Henry Kaspar
Rookie
In sumo, winning grand tournaments back-to-back makes a wrestler a Yokozuna (grand champion).
In grand slam tennis, the following players have achieved this feat (during the open era):
Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal
Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlikova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Justine Henin
NO back-to-back slams were won by John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl (who had twice a series W-F-W though, which also qualifies for Yokozuna), Stefan Edberg, Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters.
For more elboration on this, www.yokozunatennis.blogspot.com
In grand slam tennis, the following players have achieved this feat (during the open era):
Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal
Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlikova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Justine Henin
NO back-to-back slams were won by John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl (who had twice a series W-F-W though, which also qualifies for Yokozuna), Stefan Edberg, Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario, Lindsay Davenport, Kim Clijsters.
For more elboration on this, www.yokozunatennis.blogspot.com
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