#)The name grandslam comes from the game baseball, where a home run that clears the bases and scores four runs is known as grand slam.

#)Many are unaware of the fact how term made the jump to other sports.

#)The term was  originated mostlikely in 1930, when golfer Bobby Jones won the four tournaments that were then recognized as major championships, these includes,

• The U.S. Open
• The British Open
• The U.S. Amateur
• The British Amateur.

#)But in the men’s and women’s tennis, the grand slam comprises the

1. The Australian Open
2. The French Open
3. Wimbledon
4. The U.S. Open

#)Don Budge is the first player who won all four tournaments in the year 1938.

#)Rod Laver went one step further as he swept the events twice, in 1962 and 1969.

#)In women’s tennis, Maureen Connolly (1953), Margaret Smith Court (1970), and Steffi Graf (1988) have all won the grand slam.

#)As it was difficult completing a grand slam in one year is such as rare event, the term is sometimes adapted in referring to a career grand slam (winning all four major tournaments during a career).

#)By winning the 1999 French Open, Andre Agassi became only the fifth tennis player to win the men’s career grand slam.

#)There is also confusion with the term grand slam , because a player who wins one of the four major tournaments is sometimes said to have won a grand slam title, which is not the same as winning the grand slam.

#)Helen Wills Moody is the only player to win all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending through the 1933 Wimbledon .

#)The first 15 of those were won without losing a set.

#)During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Summer Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.

#)Steffi Graph won Golden grandslam in the year 1988, where she won all four grandslam and also Olympic Gold medal

• Written by Raaghavan Krishnamurthy.
• In category Other.
• 15 years ago.

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