martina navratilova won the most grand slams in women's tennis.
who won the most grand slams in women's tennis?
martina navratilova
before the beginning of the open era in april 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tennis tournaments, including the four grand slams. wimbledon, the oldest of the majors, was founded in 1877, followed by the us open in 1881, the french open in 1891, and the australian open in 1905. beginning in 1905 and continuing to the present day, all four majors have been played yearly, with the exception of the two world wars and 1986 for the australian open. the australian open is the 1st major of the year (january), followed by the french open (may–june), wimbledon (june–july), and us open (august–september). there was no prize money and players were compensated for travel expenses only. a player who wins all four current major tournaments, as a single or as part of a doubles team, in the same calendar year is said to have achieved the "grand slam". if the player wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a "non-calendar year grand slam". winning all four at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "career grand slam". winning the four majors and a gold medal in tennis at the summer olympics has been called a "golden slam" since 1988. winning all four plus gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "career golden slam". winning the year-end championship also having won a golden slam is referred to as a "super slam". winning the four majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for – singles, doubles, and mixed doubles – is considered winning a "boxed set" of grand slam titles. the current grand slams are the four most prestigious tournaments in the world held every year, they are distinguished by participation from almost every top player and by their two-week duration, 128-player draw in women's singles. it's extremely rare for a player to win all four events, "the grand slam", in one calendar year. this was only achieved three times since 1888 by maureen connolly, margaret court, and steffi graf, the latter of whom stands alone in winning the "golden slam".
all-time tennis records – women's singles
in men's singles, kei nishikori was finalist at the 2014 us open and two atp masters 1000 tournaments, whereas vijay amritraj reached quarter-finals at four grand slams and was semifinalist at the 1982 wct finals. in men's doubles, leander paes won eight grand slams tournaments and mahesh bhupathi won four grand slams tournaments and in mixed double paes won 10 and bhupathi won 8 grand slams. leander paes won total of 18 grand slams which is the highest by an asian tennis player and also he is among the very few to complete career slam in both men's doubles and mixed doubles. rohan bopanna won his first mixed doubles grand slam title at the 2017 french open. so far only indian men are successful in winning grand slams and also the most successful asian team at the davis cup having reached the finals on three occasions.
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