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Who are some famous women with the first name Virginia?
Virginia Wade was a famous tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships.
Who has been Australia's most sucsuful tennis champ?
Rod Laver is a former Australian tennis champion. He has won most single titles in history (200). He has also won 11 grand slam tournaments and has won all four majors in a single year twice. In 1969 he became the one and only player to achieve this feat in open era. He is by far the most accomplished Aussie tennis champion.
In 1957 Althea Gibson became the first African to do what?
To win the US National Championship in Tennis, now called the US Open. She was also the first African-American woman to compete on the world tennis tour and to win a Grand Slam title.
Witch NBA player hasn't won the NBA slam dunk contest Shawn kemp or Kobe Bryant?
SHAWN KEMP has never won the NATIONAL ASSOTIATION BASKETBALL SLAM DUNK CONTEST
Who hit the most grand slam home runs in a season?
Lou Gehrig hit 23 career grand slam home runs, the most by any player in Major League Baseball history.
What is it called when a player wins all four Grand Slam events and the Olympics gold medal in tennis?
A tennis player who wins the tennis Grand Slam and an Olympics gold medal in the same calendar year would be referred to as having won a "Golden Slam".
A person in charge in name only?
person to have won a golden grand slam in tennis
Who was the only tennis player to win the grand slam and olympic gold?
Andre Agassi
First African American tennis player to win a grand slam?
Arthur Ashe was the first African American tennis player who won 3 grand slam titles.
Who Male Tennis player who has won the most number of grand slam singles?
It is one and only "ROGER FEDERER"
Who was the first black tennis player to ever win a grand slam event?
Althea Gibson was the first black tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (1956). Arthur Ashe was the first MALE black tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (1968).
Serena Williams is a Indian grand slam tennis player?
no
Who was the first amateur to win a grand slam in tennis?
The first amateur to win a grand slam in tennis was Don Budge. He was an American from California, and won the event in 1938.
Is it a tennis grand slam if you win all four tournaments continuously but not in the same year?
A true Grand Slam in tennis is when a player wins all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year. Otherwise it is just a career Grand Slam, and not a true Grand Slam.
What is Rod Laver well known for?
Rod Laver was a well known Australian tennis player who was ranked number one in the world from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have won the Grand Slam twice.
Which woman tennis player won the maximum no of grand slam singles titles in the history of tennis?
Margaret Court
Which Male french tennis player won a grand slam?
Yannick Noah
