according to wikipedia agassi is the only one to have won the career golden slam but what exactly is it and how is it different from the grand slam and career grand slam?
2007-01-18 19:01:04 · 3 answers · asked by suvs 5 in Sports ➔ Tennis
In tennis, a singles player or doubles team is said to have achieved the True Grand Slam if they succeed in winning all four of the following championship titles in the same calendar year or just "Grand Slam" by owning all four at the same time: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open.
Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a "Career Grand Slam." Especially in the men's game, a number of players dominant in their eras have failed to achieve the Career Grand Slam because of their inability to win a particular tournament, often due to that tournament being ill-suited to the player's game. Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, and Mats Wilander all failed to win Wimbledon, while John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Pete Sampras all failed to win the French Open. Roger Federer, an active player, has also won all the Grand Slam events except the French Open.
The Golden Slam, or Golden Grand Slam, is winning all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as the Gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics, in the same calendar year. The opportunities to do so have been rare, not just because the Summer Olympics are held only once every four years, but also because in between the games of 1924 and 1988, tennis was not a medal sport at the Games. Winning all tournaments in a True Golden Slam has been achieved only once by Steffi Graf in 1988. Winning all tournaments in a True Golden Slam, but not in the same calendar year is a Career Golden Slam and it was achieved also only once - by Andre Agassi (1992-94-95-96-99).
2007-01-18 20:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by kasiuleczek 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A grand slam is when u win all four slams in a year. A career grand slam is winning the four slam throughout your tennis career. A Golden slam is winning all four slam and the olympic tournment in the same tennis calendar year.. and career golden slam of course is having atleast one title from each of the 5 throught ur career.
2007-01-19 04:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by tennisboyusa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only steffi graf and andre agassi do it......they both won the 4 majors title and the olympics..... graf do it in one calendar year... while agassi achieved it when he won the 1999 french open title
2007-01-18 20:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by coo_here 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