Tennis : the complete history of the Grand Slam

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Last update :30 june 2003

Program:

1877-1914	Wimbledon and how it all began

1891-1914	The early years of the Men's French Championship.

1900-1914	The first years of the Davis Cup.

1903-1907	The Doherty era.

1912-1914	First australian domination : Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding.

1912-1914	1912-14 : The first World Championship on clay in Paris

1920-1926	Tilden et Johnston, kings of the Davis Cup.

1923	Little Bill Johnston, and the last world championship on clay.
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1924	The Double Olympic Champion Vincent Richards

1922-1926	The French Musketeers and their conquest of the Davis Cup

1925-1927	The french championship becomes international.

1927	Germantown : France beats USA 3/2!

1928	The Musketeers win their "Grand Slam"

1938-1932	The Musketeers keep the Davis cup.

1933	The Davis cup leaves for England.

1933	Jack Crawford nearly made it!.

1933-1936	The Fred Perry supremacy with a "little" slam..

1937	Who after Perry ? Van Cramm or Budge ?

1938	Donald Budge and the first Grand Slam

1939	The bets of Bobby Riggs

1930-1940	The early days of professionnal tennis

1946-1950	Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzales and the organisation of professionnal tennis

1950-1952	The australians come back : Sedgman et McGrgor

1955	Tony Trabert

1953-1957	The "whizkids" Lewis Hoad and Ken Rosewall.

1958	Ashley Cooper among other australians

1960-1962	The first grand slam for Rod laver

1961-1967	Roy Emerson, and the "shamateurism"..

1961-1966	Manuel Santana alone against the Australians.

1968-1971	The beginning of the "OPEN" championship : Laver and Rosewall are back.

1969	The second grand slam for Rod laver

1970-1973	The difficult organisation of the open tennis and the Wimbledon boycott.

1974	Jimmy Connors take off, Ken Rosewall leaves...

1974-1981	Ice Borg

1984	The year "McEnroe".

1982-1992	Wilander, Lendl, et Edberg near the "little slam".

1990 - ?	Sampras and Agassi...