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
Grand Slam (figure skating) a triple Career Grand Slam, and four single skaters and four couples have achieved a double Career Grand Slam. Totals by nation The following table shows the numbers of Career Grand Slams by nation. Records The following table shows the first (or youngest/oldest) skater who achieved the Career Grand Slam. Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games (""OG"") in 1908. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. The four disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dance also appeared as part of a team event for the first time at