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25.0 Persatuan Lawn Tenis Malaysia (LTAM)
The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia(LTAM) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the International Tennis Federation that is open to all national tennis player in the country. The LTAM's objectives are to increase participation in, facilitate development of and raise the standard of Malaysian tennis.
LTAM works closely with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and supports its member associations through the implementation of a wide range of programs. Working closely with the ITF and member associations, LTAM organizes a number of regional tennis events, coaching certification courses, tennis officiating seminars, administrative workshops, junior development programs and a number of other programs that are vital to the development and growth of tennis in the country.
Mission & Objectives
The purpose of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia, LTAM, is to encourage, lead, organize, govern, and promote the game of tennis; to organize, sponsor and/or regulate tournaments, championships, training programs and workshops; and to keep
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affiliated to the International Tennis Federation.
The main objectives of LTAM shall be:
to encourage and promote the game of tennis within the country, in any way suitable and convenient for the association members to carry out all functions which the ITF entrust to the association to promote, establish and coordinate programs for development and education, within the country assure there shall be no racial, religious or political discrimination in its programs and/or tournaments to strengthen and develop bonds of friendship and cooperation among the association members to protect the interests of all association members to explain and decide all doubtful points regarding the game or this by-laws and its regulation to host and organize regional tournaments to work according to the rules and regulations of the ITF.
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26.0 Menjelang ATP Tour Masters Cup dan WTA Tour Championship 2007
Rangkaian perhelatan turnamen-turnamen Tenis dunia akan ditutup dengan digelarnya ATP masters cup di Shanghai dan WTA Sony Ericsson Championship di Madrid untuk pemain pria dan wanita berperingkat 1-8 dunia hasil pengumpulan poin championsip race tahun ini. Turnamen ini sekaligus akan memastikan siapakah juara diantara juara yang sukses meraih peringkat 8 besar dunia sepanjang musim.
Di pihak pemain pria, terdapat nama-nama yang beberapa tahun belakangan populer menduduki rangking teratas yaitu Roger Federer dan Rafael Nadal di unggulan 1 dan 2, yang kemudian berturut-turut disusul oleh Novak Djokovic, Nikolai Davydenko, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez dan Richard Gasquet. Pemain yang tahun ini bersinar dan berhasil merangsek ke 8 besar termasuk Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez dan Richard Gasquet. Nama
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terakhir tercatat baru saja masuk kualifikasi untuk ikut dalam Shanghai Masters Cup setelah berhasil mengumpulkan poin hasil mencapai semifinal pada BNP Paribas Master di Spanyol sebelum dikalahkan oleh Rafael Nadal.
Untuk WTA Sony Ericsson Championship, tercatat nama-nama pemain wanita yang didominasi oleh pemain-pemain dari Russia. Unggulan teratas masih diduduki oleh pemain Belgia, Justine Henin dan diikuti berturut-turut oleh Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchova, dan Maria Sharapova. Sharapova yang tahun ini namanya kurang bersinar karena cedera bahu yang dialaminya berhasil masuk kualifikasi setelah poin yang dikumpulkannya tahun ini berhasil menempatkan dirinya ke posisi 8 dunia.
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Turnamen ini akan diselenggarakan di bulan November dimana akan dimulai terlebih dahulu WTA Tour Championship di Madrid, Spanyol tanggal 6-11 November kemudian ATP Masters Cup di Shanghai, Cina tanggal 11-18 November 2007. Disini akan dipertemukan pemain top dunia dimana pemain dibagi menjadi 2 grup dan masing-masing grup akan dilangsungkan pertandingan dengan sistem round robin (pemain akan dipertemukan dengan 3 pemain lain dalam satu grup). Peringkat 1-2 terbaik dalam tiap grup nantinya akan lolos ke semifinal dan berikutnya ke final menggunakan sistem gugur. Turnamen ini juga dianggap sebagai turnamen yang paling bergengsi setelah 4 seri Grand Slam (Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open dan US Open).
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Kemenangan Eropah Timur di Australian Open 2008
Dua duta berhasil merebut turnamen Grand Slam pertama di tahun ini. Yang satu dari Rusia, Maria Sharapova dan satu lagi dari negara pecahan Yugoslavia, Serbia, yaitu Novak Djokovic.
Kita ngerti sendirilah kalau di bagian putri memang sebagian besar telah diinvasi oleh pemain dari Eropa Timur jadi kita telah terbiasa dengan petenis dari sana. Tetapi kalau di bagian putra, selama ini telinga kita belum terbiasa mendengar nama-nama dari sana. Jaman 80-90′an dulu ada Goran Ivanisevic atau Yevgeny Kavelnikov tapi nama-nama tersebut tidak pernah sampai ke posisi pemuncak alias numero uno di ATP.
Yang jelas saya saat ini masih melihatnya sebagai epik negara-negara Barat
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melawan Timur. Negara Barat adalah Friend, sementara negara Timur adalah Foe. Kita, bahkan saya, terkadang masih subjektif ketika menilai pemain-pemain dari sana. Di top ten ATP saat ini setidaknya ada 3 nama dari Eropa Timur, Djokovic, Davydenko dan Youzhny yang dikelilingi oleh pemain-pemain dari Barat sebut saja, Federer, Nadal, Gasquet, Roddick. Orang pun kalau ditanya mengidolai siapa, pasti akan lebih mudah menyebut nama-nama dari dari Barat. Selain secara objektif memang mereka jago, nama-nama tersebut juga lebih sering didengar telinga kita yang terbiasa dengan kebarat-baratan.
Salah satu buktinya saat final kemarin antara Djokovic versus Tsonga, para penonton disana lebih banyak yang menyoraki Tsonga. Entah itu karena Tsonga pemain muda yang sedang rising dan menjadi idola baru atau seperti yang saya sebut di atas, yaitu sentimen regional karena Tsonga dari Perancis sementara Djokovic dari Serbia. Simak saja komentar Djokovic setelah dia berhasil merebut Grand Slam yang saya kutip dari situs Australian Open:
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27.0 Semi’s Australian Open 2008, Battle of sexiest WTA Players
Melihat line up pemain yang masuk di semifinal, terutama di bagian perorangan putri, tak heran dong kalo saya mengangkat judul tersebut di atas. Well, Williams bersaudara sudah kandas, Henin yang diunggulkan di tempat pertama juga tak kuasa menahan Sharapova yang waktu itu bermain sangat lugas, dan yang tersisa sekarang di semifinal grup adalah pemain-pemain dari Eropa Timur yang terkenal, Setidaknya dari list yang pernah saya berikan di tulisan “trivia hot tennis chicks”, ada 3 orang yang masuk nominasi, yaitu Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchova, dan Ana Ivanovic. Satu lagi adalah Jelena Jankovic yang notabene merupakan rekan senegara Ivanovic, dari Serbia.
Kembali berkaitan dengan pemain-pemain dari eropa timur, ternyata harapan saya di tahun 2008 ini telah mulai menampakkan wujudnya. Bayangkan saja, dari mulai babak perdelapan final. Bagaimana tidak, saya catat setidaknya mulai babak 16 besar, para pemain-pemain putri dari Eropa Timur (most of it…hmmmm…you know) menginvasi Australian Open sebanyak hampir 50% dari seluruh pemain (15/32)
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masuk ke babak itu. Cukup spektakuler memang. Saya rasa olahraga tenis menjadi olahraga yang sangat populer di belahan bumi sana terutama untuk memperoleh ketenaran dan juga mencari materi secara cepat, seperti orang-orang Indonesia maen sinetron, tapi setidaknya di jalur yang sangat lebih baik.
