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he match. Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam. (The players who won all four GrandSlam tournaments during a single calendar year are also listed elsewhere in this article.) Since the beginning of the open era in 1968, only five women and one man have achieved a Career Grand Slam. A number of players have failed to achieve the Career Grand Slam because they did not have long careers or because a particular tournament was ill-suited to the player's game. Bjorn Borg never won the US Open or the Australian Open. John McEnroe never won the Australian Open or the French Open. Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, and Mats Wilander failed to win Wimbledon. John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Martina Hingis and (thus far) Roger Federer, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, and Maria Sharapova failed to win the French Open. In tennis, a singles player or doubles team is said to have achieved the Grand Slam if they succeed in winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open. In recent years, it is also considered notable to win * Tennis at the Summer Olympics The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. Be part of the best grand slam action. p>