Grand Slam, Women (Tennis)

Four women have achieved the grand slam and the first three won six successive grand slam tournaments: Maureen Connolly (USA), in 1953; Margaret Court  (Australia) in 1970; and Martina Navrátilová  (USA) in 1983-4. The fourth was Steffi Graf (Germany) in 1988, when she also won the women's singles Olympic gold medal. Pam Shriver (USA) with Navrátilová won a record eight successive grand slam tournament women's doubles titles and 109 successive matches in all events from April 1983 to July 1985.