Will anyone ever win a "Real" Grand Slam again?

[DTA Dropshots]

It seems the tennis Grand Slam (all 4 in 1 calendar year) has become the hardest feat in sports to accomplish, 9 times, plus 3 other times in doubles by one player with different partners.
Only the great Rod Laver has 2 real Grand Slam titles.
Last occurrence:
Mens singles: 1969 Rod Laver
Women's singles: 1988 Steffi Graf
Mens doubles: 1951 Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor
Womens doubles: 1984 Martina Navaratilova and Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles: 1963 Margaret Smith (Court) and Ken Fletcher

So do you think that anyone can put it all together for 8 weeks in a single year again? If so who?

 

[nolefam_2024]

It's becoming easier and easier.

Fed could have won it 2 times at least.

Nole 2 times.

Sineraz can do it.

 

[Nappa]

Nadals best shot was 2010

 

[Hitman]

It happened in 2021 in wheelchair tennis, Groot won all four slams, also won gold and the YEC, to basically become the only player to win the super slam in a single calendar season.

So last happened only three years ago.

 

[Hitman]

Groot winning the the CYGS in 2021, and also completing the Calendar Golden Slam, she would go onto complete the calendar year super slam later in the year.

 

[Youngheart]

If no player can accomplish it now, I suggest that the top players meet at Denny's restaurant
for their famous all-encompassing Grand Slam pancake breakfast! Pass the maple syrup, please.

 

[Steffi-forever]

It seems the tennis Grand Slam (all 4 in 1 calendar year) has become the hardest feat in sports to accomplish, 9 times, plus 3 other times in doubles by one player with different partners.
Only the great Rod Laver has 2 real Grand Slam titles.
Last occurrence:
Mens singles: 1969 Rod Laver
Women's singles: 1988 Steffi Graf
Mens doubles: 1951 Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor
Womens doubles: 1984 Martina Navaratilova and Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles: 1963 Margaret Smith (Court) and Ken Fletcher

So do you think that anyone can put it all together for 8 weeks in a single year again? If so who?

Martina Hingis is the last female player who completed a Calendar Grand Slam in Women’s Double in 1998.

 

[NeutralFan]

Sinner will win CYGS next year or in 2026.

 

[Incognito]

Sinner will win CYGS next year or in 2026.

He couldn’t beat Raz when the latter didn’t have a fh all year long. Pray Carlos doesn’t get his fh back.

But yeah, Sinner is great on all surfaces

 

[jayvee]

Djokovic was so close! Too bad he choked

 

[toby55555]

Even harder of course is the Calendar Golden Slam (and as her name always crops up when Steffi is mentioned, this was five years before Seles got stabbed).

 

[DTA Dropshots]

@Steffi-forever Hingus was one of the 3 double players that I mentioned.
The 3 were:
1960 Maria Bueno (with two partners)
1967 Owen Davidson (with two partners)
1998 Martina Hingis (with two partners)

@Hitman Steffi Graf did the Golden Slam in 1988
Thank you @Hitman for correcting me for missing probably the best tennis player in their discipline.
Diede de Groot won a Slam in doubles in 2019 and 3 Slams in a row in singles, 2021,22,23. She was on track to add another this year, but the US Open did not contest any wheelchair brackets. de has Groot also has 5 career Slams in singles, She has won 42 GS tournaments, 23 in singles and 19 in doubles. Also a career best win streak of 145 in singles, 6 Master singles and 5 Masters titles. She also led the Netherlands to 8 Womens WC World Team Cup titles 2011-16, 2018-19.

 

[Hitman]

@Steffi-forever Hingus was one of the 3 double players that I mentioned.
The 3 were:
1960 Maria Bueno (with two partners)
1967 Owen Davidson (with two partners)
1998 Martina Hingis (with two partners)

@Hitman Steffi Graf did the Golden Slam in 1988
Thank you @Hitman for correcting me for missing probably the best tennis player in their discipline.
Diede de Groot won a Slam in doubles in 2019 and 3 Slams in a row in singles, 2021,22,23. She was on track to add another this year, but the US Open did not contest any wheelchair brackets. She has won 42 GS tournaments, 23 in singles and 19 in doubles. Also a career best win streak of 145 in singles, 6 Master singles and 5 Masters titles. She also led the Netherlands to 8 Womens WC World Team Cup titles 2011-16, 2018-19.

Her 2021 supersedes what anyone else did in their discipline, because she is the ONLY player to complete the calendar year super slam in 2021, Graf failed to win the year end championships in 1998, but had a non-calendar super slam, because she won it in 1987 heading into the 1988 season.

 

[NeutralFan]

He couldn’t beat Raz when the latter didn’t have a fh all year long. Pray Carlos doesn’t get his fh back.

But yeah, Sinner is great on all surfaces

Well, it can be argued that Carlos was down 1-2 sets on Sinner's weakest slam and after Madrid injury derailed Sinner's invincible form.

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

As long as grass is slow then No. it’s impossible. Speed it up and then maybe.

