Who was the first man to win tennis's Grand Slam, winning all four major championships in 1938?
1938 U.S. National Championships (tennis) 1938 U.S. National Championships (tennis) The 1938 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 8 September until 24 September. It was the 58th staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. American Don Budge won the men's singles title and became the first tennis player to win the Grand Slam i.e. winning all four Major tennis tournaments (Australian Championships, French Championships,
Grand Slam (tennis) America by 1930. "Grand slam" has been used in golf since 1930, when Bobby Jones won the four major championships, two British and two American tournaments. Although John F. Kieran of "The New York Times" is widely credited with first applying the term "grand slam" to tennis to describe the winning of all four major tennis tournaments in a calendar year, sports columnist Alan Gould had used the term in that connection almost two months before Kieran. The possibility of being the reigning champion of all the current four majors did not exist until 1924–25, when the International Lawn Tennis