4	1985	1988	1984	1987
2	Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva	1	1993	1992	1992	1992
		2	1994	1993	1993	1995
2	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	Margaret Court	1	1963	1963	1963	1961
		2	1964	1964	1965	1962
		3	1965	1965	1966	1963
		4	1969	1969	1968	1964
2	Doris Hart	1	1949	1951	1951	1951
		2	1950	1952	1952	1952
2	Frank Sedgman	1	1949	1951	1951	1951
		2	1950	1952	1952	1952
2	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	Doris Hart  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
3	Gordon Reid (GBR)	1	2017	2015	2016	2015
		2	2020	2016	2017	2017
		3	2021	2020	2018	2018
2	Shingo Kunieda (JPN)	1	2007	2008	2006	2007
		2	2008	2010	2013	2014

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
3	Yui Kamiji (JPN)	1	2014	2014	2014	2014
		2	2015	2016	2015	2018
		3	2016	2017	2016	2020
2	Jiske Griffioen (NED)	1	2006	2008	2012	2006
		2	2007	2013	2013	2007
2	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)	1	2014	2014	2014	2014
		2	2015	2016	2015	2020
2	Diede de Groot (NED)	1	2019	2018	2018	2017
		2	2021	2019	2019	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
2	Jordanne Whiley (GBR)  Yui Kamiji (JPN)	1	2014	2014	2014	2014
		2	2015	2016	2015	2020

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. 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. A player who won all three in a calendar year was considered to achieve a “Professional Grand Slam”, or “Pro Slam”. The feat was accomplished twice:

 Ken Rosewall in 1963;

 Rod Laver in 1967.

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.