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title: "Who became New Zealand’s first Grand Slam champion since 1974, when he won the French Open Men’s Doubles Title for 2017?"  
description: "Who became New Zealand’s first Grand Slam champion since 1974, when he won the French Open Men’s Doubles Title for 2017?"  
author: "Ahana Das"  
published: 2018-02-13  
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category: "sports"  
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# Who became New Zealand’s first Grand Slam champion since 1974, when he won the French Open Men’s Doubles Title for 2017? 

Who became New Zealand’s first [Grand Slam](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32251/who-won-the-18th-grand-slam-title) [champion since](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34358/who-has-become-the-youngest-grand-slam-champion-since-2006-to-win-the-french-open-women-s-singles-title) 1974, when he [won the French](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48058/who-won-the-french-open-twice-the-us-open-twice-and-the-wimbledon-once-without-dropping-a-set-in-the-later-three-tournaments) Open Men’s [Doubles Title](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48067/which-american-won-the-wimbledon-men-s-doubles-title-in-1920-and-was-a-survivor-of-the-titanic-disaster) for 2017?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

**Grand [Slam](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113627/why-basketball-stars-is-a-slam-dunk-for-gamers) [Champion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101351/who-s-the-reigning-wwe-intercontinental-champion)!**

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**Michael Venus** turned out to be **New Zealand's first Grand Slam champion since 1974** on **10th of June 2017**, when he banded together **American Ryan Harrison** to the **French Open men's doubles title**.

**Venus** and **Harrison** vanquished **Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and American Donald Young 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the finals at Roland Garros**.

The 29-year-old is simply **New Zealand's second Grand Slam** victory in the cutting edge time after **Onny Parun** collaborated with **Australian Dick Crealy** to win the men's doubles crown in **Paris** 43 years back.

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