Urutannya adalah Maria Sharapova dijadwalkan versus Jelena Jankovic dan pertandingan lainnya adalah mempertemukan Ana Ivanovic dengan Daniela Hantuchova. Bagi saya untuk yang pertama mudah saja, saya belain Maria Sharapova. Selain hmmmm..you know, catatannya selama babak utama juga menunjukkan grafik yang konstan dengan selalu meraih kemenangan straight set di setiap pertandingan dan puncaknya tentu saja melawan Henin kemarin dengan kemenangan spektakuler 64, 6-0. Pertandingan lain antara Ivanovic melawan Hantuchova pastinya akan berlangsung menarik dan seimbang. Tetapi, saya mungkin lebih berat ke Ivanovic karena rekornya menuju semi lebih baik daripada Hantuchova dan dibanding Hantuchova saya kira mental bertanding Ivanovic juga jauh lebih baik.
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Federer adalah The Best of The Best di Masters Cup
Walaupun harapan saya Nadal bisa jadi kampiun di turnamen Masters ini, namun ternyata dia malah kandas duluan di semi-final versus Federer. Lalu saya juga sempat berharap David Ferrer, rekan senegara Rafael Nadal, bisa mengubur ambisi Federer merebut turnamen ini. Eh, ternyata malah pertandingan final kemarin merupakan antiklimaks bagi rangkaian kemenangannya di babak sebelumnya melawan pemainpemain top dunia. Ferrer dipecundangi Federer 3 set langsung 2-6, 3-6, 2-6. Well, sekarang tak ragu lagi bahwa musim ini menjadi milik Federer. Malah dengan raihan rekor menang-kalah tahun ini sebanyak 68-9 hanya 9 kali kalah sepanjang musim, 8 turnamen diraihnya tahun ini termasuk 3 seri Grand Slam (Australian Open yang ke-3, Wimbledon yang kelima secara berturut-turut, dan US Open yang keempat berturut-turut), saya lantas berpikir kalau dia itu Half God in Tennis atau apa ya??? Dengan kemenangan tersebut Federer berhasil memperbanyak pundi-pundi koceknya sebanyak US$ 1.2 juta dan melengkapkan dirinya sebagai pemain pertama yang meraih total raihan uang lebih dari US$ 10 juta dalam satu musim. Salut saya
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untuk Federer Express atas prestasinya tahun ini dan juga Ferrer yang bermain baik sepanjang turnamen
Showdown ATP Masters Cup 2007
Lanjut ke turnamen tenis akbar penutup tahun berikutnya, yaitu ATP Masters Cup yang diselenggarakan di Shanghai, China. Pertandingan pembuka telah berangsung kemarin yang mempertandingkan para “master” dari grup emas antara Rafael Nadal vs Richard Gasquet dan David Ferrer vs Novak Djokovic. Hasilnya dari pertandingan kemarin adalah Rafael Nadal berhasil mengalahkan Richard Gasquet dengan skor 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 sedangkan David Ferrer mengandaskan perlawanan “hot shot” Novak Djokovic dengan straight set 6-4, 6-4.
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Richard Gasquet pada set pertama bermain sangat baik dengan pukulanpukulannya yang terarah cukup membuat Nadal pontang-panting dan merebut set pertama 6-3. Namun di set berikutnya gantian Rafael Nadal mengambil alih kendali permainan dan berhasil membalas Gasquet dengan skor yang sama 6-3. Dan di set penentuan, Nadal-lah yang mendapatkan angin dengan mematahkan servis Gasquet dengan skor 3-2 dan berhasil menutup pertandingan pada posisi akhir 6-4.
Sementara itu di pertandingan lain, kemenangan mengejutkan diraih oleh petenis
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Spanyol David Ferrer yang berhasil mengalahkan Novak Djokovic yang notabene adalah petenis terbaik dunia ketiga setelah Federer dan Nadal. Ferrer pun melengkapkan kegemilangannya dengan mengandaskan Djokovic straight set 6-4, 64. Djokovic yang lebih diunggulkan pada pertandingan tersebut, servisnya berhasil di break oleh Ferrer pada kedudukan 4-4 dan selanjutnya Ferrer-lah yang merebut set dengan skor 6-4. Sementara di set kedua, kembali Djokovic melakukan kesalahan pada servisnya di game pembuka dengan melakukan double fault. Setelah itu, Ferrer mampu memegang servisnya dan menutup set dengan kemenangan 6-4 untuknya.
Pada pertandingan selanjutnya akan mempertandingkan pemain-pemain dari grup Merah antara Nikolay Davydenko vs Andy Roddick dan Roger Federer vs Fernando Gonzalez. Pertandingan ini rencananya akan dilaksanakan hari ini pukul 17.00 waktu setempat. Kita saksikan saja siapa yang nantinya menjadi “Best of the Best” pemain tenis pria saat ini. Saya kira kandidat terkuat saat ini masih dipegang oleh Roger Federer. Henin Juara WTA Championship 2007
Akhirnya Justine Henin memantapkan dirinya sebagai “the Best of the Best” setelah dirinya mengalahkan Maria Sharapova di final WTA Sony Ericsson
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Championship di Madrid. Henin menutup tahun ini dengan manis setelah berhasil merebut turnamen penutup musim, WTA Sony Ericsson Championship 2007. Henin sendiri di semi-final mengalahkan petenis Serbia, Ana Ivanovic, sedangkan Sharapova dapat melaju ke final setelah menundukkan Ana Chakvetadze.
Partai final WTA Championship menyajikan pertempuran yang seru. Tercatat partai ini merupakan partai nomor 12 terlama dengan waktu permainan 3 jam 24 menit dengan skor akhir 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Kedua pemain di set pertama dan kedua terlibat pertarungan sengit dengan saling berbagi set. Di set pertama, Henin yang sempat beberapa kali pada posisi set point akhirnya menyerah dari Sharapova yang berhasil merebuat set ini dengan angka 7-5. Tak ubahnya dengan set pertama, di set kedua pertandingan berlangsung ketat hingga Henin memimpin 5-4 namun kehilangan game dan berhasil merebut sisanya sehingga dapat mengimbangi Sharapova dengan set 1-1. Set terakhir kemudian adalah milik Henin dengan kemenangan meyakinkan 6-3. Walaupun dari posisi memimpin 3-1, Sharapova berhasil mengejar menjadi 3-3 namun Henin-lah yang superior kali ini.
Dengan kemenangan ini Henin berhasil merebut turnamen dengan total hadiah US$ 3 juta. Henin juga sepanjang musim ini mencatat rekor yang fantastis dengan merebut 63 kemenangan dari 67 pertandingan yang ia ikuti tahun ini. Rekor lain yang ia peroleh adalah Henin merupakan wanita pertama yang berhasil merengguk total penghasilan lebih dari US$ 5 juta dalam semusim melebihi rekan senegaranya, Kim Clijsters, yang merebut total hadiah US$ 4,5 juta sepanjang musim 2003. Dengan rekor-rekor serta prestasinya sepanjang musim ini, pantaslah bila Henin dinobatkan sebagai petenis wanita terbaik tahun ini.
