Ireland national rugby union team tournament. It is contested against England, France, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland was a member of the inaugural Home Nations in 1883, with France and Italy joining later to form the Five and Six Nations respectively. Ireland won their first championship in 1894, also winning the Triple Crown. Ireland's first Grand Slam occurred in the 1948 season and their second in the 2009 season. In total Ireland have been outright champions on fourteen occasions following their title in the 2018 Six Nations Championship and have nine shared wins. Ireland won their third ever Grand Slam in the 2018 Six Nations
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