Grand Slam Tennis 2012

The term Grand Slam refers to the achievement of winning all four majors championship in a single year within one of the five disciplines: men’s and women’s singles; men’s, women’s and mixed doubles

Majors	Founded year
Wimbledon	1877
US open	1881
French open	1891
Australian open	1905

Facts and Trivia

·         Most Grand Slam Male’s singles titles-  Roger Federer (17)

·         Most Grand Slam Female’s singles titles-   Margaret Court (24)

Chronological order	Grand Slam tournament	Courts	Men’s singles	Women’s singles	Men’s doubles	Women’s doubles	Mixed doubles
January	Australian Open	Hard courts	Novak Djokovic	Victoria  Azarenka	Leander paes, Radek Stepanek	Sevtlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva	Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Horia Tecau
May/June	French Open	Clay	Roger Federer	Maria  Sharapova	Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor	Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci	Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi
June/July	Wimbledon	Grass	Rafael Nadal	Serena  Williams	Johnathan Marray, Frederik Nielsen	Serena Williams, venus Williams	Lisa Rayamond, Mike Bryan
August/ September	US Open	Hard courts	Andy Murry	Serena  Williams	Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan	Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci	Ekaterina Makarova, Bruno Soares