Tag Archives: Grand Slam
Rod Laver
Rod Laver (Tennis. Born, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 9, 1938.) Rodney George Laver, ironically, was born in the year that America’s Don Budge became the first player ever to win the tennis “Grand Slam.” The irony, of course, is that years later, Laver became the second man to win the Grand Slam and, subsequently, the […]
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford (Tennis. Born, Albury, N.S.W., Australia, Mar. 22, 1908; died, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Sept. 10, 1991.) Australia’s John Herbert Crawford nearly became the first man to score the tennis “grand slam” but lost on the grass of the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills in 1933. Crawford won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon […]
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly (Tennis. Born, San Diego, CA, Sept. 17, 1934; died, Dallas, TX, June 21, 1969.) Gifted by nature but dogged by cruel fate. That was the life and tennis career of Maureen Connolly, the first woman ever to win the singles Grand Slam of tennis. Despite her remarkable feats, Connolly (later Mrs. Brinker) became […]
Don Budge
Don Budge (Tennis. Born, June 13, 1915, Oakland, CA; died, Scranton, PA., Jan. 26, 2000.) John Donald Budge earned everlasting fame by becoming the first man ever to win the “Grand Slam” of tennis, capturing the U.S., Wimbledon, French and Australian titles in the same year. That string of victories captured world headlines in 1938. But […]
