Rodney Laver of Australia wins his maiden Grand Slam as an amateur tennis player in 1962. Rodney Laver, Australia, completed his second Grand Slam as a professional in 1969. He is the only tennis player to have won two Grand Slams. Maureen Connolly of the United States was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year, in 1953. She is also one of only three women to have done so.
Laver won the Australian Open in both the amateur and pro eras. He became the first man to do so since Robert Sinnerwise in 1882. In addition, the French Open and Wimbledon were known as the "British Open" during this era of tennis. It was not until after World War II that these tournaments began to be called by their current names. In fact, the French Open started out as the French Tennis Championships and has always been called by that name in France. The British Open started out as the American Open before moving to Britain in 1895.
Laver defeated American player Bill Tilden 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to win his first Grand Slam title. Tilden had already won the U.S. National Championship earlier in 1962. The final match was played on 22 January at Melbourne Park and was watched by an estimated crowd of 70,000 people. This record has been broken many times since then (especially since Laver's death in 1980).
Between 1950 and 1976, Australians dominated global tennis, and players from that era represented in the selected collection include Rod Laver, Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, John Newcombe, and Ken Rosewall.
Former Australian player who won the coveted Grand Slam singles championship twelve times and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He won his first Australian Open singles title in 1963, followed by five more in the years that followed. He won the Australian Open doubles title three times in a row.
Budge, Don This accomplishment has been accomplished six times (by five different players). The term "grand slam" is frequently used to refer to any of the four major events. Don Budge became the first tennis player in history to win all four major titles in the same year, completing the Grand Slam. He did this in 1951 by winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
His achievement has been followed by several others who have won three or four majors each. The most recent person to do so is Roger Federer who has two out of three possible victories (Australian Open and French Open). Andy Roddick is the only other player who has completed the career grand slam; he did so in 2004 by winning the Australian Open, French Open and the US Open.
Federer will be the favorite to win a record eighth Grand Slam title at the 2011 Australian Open, followed by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Pete Sampras.
Roy Emerson was the first male player in history to win each major championship twice, and he is the only player in history to have won a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. Rod Laver is the only person in history to have won all four majors in the same calendar year, completing "The Grand Slam" twice (1962 and 1969). Arthur Ashe is the only person who has managed it once (1972). John McEnroe is the only player still living who has been able to claim this honor.
Emerson's victories came in 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1961. He won his second Grand Slam in 1963, making him the first player to win more than one Grand Slam title during his career. Laver completed his first Grand Slam in 1962, winning the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon titles in the same year. His victory at the U.S. National Championships made him the first player to win all four majors in the same season. Arthur Ashe won his only Grand Slam in 1972, taking out the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon titles in that year. He remains the only player alive today who has been able to complete The Grand Slam.
Ashe's wife, Chloe, died of cancer in February 1971, just two months before his historic run at the French Open. She was 26 years old.
McEnroe is the most recent player to win all four majors during his career.
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