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Hasil WTA CHampionship Day 2
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Henin di hari kedua ini mencatat kemenangan beruntun dan otomatis menempatkan dirinya langsung ke semifinal WTA Championship. Henin yang sepanjang tahun ini meraih hasil gemilang dengan merebut 9 gelar juara, termasuk diantaranya French Open dan US Open, berhasil menundukan Jelena Jankovic dari Serbia. Henin yang bermain tanpa cela langsung mendominasi permainan dengan permainan yang agresif dan berhasil menutupnya dengan straight set 6-2, 6-2.
Sementara itu Serena Williams dikabarkan mengundurkan diri dari permainan saat melawan Anna Chakvetadze. Sebelumnya pertandingan berjalan menarik hingga pada kedudukan 5-4 untuk Chakvetadze, Serena meminta perawatan medis bagi kaki kirinya. Akhirnya set ditutup pada kedudukan 6-4 untuk Chakvetadze. Setelah itu ia menyatakan tidak mampu untuk melanjutkan permainan. Serena Williams akan menunggu hasil scan dari dokter dan apabila tidak memungkinkan bagi dia untuk melanjutkan turnamen, maka tempatnya akan langsung diganti oleh Marion Bartoli.
Pertandingan lainnya mempertemukan 2 petenis cantik antara Ana Ivanovic melawan Daniela Hantuchova. Ivanovic bermain gemilang di set 1 dengan cepat memimpin hingga 5-0 sebelum menutup permainan dengan skor akhir 6-2. Di set 2, kembali Ivanovic dengan cepat memimpin 3-1 namun Hantuchova yang pantang
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menyerah berhasil menyamakan kedudukan hingga 4-4. Ivanovic sebenarnya memperoleh kesempatan untuk menyudahi permainan pada posisi 6-5, namun Hantuchova ternyata dapat membalikkan keadaan dan memaksa permainan dilanjutkan dengan Tie Break. Ivanovic akhirnya berhasil menyudahi permainan denga skor 7-6 (9/7). Dengan hasil ini Ivanovic memperbesar peluangnya untuk masuk ke semifinal WTA Championship.
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The U.S. Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tournament.
Grand Slam (tennis)
In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. If the player or team wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam. If a player wins all four at some point in his or her career, even if not consecutively, it is called a Career Grand Slam.
The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are:
Australian Open
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French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
History
The term Grand Slam, as applied to tennis, was first used by New York Times columnist John Kieran according to Total Tennis, The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia by Bud Collins. In the chapter about 1933, Collins writes that after the Australian player Jack Crawford had won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon Championships, speculation arose about his chances in the U.S. Championships. Kieran, who was a bridge player, wrote: "If Crawford wins, it would be something like scoring a grand slam on the courts, doubled and vulnerable." Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of his finals match against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match.
The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events in one calendar year, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment
Men's Singles
Don Budge (1938)
Rod Laver (1962 • 1969)
Women's Singles
Maureen Connolly (1953)
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Margaret Smith Court (1970)
Steffi Graf (1988)
Note: Graf also won the Olympic gold medal in 1988 (The "Golden" Grand Slam)
Men's Doubles
Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor (1951)
Women's Doubles
Maria Bueno (1960), with Christine Truman Janes at the Australian Championships, then Darlene Hard at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.
Martina Navrátilová & Pam Shriver (1984)
Martina Hingis (1998), with Mirjana Lučić at the Australian Open, then Jana Novotná at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
Mixed Doubles
Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher (1963)
Margaret Smith Court (1965), with: John Newcombe at the Australian Championships; Ken Fletcher at the French Championships and Wimbledon; and Fred Stolle at the U.S. Championships.
Owen Davidson (1967), with Lesley Turner Bowrey at the Australian Championships, then Billie Jean King at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.
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Boys' Singles
Stefan Edberg (1983)
Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam (four consecutive majors regardless of year) Though the term was originally defined as winning all four tournaments in the same calendar year, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) declared the official term as a player holding all four titles simultaneously, regardless of the calendar year. After Martina Navrátilová won four consecutive major championships, holding all four at once, the ITF awarded her the Grand Slam US$1 million bonus, as she held all four titles at once. Bud Collins sarcastically called her accomplishment the "Grand Snap" because Playtex was the sponsor of the bonus.
Martina Navrátilová (1983-84) Won six consecutive Grand Slam titles. Her streak was Wimbledon, US Open, and Australian Open in 1983, followed by French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open in 1984. The Australian Open was held in December from 1977 through 1985, returning to its original January date in 1987.
Steffi Graf (1993-94)
Graf also won a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988.
Serena Williams (2002-03)
The "Serena Slam" — a reference to the Tiger Slam won by Tiger Woods between 2000 and 2001.
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In doubles:
Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva (1992-93)
Six consecutive titles from the 1992 French Open through 1993 Wimbledon. Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (consecutive)
Men
Don
Budge
(6):
(1937
Wimbledon
through
the
1938
U.S.
Championships).
Women
Maureen Connolly Brinker (6): (1952 Wimbledon through the 1953 U.S. Championships).
Margaret Smith Court (6): (1969 US Open through the 1971 Australian Open).
Martina Navratilova (6): (1983 Wimbledon through the 1984 US Open).
Men
10: Roger Federer (2005 Wimbledon through the 2007 US Open).
Women
13: Steffi Graf (1987 French Open through the 1990 French Open).
Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (non-consecutive)
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Helen Wills Moody won all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending through the 1933 Wimbledon Championships (not counting her defaults in the 1926 French and Wimbledon Championships). The first 15 of those were won without losing a set. During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Summer Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.
Career Grand Slam Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam. (The players who won all four Grand Slam tournaments during a single calendar year are also listed elsewhere in this article.) A number of players have failed to achieve the Career Grand Slam because they did not have long careers or because a particular tournament was ill-suited to the player's game. Bjorn Borg never won the US Open or the Australian Open; John McEnroe never won the Australian Open or the French Open; Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, Monica Seles, and Mats Wilander failed to win Wimbledon, while John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Martina Hingis and (thus far) Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova failed to win the French Open.
The following lists the players who won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during their careers. The year in which they won their first Grand Slam singles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed. The ages of the players when the Career Grand Slam was completed are listed between the square brackets.
Men's Singles
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Fred Perry (1933-34-35) [26]
Don Budge (1937-38) [23]
Rod Laver (1960-61-62) [24]
Roy Emerson (1961-63-64) [27]
Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-99) [29]
Women's Singles
Maureen Connolly Brinker (1951-52-53) [18]
Doris Hart (1949-50-51-54) [29]
Shirley Fry Irvin (1951-56-57) [29]
Margaret Smith Court (1960-62-63) [20]
Billie Jean King (1966-67-68-72) [28]
Chris Evert (1974-75-82) [28]
Martina Navratilova (1978-81-82-83) [26]
Steffi Graf (1987-88) [19]
Serena Williams (1999-2002-03) [21]
Men's Doubles In the following, the teams and individual players who won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. The year in which they won their first Grand Slam doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.
