Still, it's worth remembering the sluggers who simply inflicted a ton of damage in one calendar year, even if the moments were fleeting. Below are the players who have bucked the odds and recorded the most grand slams in a single season. 1 (tie). 6 grand slams -- Don Mattingly (1987...
As of February 2024, Margaret Court held the record for the most women's Grand Slam tournament victories. Hailing from Australia, Court won 24 Grand Slams in an illustrious career which spanned the 1960s and 1970s. Until recently, Court's record applied to both men's and women's...
Grand Slam titles won by Serena Williams worldwide 2022 Value of WTA tournament prize money worldwide 1971-2020 Female tennis players ranked by number of aces served worldwide 2023 Record number of titles in a single season in the WTA 2023 ...
ARLINGTON -- Adolis García built his career by embracing the extremes. After all, he is “El Bombi,” the American League Championship Series MVP; a villain booed mercilessly like he was Michael Jordan in Houston; the rare player that can strike out fou
In that same 1936 game, he became the first major league player to hit two grand slams in one game. Lazzeri was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1991. Birthplace: California Dig Deeper 23 Athletes with Epilepsy Also ranks #32 on The...
1 in the ATP, has won four grand slams since turning 30. And that, you guessed it, ties a record. --Dan Hajducky Annika Sorenstam LPGA Dominance Rating: 10.3 Stop us if you've heard this before: How can a golfer who hasn't picked up a club professionally in the past ...
“People forget if you look at [Seles’] record, she has nine Grand Slams, which is an amazing career. But she would have had double that at least. . . . She took our game to another level.” Former top player Pam Shriver added that the incident must have been a huge burden for ...
Swiatek, who won two Grand Slams and lifted four WTA 1000-level trophies during a dominant 2022 season, received an effusive tribute penned by champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin—who herself was named on the list under Pioneers. As an athlete, and more importantly as a human, she embodies...
Two years after the Sydney Olympics, in 2000, Venus made history by becoming the first black woman to rank as the world’s number one tennis player. Venus had been winning Grand Slams left and right in previous years and she finally got recognition for it. ...
For Djokovic, though, the quest for ultimate greatness continues. He will be the favorite to win at Wimbledon, which begins in a fortnight, with a chance to equal Federer and Nadal at 20 Grand Slams. Should he manage that, he will then go to the US Open looking to break the recor...