2015 Event Serbian Novak Djokovic beats Swiss Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Men's Open title; a day earlier, Italian Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Women's Open to win her first Grand Slam, then announced her retirement 2014 Event Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki in the U.S. Open final, joining Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in having won 18 Grand Slam singles victories 2014 Event Stanislas Wawrinka wins his first Grand Slam title when he beats Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open final 2013 Event New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs 2013 Event Sabine Lisicki of Germany is defeated at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships; Marion Bartoli of France wins the Ladies' Singles Final, earning her first Grand Slam singles title 2012 Event At the 2012 U.S. Open, Andy Murray of the U.K. wins the Men's Singles, defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic; Murray becomes the first British player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry 76 years ago 1997 Event Senior Golf Slam 1990 Event 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different 1989 Event Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977 1989 Event 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1987 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 1987 Event Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1986 Event 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition 1984 Event A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime 1984 Event Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title 1984 Event Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer 1984 Event Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam 1983 Event Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3) 1982 Event Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week 1981 Birthday Anna Kournikova, born in Moscow, Russia, professional tennis player, model, winner, Grand Slam titles in Australia, 1999 and 2002 1979 Event Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1978 Event Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1971 Death Bobby Jones, Jr., PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69 1971 Event Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam 1971 Death Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66 1971 Event 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1970 Event 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1969 Event Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 Death Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 1969 Birthday Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988 1968 Event Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1965 Event New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1960 Birthday Jo Durie, born in Bristol, England, professional tennis player, tennis commentator, ranked 5th in the World, winner of two Grand Slam titles 1957 Event Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) 1956 Event Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1956 Event Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1956 Event Indians' Jim Busby hits 2nd grand slam in two days in a 4-2 win vs. the Kansas City A's 1955 Event Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1954 Event Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles 1953 Event Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series 1952 Event New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1951 Event Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yankees beat Giants 13-1 1950 Event Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 1948 Event Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season 1946 Event Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yankees 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam 1945 Event Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1938 Event Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 Event Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Event Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam 1938 Birthday Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1936 Event Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1934 Birthday Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1933 Event Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1931 Event Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1920 Event Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Event Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam 1916 Event Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam 1915 Event Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1902 Birthday Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930 1901 Event Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1898 Event Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
