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- Only five tennis players have won all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal in singles to complete a feat known as a career Golden Slam.
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Pete Sampras won 14 major singles titles in his career, including seven titles at Wimbledon. Andre Agassi was the first man to complete a Career Grand Slam across three different surfaces (1999), and the first to win a Career Golden Slam (winning the four majors and an Olympic singles gold medal).
153 different players have won a men's singles Grand Slam championship; they are listed here in order of their first win. Players in bold are still active. Fred Perry completed a career Grand Slam at the 1935 French Championships. Don Budge completed a Grand Slam at the 1938 U.S. Championships.
#ChampionYearFirst Major1532024152202215120211502020Sep 20, 2024 · Some players have won all four majors in a row but spread over different years, so they missed out on completing a true Grand Slam. In the tables we list the eight men and the 10 women who have completed the career Grand Slam.
- Bobby Jones. The one player to achieve the Grand Slam did so across those pre-Masters tournaments, American Bobby Jones, in 1930. In fact, Jones' achievement was so remarkable that before he won all four Majors in one calendar year, the term 'Grand Slam' didn't exist for it, because no one thought it would be possible.
- Tiger Woods. It's certainly proved difficult ever since. However, one player in the modern era has come close - Tiger Woods. In 2000, Woods finished fifth in The Masters, but then won the year's remaining three Majors.
- Jack Nicklaus. Even Jack Nicklaus, with the all-time record haul of 18 Majors, only ever won two of golf's most prestigious tournaments in a calendar year (albeit on five occasions).
- Gene Sarazen. American Sarazen won seven Majors in his career, and became the first player to win the modern-era career Grand Slam in 1935, when he won The Masters.
These are records for Grand Slam tournaments, also known as majors, which are the four most prestigious annual tennis events: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. All records are based on official data from the majors.
Sep 8, 2024 · Who has won the most Grand Slam titles? Let's take a look at the all-time leaders for men's and women's singles. MEN'S GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES. 1. Novak Djokovic, 24. 2. Rafael Nadal,...
All players who won in a single year the four Grand Slam tournaments, also known as majors, starting from Don Budge in 1938 to present time.
