1913 Five Nations Championship and as of 2014 this remains a record for a Grand Slam-winning team. 1913 Five Nations Championship The 1913 Five Nations Championship was the fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-first series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 1 January and 24 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won the Grand Slam for the first time, and the Triple Crown for the fourth time. They
Chris Evert's Grand Slam history Chris Evert's Grand Slam history Chris Evert won eighteen grand slam singles tournaments in her career (two Australian Open's, seven French Open's, three Wimbledon Championships', and six US Opens), and was runner-up in sixteen other finals ( giving her 34 finals appearances). Evert competed in 56 Grand Slam singles tournaments, reaching the semi-finals or better in 52 of them. Evert only lost twice in a grand slam tournament before the quarterfinal round, losing at the 3rd-round stage at Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1988. Evert won 46 straight matches and 12 tournaments, which started February 21, 1971