Slam or a Grand Slam?

I might be wrong here but I thought the you only achieved a Grand Slam if you won all 4 Slam titles in one year.

So why were Sue Barker and Tim Henman both constantly referring to the AO final, just gone, as being Murray's best chance yet of winning a Grand Slam?

They referred, several times to the tournament being a Grand Slam.........maybe it doesn't matter whether it's called a Slam of Grand Slam but it was beginning to drive me nuts.

Does this annoy anyone else or should I not worry about it?

Solerina

Sorry for such an inane article.......just trying to boost the tennis forum lol

Hi Solerina,

I also thought that winning the grand slam was winning the top 4 tourny's.
Maybes they have changed their view points, and that winning the AO is winning 'one of the grand slams'.
So that now they just refer to each one as a 'grand slam' ?

It is confusing and it boils down to "usage".

You have a Calendar Slam, all slams in the same year. You can hold all 4 slams over two years but that is called a Career Slam, although, winning all 4 in your lifetime in different years is also a Career slam.

A Golden Slam is holding all four in a year and winning gold at the Olympics, called a Calendar Year Golden Slam.

A career slam with a gold in it at some point is a Career Golden Slam.

I think only Steffi Graf has the CY Golden Slam.

Each Slam is part of a grand slam, which is holding all four, but the event is called a Grand Slam tournament in itself. Its lazy to say Murray had his best chance to win a Grand slam at the OA, but its common usage of the term now, its just getting used to the idea that winning a grand slam is not the same as having a Grand Slam [EDITed].

Now I'm confused too.

it makes sense to me Jubbahey :606laugh:

YIman.....Edited out "under your belt" as it more or less meant the same thing, DOH!

If they do start referring to each of the big 4 as a grand slam in itself, its demeaning to the previous players who have won all four. Hopefully its was a slip of the tounge at the time regarding Murray.

Thank you both, for your replies

Solerina

The big 4 are all pretty much referred to as a Grand Slam title in its own right now which can be annoying but is something that I think we will have to live with