He Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open they make up the obsession of world tennis. Winning one of the four Grand Slams is already a goal achieved. But the best players are not satisfied with this and go for everything. Although those who succeeded were few. Even less those who could do it in the same season.
Sports news delves into the history books and shows how many tennis players have won all four Grand Slams in the same year.
How many tennis players have won all four Grand Slams in the same year?
The first to have a chance to win all four Majors was the Australian Jack Crawford, but lost the 1933 US Open final to Great Britain’s Fred Perry. Five years later, still in his amateur years, the American Don Budge Yes, he managed to launch the list. The also Australian Lew Hood He lived in 1956 the same as Crawford: in New York he failed to define (against Ken Rosewell). He who bared his breast for the island of the oceans was Rod Laver: in 1962 he won the four Grand Slams.
Already in the Open Era, Laver repeated this feat to be, for now, the only male professional to achieve this. 1969 was his big year: at the Australian Open he beat the Spaniards Andres Jimenoat Roland Garros he beat his compatriot Ken Rosewellat Wimbledon he did the same with the also Australian John Newcomb and at the US Open, before Tony Roche.
In 2021, novak djokovic He was able to hold all the crowns in the same campaign but failed. The Russian is in the US Open final Daniel Medvedev put a brake on him.
Among the women, the American Maureen Connolly (1953) achieved this in amateurism. Already in professionalism the Australian Margaret Court He was unbeaten in the 1970 season, capping two great years (only 1969 Wimbledon eluded him). In 1988, Steffi Graf He made the list and did it in a very special way: he won the Golden Slam, after also taking gold at the Seoul Olympics.
The last man in good position to win all the Majors in the same campaign was the American Serena Williams in 2015. He arrived in New York with consecrations in Australia, Paris and London. However, the Italian Flavia Pennetta gave the surprise and took the glory. The youngest of the Williams fell in the semi-final against Roberta Vinci, also from Tana.
