Don Budge

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Don Budge was an American tennis player renowned for being the first man to achieve the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1938 and for his powerful backhand and dominance in the late 1930s.

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instanceOf American tennis player ⓘ
human ⓘ
tennis player ⓘ
achievement won the calendar-year Grand Slam in 1938 ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1915-06-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-01-26 ⓘ
DavisCupTitles 2 ⓘ
DavisCupYearsWon 1937 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
education University of California, Berkeley (attended briefly) ⓘ
era amateur era of tennis ⓘ
familyName Budge ⓘ
fullName John Donald Budge ⓘ
givenName Donald ⓘ
John ⓘ
grandSlamSinglesTitles 6 ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
hasSibling Lloyd Budge ⓘ
height 1.85 m ⓘ
inductedInto International Tennis Hall of Fame ⓘ
injury shoulder injury during World War II service ⓘ
knownFor dominance in men’s tennis in the late 1930s ⓘ
first man to achieve the calendar-year Grand Slam in tennis ⓘ
powerful backhand ⓘ
militaryService United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableStroke one-handed backhand ⓘ
occupation professional tennis player ⓘ
tennis coach ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
playedForTeam United States Davis Cup team ⓘ
ranking world No. 1 amateur male tennis player ⓘ
residence Hillsborough, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport tennis ⓘ
spouse Deirdre Conselman ⓘ
styleOfPlay aggressive baseline play ⓘ
turnedProfessional 1939 ⓘ
wonTournament 1937 U.S. Championships men’s singles ⓘ
1937 Wimbledon men’s singles ⓘ
1938 Australian Championships men’s singles ⓘ
1938 French Championships men’s singles ⓘ
1938 U.S. Championships men’s singles ⓘ
1938 Wimbledon men’s singles ⓘ
yearOfHighestRanking 1937 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
yearOfInduction 1964 ⓘ

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