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title: "What is meant by grand slam ?"  
description: "What is meant by grand slam ?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-08-14  
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tags: ["lawn tennis"]  
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# What is meant by grand slam ?

What is meant by [grand slam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82757/a-magical-grand-slam-win-for-the-young-lady-us-open) ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

In **[tennis](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33767/who-are-the-tennis-players-with-the-most-major-titles)**, a **Grand [Slam](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113627/why-basketball-stars-is-a-slam-dunk-for-gamers)** is achieved when a **player wins all four major championships** in a **single discipline** in the **same calendar year**, sometimes known as a **'Calendar**-**year Grand Slam'** or **'Calendar Slam.'** \
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](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33767/who-are-the-tennis-players-with-the-most-major-titles)** 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](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33767/who-are-the-tennis-players-with-the-most-major-titles)** and **Women's Tennis Association**, the **International [Tennis Federation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33767/who-are-the-tennis-players-with-the-most-major-titles)** 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](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62168/who-won-the-119th-us-open-title-recently)** 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](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62168/who-won-the-119th-us-open-title-recently)** in **1881**, the **French Open** in **1891**, and the **Australian Open** in **1905**, but none of them have formally dubbed majors until **1925**.


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