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Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor (1951-52)
Lew Hoad & Ken Rosewall (1953-56)
Roy Emerson & Neale Fraser (1959-60-62)
John Newcombe & Tony Roche (1965-67)
Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)
Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95-2000)
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (2003-05-06)
Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (20):
Adrian Quist (1935-36-39)
Frank Sedgman (1950-51-52)
Ken McGregor (1951-52)
Lew Hoad (1953-56)
Ken Rosewall (1953-56)
Neale Fraser (1957-58-59)
Roy Emerson (1959-60-62)
Fred Stolle (1962-63-65)
John Newcombe (1965-67-74)
Tony Roche (1965-67-74)
Bob Hewitt (1962-64-67-77)
John Fitzgerald (1982-84-86-89)
Anders Järryd (1983-87-89)
Jacco Eltingh (1994-95-98)
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Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)
Mark Woodforde (1989-92-93-2000)
Todd Woodbridge (1992-93-95-00)
Jonas Björkman (1998-2002-03-05)
Bob Bryan (2003-05-06)
Mike Bryan (2003-05-06)
Women's Doubles
Margaret Smith Court & Judy Tegart Dalton (1966-69-70)
Kathy Jordan & Anne Smith (1980-81)
Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (1981-82-83-84)
Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva (1992-93)
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (19):
Louise Brough Clapp (1942-46-50)
Doris Hart (1947-48-50-51)
Shirley Fry Irvin (1950-51-57)
Maria Bueno (1958-60)
Lesley Turner Bowrey (1961-64)
Margaret Smith Court (1961-63-64)
Judy Tegart Dalton (1964-66-69-70)
Martina Navratilova (1975-76-77-80)
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Kathy Jordan (1980-81)
Anne Smith (1980-81)
Pam Shriver (1981-82-83-84)
Gigi Fernandez (1988-91-92-93)
Natasha Zvereva (1989-91-93)
Helena Suková (1989-90-93)
Jana Novotná (1989-90-94)
Martina Hingis (1996-97-98)
Serena Williams (1999-2000-01)
Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Lisa Raymond (2000-01-06)
Mixed doubles In the following, the players who won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. (The year in which they won their first Grand Slam mixed doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.)
Frank Sedgman & Doris Hart (1949-51)
Ken Fletcher & Margaret Smith Court (1964-65)
Marty Riessen & Margaret Smith Court (1969-75)
Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:
Frank Sedgman (1949-51)
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Ken Fletcher (1963)
Owen Davidson (1965-66-67)
Marty Riessen (1969-75)
Bob Hewitt (1961-70-77-79)
Todd Woodbridge (1990-93-94-95)
Mark Woodforde (1992-93)
Mahesh Bhupathi (1997-99-2005-06)
Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:
Doris Hart (1949-51)
Margaret Smith Court (1961-63)
Billie Jean King (1967-68)
Martina Navrátilová (1974-85-2003)
Daniela Hantuchová (2001-02-05)
Calendar Year Golden Slam The "Golden Slam" is a term created in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and the singles gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year.
Tennis was not an Olympic medal sport from 1928 through 1984; therefore, many top tennis players from the past never had the chance to complete a Golden Slam.
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A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during the player's career has achieved a Career Golden Slam.
Singles players who won a Career Golden Slam:
Steffi Graf (1988)
Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-96-99)
Doubles teams that won a Career Golden Slam:
Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95-96-2000)
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Individual doubles players who won a Career Golden Slam:
Gigi Fernandez: partnering Mary Joe Fernandez won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Gold Medal; partnering Natasha Zvereva won six consecutive Grand Slam doubles tournaments in 1992-93.
Small Slam Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year, are sometimes said to have achieved a Small Slam.
Men's Singles
Jack Crawford 1933: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships
Fred Perry 1934: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Tony Trabert
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1955: French, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Lew Hoad 1956: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships
Ashley Cooper 1958: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Roy Emerson 1964: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Jimmy Connors 1974: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open
Mats Wilander 1988: Australian, French & US Open
Roger Federer 2004: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open 2006: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open 2007: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open
Women's Singles
Helen Wills 1928: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1929: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
Margaret Smith Court - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1970 1962: Australian, French, & U.S. Championships
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1965: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1969: Australian, French, & US Open 1973: Australian, French, & US Open
Billie Jean King 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Martina Navrátilová - won six consecutive Grand Slam titles in 1983-84 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, & Australian Open 1984: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Steffi Graf - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988 1989: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1993: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1995: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1996: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Monica Seles 1991: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open 1992: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open
Martina Hingis 1997: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Serena Williams - winner of a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam after winning the 2003 Australian Open 2002: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Men's Doubles
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Jacques Brugnon 1928: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Jack Crawford 1935: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
John Bromwich 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Ken McGregor 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Frank Sedgman 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Ken Rosewall 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Lew Hoad 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Tony Roche 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships
John Newcombe 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Anders Jarryd
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1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
John Fitzgerald 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Jacco Eltingh 1998: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Women's Doubles
Margaret Osborne duPont 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Louise Brough Clapp 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Shirley Fry Irvin 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
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1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Darlene Hard 1962: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Lesley Turner Bowrey 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Betty Stove 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Margaret Smith Court 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Virginia Wade 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Helen Gourlay Cawley 1977: Australian Open (January), Wimbledon, Australian Open (December)
Martina Navratilova 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open 1986: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Pam Shriver 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
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Helena Sukova 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Gigi Fernandez 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Natasha Zvereva 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1997: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Jana Novotna 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1998: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Virginia Ruano Pascual 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Paola Suarez 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
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Eric Sturgess 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Frank Sedgman 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Vic Seixas 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Margaret Smith Court 1964:
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French
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Championships 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Billie Jean King 1967: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Marty Riessen 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Bob Hewitt 1979: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Martina Navratilova 1985: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
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U.S.
Mark Woodforde 1992: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Boys' Singles
Mark Kratzmann
1984: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Nicolas Pereira
1988: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Gaël Monfils
2004: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Girls' Singles
Natalia Zvereva
1987: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Magdalena Maleeva
1990: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
The career "Boxed Set" Another imaginable Grand Slam-related accomplishment is winning a "boxed
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set" of Grand Slam titles – winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam events.
The top men's singles players have played comparatively little doubles, and very little mixed doubles. Three women have completed the "boxed set" during their careers:
Doris Hart
Margaret Smith Court
Martina Navrátilová
Serena Williams has come closer than any other currently active player to joining this elite group. She has yet to win the mixed doubles at the Australian and French opens (finishing as the runner-up at the 1999 Australian Open and 1998 French Open
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The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia(LTAM) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the International Tennis Federation that is open to all national tennis player in the country. The LTAM's objectives are to increase participation in, facilitate development of and raise the standard of Malaysian tennis.
LTAM works closely with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and supports its member associations through the implementation of a wide range of programs. Working closely with the ITF and member associations, LTAM organizes a number of regional tennis events, coaching certification courses, tennis officiating seminars, administrative workshops, junior development programs and a number of other programs that are vital to the development and growth of tennis in the country.