 

[Incognito]

Well, it can be argued that Carlos was down 1-2 sets on Sinner's weakest slam and after Madrid injury derailed Sinner's invincible form.

Because Carlos didnt have a fh during the whole 2024 season.

 

[NeutralFan]

Because Carlos didnt have a fh during the whole 2024 season.

It wasn't just FH but Carlos shot selection, lack of point construction etc that's causing him problem. He needs a better coach

 

[onehandbh]

As long as grass is slow then No. it’s impossible. Speed it up and then maybe.

The slower grass since around year 2000 and courts having similar speeds, makes it much more possible and likely, though still difficult. Wimbledon is basically groundstroke rallies instead of S&V.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Don't think so. Definitely not on the men's side but Alcaraz has shown he can win any of the slams so he has the better chance on the ATP.

As for the WTA, Sabalenka could do it, in 2023 she made every slam SF and led in every match before choking. If she can get it under control she could do it but I don't think she will. Swiatek has never looked threatening at Wimbledon and nobody else on tour has looked threatening at each slam quite like Aryna.

 

[Tennfan123]

Staffing did it because she was genuinely versatile.
now that we have surface homogeneity there are too many players who can win each slam.

 

[Gary Duane]

Sinner will win CYGS next year or in 2026.

More assumptions.

 

[NeutralFan]

More assumptions.

Sport is about prediction, make a campaign against 90% of posts then. Btw never saw you butthurt when there are 1000s of Hypotheticals out there involving would should , will.

 

[Gary Duane]

Sport is about prediction, make a campaign against 90% of posts then. Btw never saw you butthurt when there are 1000s of Hypotheticals out there involving would should , will.

You're wrong. I think hypotheticals are stupid.

 

[Aabye5]

Once there were three players who each had the tools to do it...but they were locked in a never ending struggle against each other and a race against time.

Then I sat and waited and at last I thought I saw the perfect player to pull it off...then another...now, I sit and skeptically eye the young Sinner and Carlitos and wait and wonder.

 

[vokazu]

Nole Golden CYGS 2028.

 

[Gary Duane]

The only thing that seems true to me is that as time lengthens between Laver's calendar year Grand Slam and any possible new one, that prize becomes more coveted.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Once there were three players who each had the tools to do it...but they were locked in a never ending struggle against each other and a race against time.

Then I sat and waited and at last I thought I saw the perfect player to pull it off...then another...now, I sit and skeptically eye the young Sinner and Carlitos and wait and wonder.

Big 3 are part of the homogenization era.

You have to kid yourself to think 3 players who are best of all time are all born 5 years apart.

 

[nolefam_2024]

If you remove raz from RG, even next year sinner can do cygs and removing raz is far easier than removing Rafa.

Sinner has chance to do it if he keeps improving. He has already won hard court slam for this year.

 

[Incognito]

It wasn't just FH but Carlos shot selection, lack of point construction etc that's causing him problem. He needs a better coach

Totally agree.

 

[Jonas78]

Rafa sort of nearly made it impossible for Federer & Djokovic to do it. Rafa was close in 2010 himself.

I think both Sinner & Alcaraz can do it, but they also might stop each other year after year lol.

 

[Aabye5]

Big 3 are part of the homogenization era.

You have to kid yourself to think 3 players who are best of all time are all born 5 years apart.

Not at all. It's the facts until someone comes along to one up them.

Unless you don't believe that majors maketh the legacy. In which case, who is to say whether any of them are in the top 3 greatest?

 

[Drighiz]

Sinner and Alcaraz have a realistic chance to do it. I think it's very likely to happen within the next decade, even more so if no-one else steps up their game.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Sinner and Alcaraz have a realistic chance to do it. I think it's very likely to happen within the next decade, even more so if no-one else steps up their game.

Agreed

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

We now have TWO players who can legitimately win all 4 majors in the year. It is unprecedented in modern history.
Ironically these two will block each other from accomplishing said feat.
But if Sinner takes a leave of absence, it will be the easiest Grand Slam in history for Alcaraz.

 

[nolefam_2024]

We now have TWO players who can legitimately win all 4 majors in the year. It is unprecedented in modern history.
Ironically these two will block each other from accomplishing said feat.
But if Sinner takes a leave of absence, it will be the easiest Grand Slam in history for Alcaraz.

True

 

[RaulRamirez]

Groot winning the the CYGS in 2021, and also completing the Calendar Golden Slam, she would go onto complete the calendar year super slam later in the year.

Wow, I hadn't heard of De Groot, but one has to admire her and her competitors. I may need to watch more highlights. This short clip showed a couple FH winners, but that BH is just wonderful.
...
As to the OP's question, in terms of traditional men's and women's singles, I don't envision it.

 

[Pheasant]

If we’ve learned anything during the past 20 years, it’s that no records are safe.

A CYGS is definitely within reach.

 

[gamelovergold]

ALCARAZ and sinner are both capable of CYGS if draw favours