Grand Slam (tennis)


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 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, 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 and the low prize money—was not unusual before 1982.
Grand Slam tournaments are not operated by the Association of Tennis Professionals or the Women's Tennis Association, but by the International Tennis Federation. 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 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 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 in the same period is known as a "Super Slam". Together, all four majors in all three disciplines 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.
Tennis

Origin of the term "Grand Slam"

The term slam for winning all of the tricks in the :Category:Whist group|whist family card games 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 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, 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, British and American championship tournaments as the four majors. Before that time only three events: Wimbledon, the World Hard Court Championships and the World Covered Court Championships 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 Australian 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 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 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

Grand Slam tournament champions

;Per discipline
;Per tournament
;Finals

Chronological

Per player

Non-calendar year Grand Slam

Controversy over terminology

In 1982, the International Tennis Federation 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:
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 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 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

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Women's wheelchair singles

Quad wheelchair singles

Men's wheelchair doubles

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 and 17 have doubled it: won a second championship in each of the four majors in one format. 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. Their achievements are tabulated [|below].
Eight men and ten women have won Career Grand Slams in singles play ; among them two men and five women have at least two Career Grand Slams in singles. Since the beginning of the open era, five men and six women 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 and five female. 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 also achieved a [|double career Slam]. Originally, the Grand Slam tournaments were held on grass and clay 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 achieved their career grand slam on three different surfaces: hard court, clay, and grass.
#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Fred Perry261934193519341933
2 Don Budge231938193819371937
3 Rod Laver241960196219611962
4 Roy Emerson271961196319641961
5 Andre Agassi291995199919921994
6 Roger Federer2004200920032004
7 Rafael Nadal242009200520082010
8 Novak Djokovic292008201620112011

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 achieved at least two Career Grand Slams, three women have achieved three Career Grand Slams and Steffi Graf is the only player to achieve four Career Grand Slams.
#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Maureen Connolly181953195319521951
2 Doris Hart281949195019511954
3 Shirley Fry Irvin291957195119561956
4 Margaret Court201960196219631962
5 Billie Jean King281968197219661967
6 Chris Evert271982197419741975
7 Martina Navratilova261981198219781983
8 Steffi Graf191988198719881988
9 Serena Williams212003200220021999
10 Maria Sharapova252008201220042006

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

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Adrian Quist261936193519351939
2 Frank Sedgman231951195119481950
3 Ken McGregor221951195119511951
4 Lew Hoad211953195319531956
4 Ken Rosewall211953195319531956
6 Neale Fraser251957195819591957
7 Roy Emerson251962196019591959
8 Fred Stolle261963196519621965
9 John Newcombe231965196719651967
9 Tony Roche221965196719651967
11/ Bob Hewitt371963197219621977
12 John Fitzgerald281982198619891984
12 Anders Järryd271987198319891987
14 Jacco Eltingh271994199519981994
14 Paul Haarhuis321994199519981994
16 Todd Woodbridge291992200019931995
16 Mark Woodforde341992200019931989
18 Jonas Björkman321998200520022003
19 Bob Bryan282006200320062005
19 Mike Bryan282006200320062005
21 Daniel Nestor352002200720082004
22 Leander Paes382012199919992006
23 Pierre-Hugues Herbert272019201820162015
23 Nicolas Mahut372019201820162015

Team

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Frank Sedgman
Ken McGregor
24
23
1951195119511951
2 Ken Rosewall
Lew Hoad
22
21
1953195319531956
3 Neale Fraser
Roy Emerson
28
25
1962196019591959
4 John Newcombe
Tony Roche
23
24
1965196719651967
5 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
28
32
1994199519981994
6 The Woodies
34
29
1992200019931995
7 Bryan brothers
28
28
2006200320062005
8 Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
27
37
2019201820162015

