Search results
W (1937, 1938) US Open. W (1937, 1938) John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female, and still the only American male — to win the Grand Slam, and to win all four Grand Slam events consecutively overall. [3]
Jun 9, 2024 · Don Budge (born June 13, 1915, Oakland, Calif., U.S.—died Jan. 26, 2000, Scranton, Pa.) was an American tennis player who was the first to win the Grand Slam—i.e., the four major singles championships, Australia, France, Great Britain, and the United States—in one year (1938).
Don Budge was an American tennis champion counted among the greatest tennis players of all time. He held the World No. 1 rank for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional, and was the first player to win the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis in a single year.
May 29, 2018 · Don Budge. Don Budge (born 1915) swept the tennis scene in 1937, when he won the singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, the U.S. national singles and mixed doubles, and the Davis Cup. In 1938, he was the first player ever to win Wimbledon as well as the U.S., French, and Australian national championships-the "Grand Slam" of tennis.
American tennis great Don Budge is a 1964 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
"Don Budge" published on by null. (1915–2000)US tennis player who, in 1938, achieved the first ever grand slam, winning the four major singles titles in the same year.Budge sprang to fame at the age of eighteen as surprise runner-up to Fred Perry in the 1934 Pacific Coast championships.
Sep 24, 2023 · On this day, September 24, 1938, Don Budge completed the first Grand Slam in tennis history. To achieve that feat, the American defeated his doubles partner Gene Mako in the final of the US Nationals (which later became the US Open), 6-3, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1.
Jan 26, 2000 · John Donald ("Don") Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis champion who was a World Number One player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional. Supremely athletic and powerful, the red-haired Budge stood six-foot-one and weighed 160 pounds, giving him an imposing body, ideal for tennis players.
Jan 26, 2024 · At the 1938 US Nationals, Don Budge became the first player in tennis history to complete the Grand Slam – but he also was the first and last male player to ever win six consecutive major tournaments.
Jan 27, 2000 · Don Budge, the red-haired athlete who helped redefine the terms of his sport by becoming the first player to win the Grand Slam of tennis, in 1938, died yesterday in Scranton, Pa. He was 84.
