Calendar Grand Slam

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A Calendar Grand Slam is the rare feat in tennis of winning all four major Grand Slam tournaments within a single calendar year.

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Calendar Grand Slam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sports record
tennis achievement
alsoKnownAs calendar-year Grand Slam
appliesTo doubles
mixed doubles
singles
appliesToAmateurEra true
appliesToProfessionalEra true
category Grand Slam titles
definition winning all four major Grand Slam tournaments in a single calendar year
difficultyFactors different continents
different surfaces
season-long consistency
distinguishedFrom Career Grand Slam
Non-calendar Grand Slam
firstMenSinglesAchiever Don Budge
firstMenSinglesYear 1938
firstWomenSinglesAchiever Maureen Connolly
firstWomenSinglesYear 1953
governingBodyContext ATP
ITF
Women’s Tennis Association
surface form: WTA
includesTournament Australian Open
French Open
US Open (tennis)
surface form: US Open

Wimbledon
surface form: Wimbledon Championships
notableAchiever Rod Laver
Steffi Graf
prestigeLevel one of the highest achievements in tennis
rarity very rare
requiresNumberOfMajors 4
requiresSameSeason true
requiresWinning all four major tournaments
requiresWinningOnMultipleSurfaces true
Rod LaverMenSinglesYears 1962
1969
sequenceEnd US Open (tennis)
surface form: US Open
sequenceStart Australian Open
sport tennis
SteffiGrafWomenSinglesYear 1988
surfaceVariation clay court
grass court
hard court
timeFrame single calendar year

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Grand Slam tennis tournaments achievementTerm Calendar Grand Slam