players who successfully defended their first grand slam

[adil1972]

name of players who succesffuly defended their first grand slam
i am includimg only those players who won 7 or more grand slam

1) Borg won 1974-75 FO
2) Connors won 1974 AO and Wim but didnt win 1975 AO & Wim (This is slightly confusing because i dont know wether AO was held in Jan or Dec in 1974)
3) McEnroe won 1979-80 US Open
4) Ivan Lendl won 1984 FO but didnt win 1985 FO
5) Mats Wilander won 1982 FO but didnt win 1983 FO
6) Sampras won 1990 US Open, but didnt win 1991 US Open
7) Agassi won 1992 Wim but didnt win 1993 Wim
8) Federer won 2003-04 Wim
9) Nadal won 2005-06 FO

 

[Russeljones]

None of these players won a grand slam.

 

[adil1972]

None of these players won a grand slam.

ok so whats your point

 

[batz]

ok so whats your point

Russel is a Grand Slam fundamentalist who believes the term only applies to winning all 4 slams in a season.

The fact that the ITF has trademarked the term Grand Slam and says that:

The Grand Slam® tournaments - Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open - are the most prestigious individual competitions in tennis. The ITF works closely with each tournament through its presence on the Grand Slam Committee, providing administrative, officiating and media support

Four of the ITF's leading National Associations - Tennis Australia, French Federation of Tennis, United States Tennis Association and, in the case of Wimbledon, a joint Committee of Management consisting of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club and Lawn Tennis Association - own and organise the Grand Slams.

http://www.itftennis.com/about/grand-slams/overview.aspx

Is lost on him.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

name of players who succesffuly defended their first grand slam
i am includimg only those players who won 7 or more grand slam

1) Borg won 1974-75 FO
2) Connors won 1974 AO and Wim but didnt win 1975 AO & Wim (This is slightly confusing because i dont know wether AO was held in Jan or Dec in 1974)
3) McEnroe won 1979-80 US Open
4) Ivan Lendl won 1984 FO but didnt win 1985 FO
5) Mats Wilander won 1982 FO but didnt win 1983 FO
6) Sampras won 1990 US Open, but didnt win 1991 US Open
7) Agassi won 1992 Wim but didnt win 1993 Wim
8) Federer won 2003-04 Wim
9) Nadal won 2005-06 FO

Federer won 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon.

 

[The Meat]

Federer won 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon.

Also
Defended US Open 2004-2008

And if it weren't for Safin's god mode switching on during their match, would have been Australian open 2004-2007

 

[Blocker]

Just on Sampras, he was happy to get the reigning USO champion monkey off his back, the clown. Connors ripped into him and rightly so.

 

[rocketassist]

Rafter defended his US Open.

 

[kishnabe]

Edberg won his first at 1984 Australian Open and defended his in 1986.

There was no 1985 edition.

 

[Mustard]

Edberg won his first at 1984 Australian Open and defended his in 1986.

There was no 1985 edition.

You're a year too early. Edberg won the 1985 Australian Open and defended it over 13 months later in 1987. There was no 1986 edition.

 

[NLBwell]

The fact that the ITF has trademarked the term Grand Slam and says that:

How can they trademark something that has been in the tennis world's vocabulary for many years and in the bridge world's vocabulary for longer than that. (Grand Slam is winning all the tricks for those who don't play bridge)

 

[tennis_pro]

Sergi Bruguera, the 1993 and 1994 FO champ.

 

[Mustard]

Pre-open era
John Hartley (1879-1880 Wimbledon)
William Renshaw (1881-1882 Wimbledon)
Richard Sears (1882-1883 US Championships)
Henry Slocum (1888-1889 US Championships)
Oliver Campbell (1890-1891 US Championships)
Wilfred Baddeley (1891-1892 Wimbledon)
Joshua Pim (1893-1894 Wimbledon)
Robert Wrenn (1893-1894 US Championships)
Reggie Doherty (1897-1898 Wimbledon)
Malcolm Whitman (1898-1899 US Championships)
William Larned (1901-1902 US Championships)
Laurie Doherty (1902-1903 Wimbledon)
Tony Wilding (1910-1911 Wimbledon)
Maurice McLoughlin (1912-1913 US Championships)
Lindley Murray (1917-1918 US Championships)
Bill Tilden (1920-1921 Wimbledon)
Henri Cochet (1922-1923 World Covered Court Championships)
James Anderson (1924-1925 Australasian Championships)
Vinny Richards (1927-1928 US Pro)
Jack Crawford (1931-1932 Australian Championships)
Ellsworth Vines (1931-1932 US Championships)
Fred Perry (1933-1934 US Championships)
Don Budge (1937-1938 Wimbledon)
Frank Parker (1944-1945 US Championships)
Jack Kramer (1946-1947 US Championships)
Pancho Gonzales (1948-1949 US Championships)
Frank Sedgman (1949-1950 Australian Championships)
Pancho Segura (1950-1951 US Pro)
Jaroslav Drobny (1951-1952 French Championships)
Ashley Cooper (1957-1958 Australian Championships)
Nicola Pietrangeli (1959-1960 French Championships)
Neale Fraser (1959-1960 US Championships)

Open era
Jan Kodes (1970-1971 French Open)
Bjorn Borg (1974-1975 French Open)
Johan Kriek (1981-1982 Australian Open)
Boris Becker (1985-1986 Wimbledon)
Stefan Edberg (1985-1987 Australian Open)
Jim Courier (1991-1992 French Open)
Sergi Bruguera (1993-1994 French Open)
Patrick Rafter (1997-1998 US Open)
Roger Federer (2003-2004 Wimbledon)
Rafael Nadal (2005-2006 French Open)

 

[NLBwell]

Interestnig that no one did it between 1960 and the Open era. I would have thought that Emerson might have done it.

 

[jokinla]

name of players who succesffuly defended their first grand slam
i am includimg only those players who won 7 or more grand slam

1) Borg won 1974-75 FO
2) Connors won 1974 AO and Wim but didnt win 1975 AO & Wim (This is slightly confusing because i dont know wether AO was held in Jan or Dec in 1974)
3) McEnroe won 1979-80 US Open
4) Ivan Lendl won 1984 FO but didnt win 1985 FO
5) Mats Wilander won 1982 FO but didnt win 1983 FO
6) Sampras won 1990 US Open, but didnt win 1991 US Open
7) Agassi won 1992 Wim but didnt win 1993 Wim
8) Federer won 2003-04 Wim
9) Nadal won 2005-06 FO

It was at the end of the year back then, which is why it was skipped so often by the top guys.

 

[PhrygianDominant]

Did noone say agassi AO 2000-2001?


edit: already corrected

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Did noone say agassi AO 2000-2001?

That's not his first major.

 

[PhrygianDominant]

That's not his first major.

haha! WOOPS....

 

[Mustard]

It was at the end of the year back then, which is why it was skipped so often by the top guys.

Connors won his Australian Open title in January 1974.

Up to, and including, the January 1977 Australian Open, the tournament was held either in an early January slot, or in a late December - early January slot. It moved to December, around the Christmas period, starting with the December 1977 version, and stayed there up to 1981. From 1982 to 1985, the Australian Open had a late November - early December slot. In 1986, there was no Australian Open. In 1987, the Australian Open moved to its current slot of mid-late January.

 

[Douggo]

How can they trademark something that has been in the tennis world's vocabulary for many years and in the bridge world's vocabulary for longer than that. (Grand Slam is winning all the tricks for those who don't play bridge)

You can trademark lots of things that are already in use. If you looked up the words "grand slam", you'd likely find more than several trademarks on it.