Grand Slam (tennis) facts for kids

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The four Grand Slam tournaments, also known as The Majors, are the most important tennis tournaments. This is due to the world ranking points players can earn, their tradition, the prize-money, and public and media attention.

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Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park.
Court Philippe Chatrier, Stade Roland Garros.
Centre Court, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Arthur Ashe Stadium, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Don Budge, men's singles in 1938.
Maureen Connolly, women's singles in 1953.
Rod Laver, men's singles in 1962 and 1969.
Margaret Court, women's singles in 1970.
Steffi Graf, women's singles in 1988.
Martina Navratilova completed the feat in singles in 1984.
Steffi Graf completed the feat in singles in 1994.
Serena Williams completed the feat in singles in 2003, 2015.
Novak Djokovic completed the feat in singles in 2016.

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