Full name: John Donald Budge
Country: United States
Born: June 13, 1915(1915-06-13)
Oakland, California
Died: January 26, 2000(2000-01-26) (aged 84)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Height : 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro: 1939
Plays: Right Handed
Int. Tennis HOF 1964 (member page)
Singles:
Career record: 78-7
Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: W (1938)
French Open: W (1938)
Wimbledon: W (1937, 1938)
US Open: W (1937, 1938)
Doubles:
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1938)
Wimbledon W (1937, 1938)
US Open W (1936, 1938)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon W (1937, 1938)
US Open W (1937, 1938)
John Donald ("Don" or "Donnie") Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis champion who was a World No. 1 player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional. He is most famous as the first player, male or female, and only American male to win in a single year the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis and second male player to win all 4 Grand Slams in his career after Fred Perry. He won 10 Majors including six Grand Slams and four Pro Slams. Budge was considered to have the best backhand in the history of tennis, at least until the emergence of Ken Rosewall in the 1950s and 1960s.
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