Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". Court won a record 64 Grand Slam tournament titles, including a record 24 singles titles, 19 women's doubles titles and a record 21 mixed doubles titles.

The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, [60] [61] is the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, played annually in late May and early June.The feat was accomplished by Ken Rosewall in 1963 [168] and Rod Laver in 1967, [169] while Ellsworth Vines, Hans Nüsslein and Don Budge have won the three major trophies during their careers.

Four men (Emerson, Laver, Djokovic, and Nadal) and five women (Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Williams) have achieved the feat more than once over the course of their careers.The US Open is the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year, played annually in late August and early September. Writing in 1982, before the ITF had announced their bonus, Neil Amdur of the New York Times said, "Now the sport spins nervously under the influence of big dollars and even bigger egos and tradition has almost gone the way of white balls and long flannels . In a greased oven safe container/baking tray (15-20x15-20), combine the pitted dates, water, and baking soda. Steffi Graf achieved a "non-calendar-year Super Slam" in 1988 by the aforementioned titles consecutively, [144] with her Golden Slam in 1988 following her victory at the 1987 Virginia Slims Championships, [145] the women's year-end championship at the time.