In doubles, a team can win the Grand Slam by playing together, while an individual can win it by playing with different partners. A non-calendar-year Grand Slam is achieved by winning all
four major championships in a row but not in the same calendar year, whereas a
Career Grand Slam is achieved by winning all four majors at any point during one's career.
Grand Slam competitions, often known as majors, are the four most prominent yearly professional
tennis tournaments
in the world. The tournaments give the highest ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the
strongest and largest field, and the longest men's best of five sets match. Rather of the distinct men's and women's tour organizing bodies, the
Association of Tennis Professionals
and Women's Tennis Association, the International
Tennis Federation oversees them, but both the ATP and WTA issue ranking points based on players' results in tournaments.
The Australian Open is held in January, the French Open
is held in late May and early June, Wimbledon is held in late
June and early July, and the US Open
is held in August and September. Each Grand Slam tournament lasts
two weeks.
The Australian and American tournaments are held on hard courts, whereas the
French event is held on clay, and Wimbledon is held on
grass. The oldest tournament is Wimbledon, which was inaugurated
in 1877, followed by the US Open
in 1881, the French Open in 1891, and the Australian Open
in 1905, but none of them have formally dubbed majors until 1925.
