Don Budge
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Don Budge was an American tennis player renowned for being the first man to achieve the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1938 and for his powerful backhand and dominance in the late 1930s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American tennis player
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human ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| achievement | won the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1938 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-06-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-01-26 ⓘ |
| DavisCupTitles | 2 ⓘ |
| DavisCupYearsWon |
1937
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1938 ⓘ |
| education | University of California, Berkeley (attended briefly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | amateur era of tennis ⓘ |
| familyName | Budge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Donald Budge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Donald
NERFINISHED
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John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandSlamSinglesTitles | 6 ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Lloyd Budge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 1.85 m ⓘ |
| inductedInto | International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| injury | shoulder injury during World War II service ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dominance in men’s tennis in the late 1930s
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first man to achieve the calendar-year Grand Slam in tennis ⓘ powerful backhand ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStroke | one-handed backhand GENERATED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professional tennis player
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tennis coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam | United States Davis Cup team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ranking | world No. 1 amateur male tennis player ⓘ |
| residence | Hillsborough, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| spouse | Deirdre Conselman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | aggressive baseline play ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1939 ⓘ |
| wonTournament |
1937 U.S. Championships men’s singles
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1937 Wimbledon men’s singles ⓘ 1938 Australian Championships men’s singles ⓘ 1938 French Championships men’s singles ⓘ 1938 U.S. Championships men’s singles ⓘ 1938 Wimbledon men’s singles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfHighestRanking |
1937
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1938 ⓘ |
| yearOfInduction | 1964 ⓘ |
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