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

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Louise Brough Clapp271950194619461942
2 Doris Hart261949195119511951
3 Shirley Fry Irvin301957195019511951
4 Maria Bueno201960196019581960
5 Margaret Court221961196419641963
5 Lesley Turner Bowrey211964196419641961
7 Judy Tegart Dalton321964196619691970
8/ Martina Navratilova231980197519761977
9 Kathy Jordan211981198019801981
9 Anne Smith211981198019801981
11 Pam Shriver211982198419811983
12 Helena Suková251990199019871985
13 Gigi Fernández281993199119921988
13/ Natasha Zvereva211993198919911991
15/ Jana Novotná251990199019891994
16 Martina Hingis171997199819961998
17 Serena Williams192001199920001999
17 Venus Williams202001199920001999
19 Lisa Raymond332000200620012001
20 Sara Errani272013201220142012
20 Roberta Vinci312013201220142012

Team

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Judy Tegart Dalton
Margaret Court
32
27
1969196619691970
2 Anne Smith
Kathy Jordan
21
21
1981198019801981
3 Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
28
21
1982198419821983
4 Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
28
21
1993199219921992
5 Williams sisters
19
20
2001199920001999
6 Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
31
27
2013201220142012

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

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Jean Borotra291928192719251926
2 Doris Hart261949195119511951
2 Frank Sedgman211949195119511951
4 Margaret Court201963196319631961
5 Ken Fletcher231963196319631963
6 Owen Davidson231965196719671966
7 Billie Jean King241968196719671967
8 Marty Riessen331969196919751969
9 Bob Hewitt391961197019771979
10 Todd Woodbridge241993199219941990
11 Mark Woodforde271992199519931992
12/ Martina Navratilova462003197419851985
13 Daniela Hantuchová222002200520012005
14 Mahesh Bhupathi292006199720021999
15 Cara Black302010200220042008
16 Leander Paes422003201619992008
16 Martina Hingis352006201620152015

Team

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Doris Hart
Frank Sedgman
21
26
1949195119511951
2 Ken Fletcher
Margaret Court
23
21
1963196319631963
3 Margaret Court
Marty Riessen
32
33
1969196919751969
4 Leander Paes
Martina Hingis
42
35
2015201620152015

Boys' singles

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Stefan Edberg171983198319831983

Boys' doubles

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Mark Kratzmann171984198319831983

Women's wheelchair singles

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1222018201920172018

Quad wheelchair singles

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1282015201920192015

Men's wheelchair doubles

Individual

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1242007200820062007
2402010200720092009
3282011200820112010
4322013200920092005
5252016201120152011
6252017201520162015

Team

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1
30
44
2010201020132014

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1272004200720092005
1292009200920092005
3402011201020102010
4272006200820122006
5232010201320122013
6202014201420142014
6222014201420142014
7222019201820182017

Team

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1
27
22
2009200920092005
2
29
40
2011201120102010
3
23
28
2013201320122013
4
22
20
2014201420142014
5
29
22
2019201820192019

Quad wheelchair doubles

#PlayerAgeAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1282018201920192019

Most consecutive Grand Slam tournament titles

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Individual

Team

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Individual

Team

Men's wheelchair singles

Women's wheelchair singles

Quad wheelchair singles

Until 2019, there were no wheelchair quad draws on both French Open and Wimbledon.
Cons.
titles
PlayerFromTo
5 Peter Norfolk2007 US Open2010 Australian Open
5 Dylan Alcott2018 Australian Open2019 Wimbledon

Men's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Team

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Team

Quad wheelchair doubles

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

Individual

Team

Most consecutive Grand Slam singles finals

Men

Women

Most Grand Slam singles titles without a loss

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. 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

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.
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 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 was coined in 1988.
Only one player has completed the Golden Slam:

