Since tennis is the flavour of the month, I have used it as the subject of my question today.
Winning all the 4 majors during a career, is termed in tennis as a Career Grand Slam, and, is a spin-off of the original phrase first coined by New York Times columnist John Kieran, used to describe the same feat achieved in a calendar year. Six men and nine women have achieved this in singles play. Although Jimmy 'Jimbo' Connors, considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, never won the French Open, but is one of only five men (Mats Wilander, Jimmy Connors,Andre Agassi Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the others) to have won a Grand Slam singles title on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts.
He also holds another distinction and is the only man ever to do so. What is it ?
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He won the US open on all 3 surfaces it was played on- clay, grass and hard. If this is indeed the answer, I have Patel to thank, for his question earlier this week dealt with this too!
I'm sure he's the only player to win the 74 and 82 Wimbledon men's singles trophies :). But I'm sure that's not what you are looking for.
And from Anuj's question (Reader question) we know that he is the only guy to win the US open on all 3 surfaces (grass, hard and clay). That sounds like it might be the answer to this question (at least by the clues), but then it's a repeat :).
Maybe you should clarify your question a bit more....
This question sounds like a repeat of the reader question posted a few days ago! Connors is the only man to have won the US Open on all three surfaces.
Win the US open on all 3 surfaces.(repeat of last weeks reader question unless its some other answer)
Jimmy Connors has won US Open Men's Single Championship on three surfaces grass, hard and clay.
he won on all three surfaces, all at the US open...
Yup Jimmy won the US open on all three surfaces...
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