Mission & Objectives
The purpose of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia, LTAM, is to encourage, lead, organize, govern, and promote the game of tennis; to organize, sponsor and/or regulate tournaments, championships, training programs and workshops; and to keep
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affiliated to the International Tennis Federation.
The main objectives of LTAM shall be:
to encourage and promote the game of tennis within the country, in any way suitable and convenient for the association members to carry out all functions which the ITF entrust to the association to promote, establish and coordinate programs for development and education, within the country assure there shall be no racial, religious or political discrimination in its programs and/or tournaments to strengthen and develop bonds of friendship and cooperation among the association members to protect the interests of all association members to explain and decide all doubtful points regarding the game or this by-laws and its regulation to host and organize regional tournaments to work according to the rules and regulations of the ITF.
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26.0 Menjelang ATP Tour Masters Cup dan WTA Tour Championship 2007
Rangkaian perhelatan turnamen-turnamen Tenis dunia akan ditutup dengan digelarnya ATP masters cup di Shanghai dan WTA Sony Ericsson Championship di Madrid untuk pemain pria dan wanita berperingkat 1-8 dunia hasil pengumpulan poin championsip race tahun ini. Turnamen ini sekaligus akan memastikan siapakah juara diantara juara yang sukses meraih peringkat 8 besar dunia sepanjang musim.
Di pihak pemain pria, terdapat nama-nama yang beberapa tahun belakangan populer menduduki rangking teratas yaitu Roger Federer dan Rafael Nadal di unggulan 1 dan 2, yang kemudian berturut-turut disusul oleh Novak Djokovic, Nikolai Davydenko, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez dan Richard Gasquet. Pemain yang tahun ini bersinar dan berhasil merangsek ke 8 besar termasuk Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez dan Richard Gasquet. Nama
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terakhir tercatat baru saja masuk kualifikasi untuk ikut dalam Shanghai Masters Cup setelah berhasil mengumpulkan poin hasil mencapai semifinal pada BNP Paribas Master di Spanyol sebelum dikalahkan oleh Rafael Nadal.
Untuk WTA Sony Ericsson Championship, tercatat nama-nama pemain wanita yang didominasi oleh pemain-pemain dari Russia. Unggulan teratas masih diduduki oleh pemain Belgia, Justine Henin dan diikuti berturut-turut oleh Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchova, dan Maria Sharapova. Sharapova yang tahun ini namanya kurang bersinar karena cedera bahu yang dialaminya berhasil masuk kualifikasi setelah poin yang dikumpulkannya tahun ini berhasil menempatkan dirinya ke posisi 8 dunia.
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Turnamen ini akan diselenggarakan di bulan November dimana akan dimulai terlebih dahulu WTA Tour Championship di Madrid, Spanyol tanggal 6-11 November kemudian ATP Masters Cup di Shanghai, Cina tanggal 11-18 November 2007. Disini akan dipertemukan pemain top dunia dimana pemain dibagi menjadi 2 grup dan masing-masing grup akan dilangsungkan pertandingan dengan sistem round robin (pemain akan dipertemukan dengan 3 pemain lain dalam satu grup). Peringkat 1-2 terbaik dalam tiap grup nantinya akan lolos ke semifinal dan berikutnya ke final menggunakan sistem gugur. Turnamen ini juga dianggap sebagai turnamen yang paling bergengsi setelah 4 seri Grand Slam (Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open dan US Open).
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Kemenangan Eropah Timur di Australian Open 2008
Dua duta berhasil merebut turnamen Grand Slam pertama di tahun ini. Yang satu dari Rusia, Maria Sharapova dan satu lagi dari negara pecahan Yugoslavia, Serbia, yaitu Novak Djokovic.
Kita ngerti sendirilah kalau di bagian putri memang sebagian besar telah diinvasi oleh pemain dari Eropa Timur jadi kita telah terbiasa dengan petenis dari sana. Tetapi kalau di bagian putra, selama ini telinga kita belum terbiasa mendengar nama-nama dari sana. Jaman 80-90′an dulu ada Goran Ivanisevic atau Yevgeny Kavelnikov tapi nama-nama tersebut tidak pernah sampai ke posisi pemuncak alias numero uno di ATP.
Yang jelas saya saat ini masih melihatnya sebagai epik negara-negara Barat
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melawan Timur. Negara Barat adalah Friend, sementara negara Timur adalah Foe. Kita, bahkan saya, terkadang masih subjektif ketika menilai pemain-pemain dari sana. Di top ten ATP saat ini setidaknya ada 3 nama dari Eropa Timur, Djokovic, Davydenko dan Youzhny yang dikelilingi oleh pemain-pemain dari Barat sebut saja, Federer, Nadal, Gasquet, Roddick. Orang pun kalau ditanya mengidolai siapa, pasti akan lebih mudah menyebut nama-nama dari dari Barat. Selain secara objektif memang mereka jago, nama-nama tersebut juga lebih sering didengar telinga kita yang terbiasa dengan kebarat-baratan.
Salah satu buktinya saat final kemarin antara Djokovic versus Tsonga, para penonton disana lebih banyak yang menyoraki Tsonga. Entah itu karena Tsonga pemain muda yang sedang rising dan menjadi idola baru atau seperti yang saya sebut di atas, yaitu sentimen regional karena Tsonga dari Perancis sementara Djokovic dari Serbia. Simak saja komentar Djokovic setelah dia berhasil merebut Grand Slam yang saya kutip dari situs Australian Open:
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27.0 Semi’s Australian Open 2008, Battle of sexiest WTA Players
Melihat line up pemain yang masuk di semifinal, terutama di bagian perorangan putri, tak heran dong kalo saya mengangkat judul tersebut di atas. Well, Williams bersaudara sudah kandas, Henin yang diunggulkan di tempat pertama juga tak kuasa menahan Sharapova yang waktu itu bermain sangat lugas, dan yang tersisa sekarang di semifinal grup adalah pemain-pemain dari Eropa Timur yang terkenal, Setidaknya dari list yang pernah saya berikan di tulisan “trivia hot tennis chicks”, ada 3 orang yang masuk nominasi, yaitu Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchova, dan Ana Ivanovic. Satu lagi adalah Jelena Jankovic yang notabene merupakan rekan senegara Ivanovic, dari Serbia.
Kembali berkaitan dengan pemain-pemain dari eropa timur, ternyata harapan saya di tahun 2008 ini telah mulai menampakkan wujudnya. Bayangkan saja, dari mulai babak perdelapan final. Bagaimana tidak, saya catat setidaknya mulai babak 16 besar, para pemain-pemain putri dari Eropa Timur (most of it…hmmmm…you know) menginvasi Australian Open sebanyak hampir 50% dari seluruh pemain (15/32)
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masuk ke babak itu. Cukup spektakuler memang. Saya rasa olahraga tenis menjadi olahraga yang sangat populer di belahan bumi sana terutama untuk memperoleh ketenaran dan juga mencari materi secara cepat, seperti orang-orang Indonesia maen sinetron, tapi setidaknya di jalur yang sangat lebih baik.
