Grand Slam (tennis) Grand Slam (tennis) The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and greater number of "best of" sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open around late May through early June, Wimbledon in June-July, and the US Open in August-September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on
1984 ABN World Tennis Tournament canc.<br> Lendl and Connors both received runners-up finishes. Kevin Curren / Wojtek Fibak defeated Fritz Buehning / Ferdi Taygan 6–4, 6–4 1984 ABN World Tennis Tournament The 1984 ABN World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was held from 12 March through 18 March 1984. The singles final between Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors was stopped at 6–0, 1–0 because the Ahoy Arena had received an anonymous telephone bomb threat. The police searched the venue but