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 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.
#PlayerDisciplineAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS OpenOlympics
1 Pam ShriverWomen's doubles19821984198119831988
2 Steffi GrafWomen's singles19881987198819881988
3 Gigi FernándezWomen's doubles19931991199219881992
4 Andre AgassiMen's singles19951999199219941996
5 Todd WoodbridgeMen's doubles19922000199319921996
5 Mark WoodfordeMen's doubles19922000199319921996
7 Serena WilliamsWomen's doubles20011999200019992000
7 Venus WilliamsWomen's doubles20011999200019992000
9 Shingo KuniedaMen's wheelchair doubles20072008200620072004
10 Daniel NestorMen's doubles20022007200820042000
11 Korie HomanWomen's wheelchair doubles20092009200920052008
11 Esther VergeerWomen's wheelchair doubles20042007200920052000
13 Stéphane HoudetMen's wheelchair doubles20102007200920092008
14 Rafael NadalMen's singles20092005200820102008
15 Sharon WalravenWomen's wheelchair doubles20112011201020102008
16 Bob BryanMen's doubles20062003200620052012
16 Mike BryanMen's doubles20062003200620052012
18 Serena WilliamsWomen's singles20032002200219992012
19 Michaël JeremiaszMen's wheelchair doubles20132009200920052008
20 Aniek van KootWomen's wheelchair doubles20102013201220132016
20 Jiske GriffioenWomen's wheelchair doubles20062008201220062016
22 Nicolas PeiferMen's wheelchair doubles20162011201520112016
23 Dylan AlcottQuad wheelchair singles20152019201920152016
24 Dylan AlcottQuad wheelchair doubles20182019201920192016

Super Slam

Soon after the Open Era began in 1968, the new professional tours each held a year-end championship, 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:

Career Super Slam

#PlayerDisciplineAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS OpenOlympicsYear-end
1 Pam ShriverWomen's doubles198219841981198319881981
2 Steffi GrafWomen's singles198819871988198819881987
3 Gigi FernándezWomen's doubles199319911992198819921993
4 Andre AgassiMen's singles199519991992199419961990
5 Todd WoodbridgeMen's doubles199220001993199219961992
5 Mark WoodfordeMen's doubles199220001993199219961992
7 Daniel NestorMen's doubles200220072008200420002007
8 Esther VergeerWomen's wheelchair doubles200420072009200520002001
8 Korie HomanWomen's wheelchair doubles200920092009200520082004
10 Stéphane HoudetMen's wheelchair doubles201020072009200920082006
11 Sharon WalravenWomen's wheelchair doubles201120112010201020082010
12 Bob BryanMen's doubles200620032006200520122003
12 Mike BryanMen's doubles200620032006200520122003
14 Serena WilliamsWomen's singles200320022002199920122001
15 Shingo KuniedaMen's wheelchair doubles200720082006200720042012
16 Michaël JeremiaszMen's wheelchair doubles201320092009200520082008
17 Aniek van KootWomen's wheelchair doubles201020132012201320162012
17 Jiske GriffioenWomen's wheelchair doubles200620082012200620162004
19 Nicolas PeiferMen's wheelchair doubles201620112015201120162016
20 Dylan AlcottQuad wheelchair singles201520192019201520162018

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.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Men's wheelchair singles

Women's wheelchair singles

#PlayerYearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Esther Vergeer2007WWNHW
2 Esther Vergeer 2009WWNHW
3 Esther Vergeer 2011WWNHW
4 Yui Kamiji2017WWSFW
5 Diede de Groot2018WFWW
6 Diede de Groot 2019WWFW

Men's wheelchair doubles

Women's wheelchair doubles

Quad wheelchair singles

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.
;Men's singles
#PlayerYearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Jack Crawford1933WWWF
2 Don Budge1938WWWW
3 Lew Hoad1956WWWF
4 Rod Laver1962WWWW
5 Rod Laver 1969WWWW
6 Roger Federer2006WFWW
7 Roger Federer 2007WFWW
8 Roger Federer 2009FWWF
9 Novak Djokovic2015WFWW