Urutannya adalah Maria Sharapova dijadwalkan versus Jelena Jankovic dan pertandingan lainnya adalah mempertemukan Ana Ivanovic dengan Daniela Hantuchova. Bagi saya untuk yang pertama mudah saja, saya belain Maria Sharapova. Selain hmmmm..you know, catatannya selama babak utama juga menunjukkan grafik yang konstan dengan selalu meraih kemenangan straight set di setiap pertandingan dan puncaknya tentu saja melawan Henin kemarin dengan kemenangan spektakuler 64, 6-0. Pertandingan lain antara Ivanovic melawan Hantuchova pastinya akan berlangsung menarik dan seimbang. Tetapi, saya mungkin lebih berat ke Ivanovic karena rekornya menuju semi lebih baik daripada Hantuchova dan dibanding Hantuchova saya kira mental bertanding Ivanovic juga jauh lebih baik.
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Federer adalah The Best of The Best di Masters Cup
Walaupun harapan saya Nadal bisa jadi kampiun di turnamen Masters ini, namun ternyata dia malah kandas duluan di semi-final versus Federer. Lalu saya juga sempat berharap David Ferrer, rekan senegara Rafael Nadal, bisa mengubur ambisi Federer merebut turnamen ini. Eh, ternyata malah pertandingan final kemarin merupakan antiklimaks bagi rangkaian kemenangannya di babak sebelumnya melawan pemainpemain top dunia. Ferrer dipecundangi Federer 3 set langsung 2-6, 3-6, 2-6. Well, sekarang tak ragu lagi bahwa musim ini menjadi milik Federer. Malah dengan raihan rekor menang-kalah tahun ini sebanyak 68-9 hanya 9 kali kalah sepanjang musim, 8 turnamen diraihnya tahun ini termasuk 3 seri Grand Slam (Australian Open yang ke-3, Wimbledon yang kelima secara berturut-turut, dan US Open yang keempat berturut-turut), saya lantas berpikir kalau dia itu Half God in Tennis atau apa ya??? Dengan kemenangan tersebut Federer berhasil memperbanyak pundi-pundi koceknya sebanyak US$ 1.2 juta dan melengkapkan dirinya sebagai pemain pertama yang meraih total raihan uang lebih dari US$ 10 juta dalam satu musim. Salut saya
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untuk Federer Express atas prestasinya tahun ini dan juga Ferrer yang bermain baik sepanjang turnamen
Showdown ATP Masters Cup 2007
Lanjut ke turnamen tenis akbar penutup tahun berikutnya, yaitu ATP Masters Cup yang diselenggarakan di Shanghai, China. Pertandingan pembuka telah berangsung kemarin yang mempertandingkan para “master” dari grup emas antara Rafael Nadal vs Richard Gasquet dan David Ferrer vs Novak Djokovic. Hasilnya dari pertandingan kemarin adalah Rafael Nadal berhasil mengalahkan Richard Gasquet dengan skor 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 sedangkan David Ferrer mengandaskan perlawanan “hot shot” Novak Djokovic dengan straight set 6-4, 6-4.
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Richard Gasquet pada set pertama bermain sangat baik dengan pukulanpukulannya yang terarah cukup membuat Nadal pontang-panting dan merebut set pertama 6-3. Namun di set berikutnya gantian Rafael Nadal mengambil alih kendali permainan dan berhasil membalas Gasquet dengan skor yang sama 6-3. Dan di set penentuan, Nadal-lah yang mendapatkan angin dengan mematahkan servis Gasquet dengan skor 3-2 dan berhasil menutup pertandingan pada posisi akhir 6-4.
Sementara itu di pertandingan lain, kemenangan mengejutkan diraih oleh petenis
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Spanyol David Ferrer yang berhasil mengalahkan Novak Djokovic yang notabene adalah petenis terbaik dunia ketiga setelah Federer dan Nadal. Ferrer pun melengkapkan kegemilangannya dengan mengandaskan Djokovic straight set 6-4, 64. Djokovic yang lebih diunggulkan pada pertandingan tersebut, servisnya berhasil di break oleh Ferrer pada kedudukan 4-4 dan selanjutnya Ferrer-lah yang merebut set dengan skor 6-4. Sementara di set kedua, kembali Djokovic melakukan kesalahan pada servisnya di game pembuka dengan melakukan double fault. Setelah itu, Ferrer mampu memegang servisnya dan menutup set dengan kemenangan 6-4 untuknya.
Pada pertandingan selanjutnya akan mempertandingkan pemain-pemain dari grup Merah antara Nikolay Davydenko vs Andy Roddick dan Roger Federer vs Fernando Gonzalez. Pertandingan ini rencananya akan dilaksanakan hari ini pukul 17.00 waktu setempat. Kita saksikan saja siapa yang nantinya menjadi “Best of the Best” pemain tenis pria saat ini. Saya kira kandidat terkuat saat ini masih dipegang oleh Roger Federer. Henin Juara WTA Championship 2007
Akhirnya Justine Henin memantapkan dirinya sebagai “the Best of the Best” setelah dirinya mengalahkan Maria Sharapova di final WTA Sony Ericsson
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Championship di Madrid. Henin menutup tahun ini dengan manis setelah berhasil merebut turnamen penutup musim, WTA Sony Ericsson Championship 2007. Henin sendiri di semi-final mengalahkan petenis Serbia, Ana Ivanovic, sedangkan Sharapova dapat melaju ke final setelah menundukkan Ana Chakvetadze.
Partai final WTA Championship menyajikan pertempuran yang seru. Tercatat partai ini merupakan partai nomor 12 terlama dengan waktu permainan 3 jam 24 menit dengan skor akhir 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Kedua pemain di set pertama dan kedua terlibat pertarungan sengit dengan saling berbagi set. Di set pertama, Henin yang sempat beberapa kali pada posisi set point akhirnya menyerah dari Sharapova yang berhasil merebuat set ini dengan angka 7-5. Tak ubahnya dengan set pertama, di set kedua pertandingan berlangsung ketat hingga Henin memimpin 5-4 namun kehilangan game dan berhasil merebut sisanya sehingga dapat mengimbangi Sharapova dengan set 1-1. Set terakhir kemudian adalah milik Henin dengan kemenangan meyakinkan 6-3. Walaupun dari posisi memimpin 3-1, Sharapova berhasil mengejar menjadi 3-3 namun Henin-lah yang superior kali ini.
Dengan kemenangan ini Henin berhasil merebut turnamen dengan total hadiah US$ 3 juta. Henin juga sepanjang musim ini mencatat rekor yang fantastis dengan merebut 63 kemenangan dari 67 pertandingan yang ia ikuti tahun ini. Rekor lain yang ia peroleh adalah Henin merupakan wanita pertama yang berhasil merengguk total penghasilan lebih dari US$ 5 juta dalam semusim melebihi rekan senegaranya, Kim Clijsters, yang merebut total hadiah US$ 4,5 juta sepanjang musim 2003. Dengan rekor-rekor serta prestasinya sepanjang musim ini, pantaslah bila Henin dinobatkan sebagai petenis wanita terbaik tahun ini.
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Hasil WTA CHampionship Day 2
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Henin di hari kedua ini mencatat kemenangan beruntun dan otomatis menempatkan dirinya langsung ke semifinal WTA Championship. Henin yang sepanjang tahun ini meraih hasil gemilang dengan merebut 9 gelar juara, termasuk diantaranya French Open dan US Open, berhasil menundukan Jelena Jankovic dari Serbia. Henin yang bermain tanpa cela langsung mendominasi permainan dengan permainan yang agresif dan berhasil menutupnya dengan straight set 6-2, 6-2.
