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W (1937, 1938) US Open. W (1937, 1938) John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female, and still the only American male — to win the Grand Slam, and to win all four Grand Slam events consecutively overall. [3]
Jan 27, 2000 · Don Budge, the red-haired athlete who helped redefine the terms of his sport by becoming the first player to win the Grand Slam of tennis, in 1938, died yesterday in Scranton, Pa. He was 84.
Jun 9, 2024 · Don Budge was an American tennis player who was the first to win the Grand Slam—i.e., the four major singles championships, Australia, France, Great Britain, and the United States—in one year (1938).
American tennis great Don Budge is a 1964 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
Jun 15, 2022 · Don Budge After breaking again at 6-6, Budge served at 7-6, 40-30, match point. Cramm hit a good crosscourt forehand that appeared to have won him the point as he moved toward the...
Jul 25, 2009 · “I take a certain whimsical pride in not only having won the Grand Slam but, in a sense, having created it as well,” Don Budge wrote in his memoirs.
Jan 28, 2000 · In 1938, Donald Budge, who has died aged 84 of a heart attack, became the first person to achieve the tennis grand slam - winning the United States, French, Australian and Wimbledon...
