Grand Slam
Winners: There were only five people to win The Grand Slam.
Winning The Grand Slam means winning all four Grand Slams (the
Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the United
States Open) in the same year. The people to accomplish this
feat were: Don Budge in 1938, Maureen Connolly in 1953, Rod
Laver in 1962 and 1969, Margaret Court in 1970, and Steffi Graf
in 1988.
Tennis Balls:
Yellow tennis balls were used at Wimbledon for the first
time in 1986.
Longest Match:
At the 2004 French Open Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement (both
French) played the longest match since the Open era of
professional tennis began in 1968. The match began on Monday,
May 24 but play was suspended in the 5th set when darkness fell.
The game resumed the next day and Santoro finally beat Clement
16-14 to win the fifth set. The 71 game marathon lasted a total
of 6 hours and 33 minutes on court, beating the former record of
6:22 played by John McEnroe and Mats Wilander at the 1982 Davis
Cup.
Fastest Man
Serve: The fastest serve officially recorded lies with
American player Andy Roddick, at 155 mph, or 249.4 kph. It
happened on September 27, 2004 in a Davis Cup match against
Belarus. Roddick was playing Vladimir Voltchkov and the serve
set him up with three match points. Needless to say, it was an
ace!
Fastest
Women's Serve: The fastest server in the women's tennis was
done by Venus Williams who recorded a serve of 205 km/h (127.4
mph) during the European Indoor Championships.
Roger Federer:
He holds many records in the game, including having appeared
in ten consecutive Grand Slam men's singles finals (2005
Wimbledon Championships through to 2007 U.S. Open). He also
holds the open era records for consecutive wins on both grass
courts (with 62) and hard courts (58).
Start of Open Era: Tennis open era started in 1968
Martina Hingis:
holds many »youngest« records:
- the youngest player to win a match in a Grand Slam – aged 14
- the youngest Grand Slam winner – partnered with Helena Sukova
and won
Wimbledon doubles title – aged 15
- youngest Grand Slam winner in 20th century
– won Australian Open – aged 16
- youngest player to attain nr. 1 ranking – aged 16
- youngest Wimbledon champion – aged 16
The longest
known singles game: was one of 37 deuces (80 points) between
Anthony Fawcett (Rhodesia) and Keith Glass (Great Britain) in
the first round of the Surrey, Great Britain Championships at
Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain on 26 May 1975. It lasted 31
min.
Most Grand Slam Tennis Titles Won By a
Man: The most Grand Slam singles tennis titles won by
a man is 14, by Pete Sampras of the USA, between 1990 and 2000.
Most ATP Tour Championship Singles Wins:
Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl won five titles: in 1982, 1983, 1986
(two), and 1987, appearing in nine successive finals between
1980 and 1988.
Highest Earnings In Tennis: Pete
Sampras pocketed a phenomenal $41,994,440 during his career when
he turned professional in 1988 to August 2001.
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