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In tennis, a "Grand Slam" refers to winning all four major tournaments—the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Championships, and U.S. Open—in a single calendar year. This feat requires mastering different playing surfaces and maintaining peak performance throughout the season.

A "career Grand Slam" is achieved by winning all four major tournaments at any point during a player's career. Winning all four majors and an Olympic gold medal constitutes a "career Golden Slam." Only a select few players, like Don Budge and Maureen Connolly, have accomplished the calendar-year Grand Slam.1

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Roger Federer
…first player to claim 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles.
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…first player to claim 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles.
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Ken Rosewall
…for 25 years, winning 18 Grand Slam titles, 8 of which were in men’s singles.
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…for 25 years, winning 18 Grand Slam titles, 8 of which were in men’s singles.
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Pete Sampras
…enabled him to win 14 Grand Slam singles titles, a record among male players until 2009, when it was broken by Roger Federer. Sampras during his career won seven Wimbledon singles championships (1993–95, 1997–2000), five U.S. Open titles (1990, 1993, 1995–96, 2002), and two Australian Open championships (1994, 1997), but…
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…enabled him to win 14 Grand Slam singles titles, a record among male players until 2009, when it was broken by Roger Federer. Sampras during his career won seven Wimbledon singles championships (1993–95, 1997–2000), five U.S. Open titles (1990, 1993, 1995–96, 2002), and two Australian Open championships (1994, 1997), but…
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tennis
The early 20th century
…to be known as the Grand Slam. Alice Marble, the most aggressive net rusher the women’s game had seen to that time, won the U.S. singles in 1936 and from 1938 to 1940, and in 1939 she won the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, a “triple” previously accomplished…
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…to be known as the Grand Slam. Alice Marble, the most aggressive net rusher the women’s game had seen to that time, won the U.S. singles in 1936 and from 1938 to 1940, and in 1939 she won the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, a “triple” previously accomplished…
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