A Grand Slam is...

[sewing mama]

A grand slam is when a player wins the Australiain Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open in the same calandar year.

Thus, a player doesn't have "X" number of grand slams to his name. He has "X" number of grand slam tournament titles to his name.

The last player to have a grand slam title was Stefi Graf. - and a golden Grand Slam at that!

 

[TopShelf]

A grand slam is when a player wins the Australiain Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open in the same calandar year.

Thus, a player doesn't have "X" number of grand slams to his name. He has "X" number of grand slam tournament titles to his name.

The last player to have a grand slam title was Stefi Graf. - and a golden Grand Slam at that!

Your a genius. And so are the rest of us to understand the typo guys make and can continue to live our life know what they really "do mean" when they say "He just won a Grand Slam in January" meaning he won, one tourny.

Is it that worthy of a thread?

 

[roundiesee]

You are right of course, but some how the word "tournament" has been left out. Not sure if this was intentional. I think most of us know what we mean when we say winning " a grand slam" as winning "a grand slam tournament". TV commentators are "guilty" of this as well.

 

[Cenc]

huh i read in a book about grand slams (some time ago) that winner of grand slam has to win 4 consecutive GS tournaments but that its not necessary that it happenes in the same year...
it was like this: 4 different slams in whole career=career slam
4 in a row=grand slam
all 4 in one season=one year grand slam
was it a mistake?

 

[TennisandMusic]

I think we've lost the terminology a bit. The US, Wimby etc are "Majors." Winning all four is a "grand slam" (hence referencing getting four titles, i.e. four runs in baseball). Now people call them the "slams" or the "grand slams" but really they are just "Majors." Win all four for a Grand Slam.

 

[Vermillion]

sewing mama, love the name btw

 

[Hot Sauce]

I thought winning all four is called a career slam, and a grand slam is one of the four majors.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

grande salame...?:mrgreen:



now really: this is also my opinnion:

I think we've lost the terminology a bit. The US, Wimby etc are "Majors." Winning all four is a "grand slam" (hence referencing getting four titles, i.e. four runs in baseball). Now people call them the "slams" or the "grand slams" but really they are just "Majors." Win all four for a Grand Slam.

 

[luckyboy1300]

A grand slam is when a player wins the Australiain Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open in the same calandar year.

Thus, a player doesn't have "X" number of grand slams to his name. He has "X" number of grand slam tournament titles to his name.

The last player to have a grand slam title was Stefi Graf. - and a golden Grand Slam at that!

of course we know this! but did it ever occur to you that it's not worth our time typing or saying the phrase "tennis player x won y grand slam tournament titles" when we can just say "tennis player x won y slams"?

 

[beedlejuice22]

the grand slam is winning all 4 in a year.

a grand slam is winning one of the 4

 

[Moz]

The last player to have a grand slam title was Stefi Graf. - and a golden Grand Slam at that!

..and with that last sentence you have just made a mockery of the remainder of your post.