;Women's singles
#PlayerYearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1 Maureen Connolly1953WWWW
2 Margaret Court1964WFWW
3 Margaret Court 1970WWWW
4 Chris Evert1984WFFF
5 Martina Navratilova1985WFWF
6 Martina Navratilova 1987FFWW
7 Steffi Graf1988WWWW
8 Steffi Graf 1989WFWW
9 Monica Seles1992WWFW
10 Steffi Graf 1993FWWW
11 Martina Hingis1997WFWW
12 Justine Henin2006FWFF

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:
;Men
TotalPlayerYearTriple champion of
3 times
Don Budge1937Wimbledon
3 times
Don Budge1938Wimbledon
3 times
Don Budge1938US Championships
2 times
Bill Tilden1922US Championships
2 times
Bill Tilden1923US Championships
2 times
Frank Sedgman1951US Championships
2 times
Frank Sedgman1952Wimbledon
2 times
Neale Fraser1959US Championships
2 times
Neale Fraser1960US Championships
1 time
Jack Hawkes1926Australian Championships
1 time
Jean Borotra1928Australian Championships
1 time
Jack Crawford1932Australian Championships
1 time
Bobby Riggs1939Wimbledon
1 time
Vic Seixas1954US Championships
1 time
Ken Rosewall1956US Championships

;Women
TotalPlayerYearTriple champion of
5 times
Suzanne Lenglen1920Wimbledon
5 times
Suzanne Lenglen1922Wimbledon
5 times
Suzanne Lenglen1925French Championships
5 times
Suzanne Lenglen1925Wimbledon
5 times
Suzanne Lenglen1926French Championships
5 times
Margaret Court1963Australian Championships
5 times
Margaret Court1964French Championships
5 times
Margaret Court1965Australian Championships
5 times
Margaret Court1969Australian Open
5 times
Margaret Court1970US Open
4 times
Alice Marble1938US Championships
4 times
Alice Marble1939Wimbledon
4 times
Alice Marble1939US Championships
4 times
Alice Marble1940US Championships
3 times
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman1909US Championships
3 times
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman1910US Championships
3 times
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman1911US Championships
3 times
Mary Browne1912US Championships
3 times
Mary Browne1913US Championships
3 times
Mary Browne1914US Championships
3 times
Daphne Akhurst Cozens1925Australian Championships
3 times
Daphne Akhurst Cozens1928Australian Championships
3 times
Daphne Akhurst Cozens1929Australian Championships
3 times
Nancye Wynne Bolton1940Australian Championships
3 times
Nancye Wynne Bolton1947Australian Championships
3 times
Nancye Wynne Bolton1948Australian Championships
3 times
Louise Brough Clapp1947US Championships
3 times
Louise Brough Clapp1948Wimbledon
3 times
Louise Brough Clapp1950Wimbledon
3 times
Doris Hart1951Wimbledon
3 times
Doris Hart1952French Championships
3 times
Doris Hart1954US Championships
3 times
Billie Jean King1967Wimbledon
3 times
Billie Jean King1967US Championships
3 times
Billie Jean King1973Wimbledon
2 times
Mabel Cahill1891US Championships
2 times
Mabel Cahill1892US Championships
2 times
Helen Wills Moody1924US Championships
2 times
Helen Wills Moody1928US Championships
1 time
Juliette Atkinson1895US Championships
1 time
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory1917US Championships
1 time
Helen Jacobs1934US Championships
1 time
Simonne Mathieu1938French Championships
1 time
Sarah Palfrey Cooke1941US Championships
1 time
Margaret Osborne duPont1950US Championships
1 time
Thelma Coyne Long1952Australian Championships
1 time
Maureen Connolly1954French Championships
1 time
Martina Navratilova1987US Open

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 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:
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:
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" 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

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Individual

Teams

Women's doubles

Individual

Teams

Mixed doubles

Individual

Teams

Men's wheelchair doubles

Women's wheelchair doubles

Individual

Teams

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:
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.