Sementara itu Serena Williams dikabarkan mengundurkan diri dari permainan saat melawan Anna Chakvetadze. Sebelumnya pertandingan berjalan menarik hingga pada kedudukan 5-4 untuk Chakvetadze, Serena meminta perawatan medis bagi kaki kirinya. Akhirnya set ditutup pada kedudukan 6-4 untuk Chakvetadze. Setelah itu ia menyatakan tidak mampu untuk melanjutkan permainan. Serena Williams akan menunggu hasil scan dari dokter dan apabila tidak memungkinkan bagi dia untuk melanjutkan turnamen, maka tempatnya akan langsung diganti oleh Marion Bartoli.
Pertandingan lainnya mempertemukan 2 petenis cantik antara Ana Ivanovic melawan Daniela Hantuchova. Ivanovic bermain gemilang di set 1 dengan cepat memimpin hingga 5-0 sebelum menutup permainan dengan skor akhir 6-2. Di set 2, kembali Ivanovic dengan cepat memimpin 3-1 namun Hantuchova yang pantang
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menyerah berhasil menyamakan kedudukan hingga 4-4. Ivanovic sebenarnya memperoleh kesempatan untuk menyudahi permainan pada posisi 6-5, namun Hantuchova ternyata dapat membalikkan keadaan dan memaksa permainan dilanjutkan dengan Tie Break. Ivanovic akhirnya berhasil menyudahi permainan denga skor 7-6 (9/7). Dengan hasil ini Ivanovic memperbesar peluangnya untuk masuk ke semifinal WTA Championship.
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The U.S. Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tournament.
Grand Slam (tennis)
In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. If the player or team wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam. If a player wins all four at some point in his or her career, even if not consecutively, it is called a Career Grand Slam.
The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are:
Australian Open
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French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
History
The term Grand Slam, as applied to tennis, was first used by New York Times columnist John Kieran according to Total Tennis, The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia by Bud Collins. In the chapter about 1933, Collins writes that after the Australian player Jack Crawford had won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon Championships, speculation arose about his chances in the U.S. Championships. Kieran, who was a bridge player, wrote: "If Crawford wins, it would be something like scoring a grand slam on the courts, doubled and vulnerable." Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of his finals match against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match.
The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events in one calendar year, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment
Men's Singles
Don Budge (1938)
Rod Laver (1962 • 1969)
Women's Singles
Maureen Connolly (1953)
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Margaret Smith Court (1970)
Steffi Graf (1988)
Note: Graf also won the Olympic gold medal in 1988 (The "Golden" Grand Slam)
Men's Doubles
Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor (1951)
Women's Doubles
Maria Bueno (1960), with Christine Truman Janes at the Australian Championships, then Darlene Hard at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.
Martina Navrátilová & Pam Shriver (1984)
Martina Hingis (1998), with Mirjana Lučić at the Australian Open, then Jana Novotná at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
Mixed Doubles
Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher (1963)
Margaret Smith Court (1965), with: John Newcombe at the Australian Championships; Ken Fletcher at the French Championships and Wimbledon; and Fred Stolle at the U.S. Championships.
Owen Davidson (1967), with Lesley Turner Bowrey at the Australian Championships, then Billie Jean King at the French Championships, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Championships.
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Boys' Singles
Stefan Edberg (1983)
Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam (four consecutive majors regardless of year) Though the term was originally defined as winning all four tournaments in the same calendar year, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) declared the official term as a player holding all four titles simultaneously, regardless of the calendar year. After Martina Navrátilová won four consecutive major championships, holding all four at once, the ITF awarded her the Grand Slam US$1 million bonus, as she held all four titles at once. Bud Collins sarcastically called her accomplishment the "Grand Snap" because Playtex was the sponsor of the bonus.
Martina Navrátilová (1983-84) Won six consecutive Grand Slam titles. Her streak was Wimbledon, US Open, and Australian Open in 1983, followed by French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open in 1984. The Australian Open was held in December from 1977 through 1985, returning to its original January date in 1987.
Steffi Graf (1993-94)
Graf also won a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988.
Serena Williams (2002-03)
The "Serena Slam" — a reference to the Tiger Slam won by Tiger Woods between 2000 and 2001.
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In doubles:
Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva (1992-93)
Six consecutive titles from the 1992 French Open through 1993 Wimbledon. Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (consecutive)
Men
Don
Budge
(6):
(1937
Wimbledon
through
the
1938
U.S.
Championships).
Women
Maureen Connolly Brinker (6): (1952 Wimbledon through the 1953 U.S. Championships).
Margaret Smith Court (6): (1969 US Open through the 1971 Australian Open).
Martina Navratilova (6): (1983 Wimbledon through the 1984 US Open).
Men
10: Roger Federer (2005 Wimbledon through the 2007 US Open).
Women
13: Steffi Graf (1987 French Open through the 1990 French Open).
Most Grand Slam singles titles in a row (non-consecutive)
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Helen Wills Moody won all 16 of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played beginning with the 1924 U.S. Championships and extending through the 1933 Wimbledon Championships (not counting her defaults in the 1926 French and Wimbledon Championships). The first 15 of those were won without losing a set. During this period, she won 6 Wimbledons, 4 French Championships, and 6 U.S. Championships. She also won the 1924 Summer Olympics during this period. Moody never entered the Australian Championships.
Career Grand Slam Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam. (The players who won all four Grand Slam tournaments during a single calendar year are also listed elsewhere in this article.) A number of players have failed to achieve the Career Grand Slam because they did not have long careers or because a particular tournament was ill-suited to the player's game. Bjorn Borg never won the US Open or the Australian Open; John McEnroe never won the Australian Open or the French Open; Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, Monica Seles, and Mats Wilander failed to win Wimbledon, while John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Martina Hingis and (thus far) Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova failed to win the French Open.
The following lists the players who won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during their careers. The year in which they won their first Grand Slam singles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed. The ages of the players when the Career Grand Slam was completed are listed between the square brackets.
Men's Singles
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Fred Perry (1933-34-35) [26]
Don Budge (1937-38) [23]
Rod Laver (1960-61-62) [24]
Roy Emerson (1961-63-64) [27]
Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-99) [29]
Women's Singles
Maureen Connolly Brinker (1951-52-53) [18]
Doris Hart (1949-50-51-54) [29]
Shirley Fry Irvin (1951-56-57) [29]
Margaret Smith Court (1960-62-63) [20]
Billie Jean King (1966-67-68-72) [28]
Chris Evert (1974-75-82) [28]
Martina Navratilova (1978-81-82-83) [26]
Steffi Graf (1987-88) [19]
Serena Williams (1999-2002-03) [21]
Men's Doubles In the following, the teams and individual players who won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. The year in which they won their first Grand Slam doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.
