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In tennis, what is the term for winning all four major tournaments in a single calendar year?
Answer
Grand Slam
A Grand Slam in tennis refers to winning all four major (Grand Slam) tournaments in a single calendar year: the Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros), Wimbledon Championships, and US Open. This achievement represents the pinnacle of tennis excellence, requiring sustained peak performance across different court surfaces over an entire year. Winning all four majors in a career (not necessarily the same year) is called a Career Grand Slam. The term Grand Slam originates from the card game of the same name, where winning all tricks is called a grand slam.
💡 Did you know?
Only six players have achieved a calendar-year Grand Slam: Budge (1938), Connolly (1953), Laver (1962, 1969), Court (1970), and Graf (1988).
Other options people guess
- Triple Crown
- Calendar Slam
- Perfect Year
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- grand-slam
- records
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