# Canonical recap data for Tennis Grand Slam Unified (1938)
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slug: don-budge-grand-slam
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1938/don-budge-grand-slam"
title: Tennis Grand Slam Unified
subtitle: Don Budge won the first Grand Slam in tennis, capturing all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, cementing modern tennis's highest achievement.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1938-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1938
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred t
summaryLong: The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam".
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heroImageCredit: Luiz Eduardo · via Wikipedia
importance: 71
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)"
  title: Tennis Grand Slam
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achiev
wikidataQid: Q102113
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628182953/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Tennis Grand Slam
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)"