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Frank Sedgman & Ken McGregor (1951-52)
Lew Hoad & Ken Rosewall (1953-56)
Roy Emerson & Neale Fraser (1959-60-62)
John Newcombe & Tony Roche (1965-67)
Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)
Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95-2000)
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (2003-05-06)
Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (20):
Adrian Quist (1935-36-39)
Frank Sedgman (1950-51-52)
Ken McGregor (1951-52)
Lew Hoad (1953-56)
Ken Rosewall (1953-56)
Neale Fraser (1957-58-59)
Roy Emerson (1959-60-62)
Fred Stolle (1962-63-65)
John Newcombe (1965-67-74)
Tony Roche (1965-67-74)
Bob Hewitt (1962-64-67-77)
John Fitzgerald (1982-84-86-89)
Anders Järryd (1983-87-89)
Jacco Eltingh (1994-95-98)
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Paul Haarhuis (1994-95-98)
Mark Woodforde (1989-92-93-2000)
Todd Woodbridge (1992-93-95-00)
Jonas Björkman (1998-2002-03-05)
Bob Bryan (2003-05-06)
Mike Bryan (2003-05-06)
Women's Doubles
Margaret Smith Court & Judy Tegart Dalton (1966-69-70)
Kathy Jordan & Anne Smith (1980-81)
Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (1981-82-83-84)
Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva (1992-93)
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam (19):
Louise Brough Clapp (1942-46-50)
Doris Hart (1947-48-50-51)
Shirley Fry Irvin (1950-51-57)
Maria Bueno (1958-60)
Lesley Turner Bowrey (1961-64)
Margaret Smith Court (1961-63-64)
Judy Tegart Dalton (1964-66-69-70)
Martina Navratilova (1975-76-77-80)
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Kathy Jordan (1980-81)
Anne Smith (1980-81)
Pam Shriver (1981-82-83-84)
Gigi Fernandez (1988-91-92-93)
Natasha Zvereva (1989-91-93)
Helena Suková (1989-90-93)
Jana Novotná (1989-90-94)
Martina Hingis (1996-97-98)
Serena Williams (1999-2000-01)
Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Lisa Raymond (2000-01-06)
Mixed doubles In the following, the players who won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments during their careers are listed. (The year in which they won their first Grand Slam mixed doubles tournament is listed first. The years in which the tournaments needed to complete the Career Grand Slam were won are then listed.)
Frank Sedgman & Doris Hart (1949-51)
Ken Fletcher & Margaret Smith Court (1964-65)
Marty Riessen & Margaret Smith Court (1969-75)
Male doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:
Frank Sedgman (1949-51)
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Ken Fletcher (1963)
Owen Davidson (1965-66-67)
Marty Riessen (1969-75)
Bob Hewitt (1961-70-77-79)
Todd Woodbridge (1990-93-94-95)
Mark Woodforde (1992-93)
Mahesh Bhupathi (1997-99-2005-06)
Female doubles players who won a Career Grand Slam:
Doris Hart (1949-51)
Margaret Smith Court (1961-63)
Billie Jean King (1967-68)
Martina Navrátilová (1974-85-2003)
Daniela Hantuchová (2001-02-05)
Calendar Year Golden Slam The "Golden Slam" is a term created in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and the singles gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year.
Tennis was not an Olympic medal sport from 1928 through 1984; therefore, many top tennis players from the past never had the chance to complete a Golden Slam.
Career Golden Slam
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A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during the player's career has achieved a Career Golden Slam.
Singles players who won a Career Golden Slam:
Steffi Graf (1988)
Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-96-99)
Doubles teams that won a Career Golden Slam:
Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (1992-93-95-96-2000)
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (1999-2000-01)
Individual doubles players who won a Career Golden Slam:
Gigi Fernandez: partnering Mary Joe Fernandez won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Gold Medal; partnering Natasha Zvereva won six consecutive Grand Slam doubles tournaments in 1992-93.
Small Slam Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year, are sometimes said to have achieved a Small Slam.
Men's Singles
Jack Crawford 1933: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships
Fred Perry 1934: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Tony Trabert
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1955: French, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Lew Hoad 1956: Australian, French & Wimbledon Championships
Ashley Cooper 1958: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Roy Emerson 1964: Australian, Wimbledon & U.S. Championships
Jimmy Connors 1974: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open
Mats Wilander 1988: Australian, French & US Open
Roger Federer 2004: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open 2006: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open 2007: Australian, Wimbledon & US Open
Women's Singles
Helen Wills 1928: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1929: French Championships, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
Margaret Smith Court - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1970 1962: Australian, French, & U.S. Championships
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1965: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships 1969: Australian, French, & US Open 1973: Australian, French, & US Open
Billie Jean King 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Martina Navrátilová - won six consecutive Grand Slam titles in 1983-84 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, & Australian Open 1984: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Steffi Graf - also winner of a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988 1989: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1993: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1995: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open 1996: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Monica Seles 1991: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open 1992: Australian Open, French Open, & US Open
Martina Hingis 1997: Australian Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Serena Williams - winner of a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam after winning the 2003 Australian Open 2002: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open
Men's Doubles
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Jacques Brugnon 1928: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Jack Crawford 1935: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
John Bromwich 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Ken McGregor 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Frank Sedgman 1952: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Ken Rosewall 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Lew Hoad 1953: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon 1956: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Tony Roche 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships
John Newcombe 1967: Australian Championships, French Championships, U.S. Championships 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Anders Jarryd
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1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
John Fitzgerald 1991: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Jacco Eltingh 1998: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Women's Doubles
Margaret Osborne duPont 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Louise Brough Clapp 1946: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1950: Australian Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Shirley Fry Irvin 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
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1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Darlene Hard 1962: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Lesley Turner Bowrey 1964: Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon
Betty Stove 1972: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Margaret Smith Court 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Virginia Wade 1973: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Helen Gourlay Cawley 1977: Australian Open (January), Wimbledon, Australian Open (December)
Martina Navratilova 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open 1986: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Pam Shriver 1982: French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open 1983: Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open 1987: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
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Helena Sukova 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Gigi Fernandez 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Natasha Zvereva 1992: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open 1993: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1994: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1997: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Jana Novotna 1990: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon 1998: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Virginia Ruano Pascual 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Paola Suarez 2004: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Mixed Doubles
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Eric Sturgess 1949: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Frank Sedgman 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Doris Hart 1951: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1952: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Vic Seixas 1953: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Margaret Smith Court 1964:
Australian
Championships,
French
Championships,
Championships 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Billie Jean King 1967: French Championships, Wimbledon, U.S. Championships
Marty Riessen 1969: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
Bob Hewitt 1979: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Martina Navratilova 1985: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
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U.S.
Mark Woodforde 1992: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Boys' Singles
Mark Kratzmann
1984: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Nicolas Pereira
1988: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Gaël Monfils
2004: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
Girls' Singles
Natalia Zvereva
1987: French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Magdalena Maleeva
1990: Australian Open, French Open, US Open
The career "Boxed Set" Another imaginable Grand Slam-related accomplishment is winning a "boxed
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set" of Grand Slam titles – winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam events.
The top men's singles players have played comparatively little doubles, and very little mixed doubles. Three women have completed the "boxed set" during their careers:
Doris Hart
Margaret Smith Court
Martina Navrátilová
Serena Williams has come closer than any other currently active player to joining this elite group. She has yet to win the mixed doubles at the Australian and French opens (finishing as the runner-up at the 1999 Australian Open and 1998 French Open
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