ALL ABOUT GRAND SLAM

ALL ABOUT GRAND SLAM
India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza recently created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a women's doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis. Let us look into the details of Grand Slam.The four most important annual tennis events are called “Grand Slam tournaments". 

They are - 

1. Australian OpenFounded in: 1905
   Dates: last fortnight of January
   Court type: Hard
   Venue: Melbourne Park
   Prize money: 40,000,000 Australian Dollars
   
2. French OpenFounded in: 1891
   Dates: fortnight of late May / early June
   Court type: Clay
   Venue: Stade Roland Garros, Paris
   Prize money: 28,028,600 Euros
   
3. WimbledonFounded in: 1877
   Dates: fortnight of late June / early July
   Court type: Grass
   Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
   Prize money: 100,000,000 Pounds
   
4. US OpenFounded in: 1881
   Dates: fortnight of late August / early September
   Court type: Hard
   Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York City
   Prize money: 38,251,760 Dollars

Fact file

• Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks.
• Each tournament contain five events: men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles
• Grand Slam - the achievement of winning all four major championships in a single calendar year within one of the five events.
• Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam -Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year.
• Career Grand Slam - winning all four majors at any point during the course of a career.
• Golden Grand Slam - Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in addition to the four majors in a one calendar year.
• Super Slam - winning the Year-End Championship (known as ATP World Tour Finals for men's singles and doubles disciplines, and WTA Tour Championships for both women's disciplines) in the same period.
• Together, all four Majors in all three disciplines (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) are called a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.

2015 Winners

	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Australian Open	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Serena Williams (USA)	Simone Bolelli /Fabio Fognini (Italy)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Šafárová (Czech Republic)	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/ Leander Paes (India)
French Open	Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)	Serena Williams (USA)	Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Šafárová (Czech Republic)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Wimbeldon	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Serena Williams (USA)	Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands)/ Horia Tecau (Romania)	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/ Sania Mirza (India)	Leander Paes (India)/ Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
US Open	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Flavia Pennetta (Italy)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France)/ Nicolas Mahut (France)	Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/ Sania Mirza (India)	Leander Paes (India)/ Martina Hingis (Switzerland)