Grand Slam (tennis) ten women have won Career Grand Slams in singles play (rows one and two); among them two men and five women have at least two Career Grand Slams in singles (column three). Since the beginning of the open era, five men (Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic) and six women (Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova) have achieved this. Several singles players have won three major championships without achieving the Career Grand Slam, grouped by the "missing" Grand Slam tournament: Several doubles players have won three major championships without
2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season one of the most comprehensive Grand Slam performances of all time. Nadal also won Wimbledon that year, defeating Roger Federer in what is widely recognized as the greatest tennis match in history. He won the Olympic Gold medal at Beijing, becoming the first ever top-5 player to win the Gold medal in the Open Era. Nadal also claimed the No. 1 ranking that year after the Olympics. He finally ascended to the top spot after 160 consecutive weeks as No. 2. Nadal would hold the No. 1 ranking for the rest of the season and finish the year ranked No.