Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot, the Netherlands, 2019.Yui Kamiji (Japan) and Jordanne Whiley (the UK), 2014.Aniek van Koot and Jiske Griffioen, the Netherlands, 2013.Esther Vergeer and Sharon Walraven, the Netherlands, 2011.Esther Vergeer and Korie Homan, the Netherlands, 2009.He played with Belgium’s Joachim Gérard and Japan’s Shingo Kunieda.Īside from that, there have been 5 Grand Slams in women’s wheelchair doubles: The only calendar Grand Slam in men’s wheelchair doubles was achieved by Stéphane Houdet of France in 2014. In fact, the Grand Slam has been won by wheelchair tennis players very recently! Grand Slams have been achieved in wheelchair tennis as well – in men’s and women’s wheelchair doubles, as well as in quad wheelchair doubles. However, Williams lost to Italy’s Roberta Vinci in the semifinals, ending her streak on a Three-Quarter Slam. In 2015, after winning the Australian and French Opens along with Wimbledon, Williams’ performance at the US Open was highly anticipated because she could win the Grand Slam. Most recently, Serena Williams was very close to achieving the calendar Grand Slam. This is remarkable, considering that we now have better equipment and perhaps even better training routines. We haven’t seen any calendar Grand Slams among non-wheelchair players since the late 1990s. Margaret Smith makes an entry here again – if you didn’t forget, she also earned a Grand Slam in singles in 1970, becoming the second female player to make a Grand Slam after Maureen Connolly. Owen Davidson (with two teammates), Australia, 1967.Margaret Smith and Ken Fletcher, Australia, 1963.In mixed doubles, Grand Slam holders are as follows: Martina Hingis (with two teammates), Switzerland, 1998.Maria Bueno (with two teammates), Brazil, 1960.Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, United States, 1984.Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, Australia, 1951.Grand Slam champions in doubles have been: However, fatigued after nearly 5 months on the road, Crawford lost to Perry, losing the chance of being crowned the first-ever tennis player to win all 4 Grand Slams. Interestingly, the four championships had been christened the Grand Slam on the eve of this match. Crawford had won the first three Grand Slams before meeting Fred Perry in the U.S. Not only that, but the last Grand Slam in singles has been achieved more than three decades ago!īefore Don Budge’s success, the closest anyone had to come to the Grand Slam had been Jack Crawford of Australia 5 years earlier. So as you can see, only 6 Grand Slams have been won by 5 players. Laver is the only male player to have completed the Grand Slam twice. Only 5 people have won a calendar Grand Slam in singles. There have been Grand Slams in wheelchair tennis as well. So far, there have been Grand Slams in all major tennis disciplines – singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. So who has won all 4 Grand Slams in the same year?
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