Grand Slam (tennis) is all about is like a baseball player believing that he 'hit for the cycle' after slugging a single, double and triple in the first game of a doubleheader and a home run in his first time at bat in the second game." Despite seeming clarity from the ITF, some journalists suggested that the sport's organizing body had turned its back on history and changed the "rules" of tennis by redefining a Grand Slam. Such confusion continued for years. For instance, when Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam in 1988, George Vecsey wrote, "Even the International Tennis Federation, which should
Tennis in Italy this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world ranking. Eight Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament. Seven Italian female tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament. Tennis in Italy Tennis in Italy is the 6th sport, with 1,298,000 persons, by number of practitioners. The five successes of Italian tennis player in the Grand Slam tournament regards Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 French Championships and 1960 French Championships), Adriano Panatta (1976 French Open), Francesca Schiavone (2010 French Open) and Flavia Pennetta (2015 US Open). Also the