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Don Budge
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first player — of any nationality, male or female, and still the only American male — to win the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis in a single year. Budge was the second male player to win all four Grand Slam events in his career after Fred Perry, and is still the youngest to achieve that feat. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. 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, although most observers rated Budge's backhand the stronger of the two. He is also the only male player to have achieved the triple crown on three separate occasions, and the only one to have achieved it twice in one year.
Full nameJohn Donald Budge
BornJune 13, 1915, Oakland, California
DiedJanuary 26, 2000, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Height6 ft 1 in
Turned pro1938 (amateur tour from 1932)
Retired1955
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1964 (member page)
Career record569-278 (67.1%)
Career titles43
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1937, A. Wallis Myers)
Australian OpenW (1938)
French OpenW (1938)
WimbledonW (1937, 1938)
US OpenW (1937, 1938)
US ProW (1940, 1942)
Wembley ProW (1939)
French ProW (1939)
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1942, Ray Bowers)
Australian OpenSF (1938)
WimbledonW (1937, 1938)
US OpenW (1936, 1938)
WimbledonW (1937, 1938)
US OpenW (1937, 1938)

About Don Budge

Tennis Player Don Budge was born in California, United States on June 13, 1915. He dies at the age of 84, on January 26, 2000.

Tennis legend who won six Grand Slam titles in a row during an incredible run.

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Don Budge before becoming famous

Don Budge was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1915 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He dropped out of Berkeley to play Davis Cup for the United States.

Achievement of Don Budge

For five years, he was ranked number one thanks to his backhand.

Don Budge's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He drifted apart from his first wife, the mother of his two children, and eventually divorced her; he married Loriel, his second wife, in 1974.

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Even Tennis Player Roger Federer has never been able to match his record of six Grand Slam titles.

Don Budge Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Don Budge updated on March 16 2023.