(1915-06-13)June 13, 1915 Oakland, California, U.S.
Died
January 26, 2000(2000-01-26) (aged 84) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro
1938 (amateur tour from 1932)
Retired
1961
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF
1964 (member page)
Singles
Career record
649-297 (68.6%)[1]
Career titles
43[1]
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1937, A. Wallis Myers)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1938)
French Open
W (1938)
Wimbledon
W (1937, 1938)
US Open
W (1937, 1938)
Professional majors
US Pro
W (1940, 1942)
Wembley Pro
W (1939)
French Pro
W (1939)
Doubles
Career record
0–0
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1942, Ray Bowers)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
SF (1938)
Wimbledon
W (1937, 1938)
US Open
W (1936, 1938)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon
W (1937, 1938)
US Open
W (1937, 1938)
John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female, and still the only American male — to win the Grand Slam, and to win all four Grand Slam events consecutively overall.[3] Budge was the second man to complete the career Grand Slam after Fred Perry, and remains the youngest to achieve the feat. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events (consecutively, a men's record) and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Budge is considered to have one of the best backhands in the history of tennis, with most observers rating it better than that of later player Ken Rosewall.[4][5]
Budge is also the only man to have achieved the Triple Crown (winning singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles at the same tournament) on three separate occasions (Wimbledon in 1937 and 1938, and the US Championships in 1938), and the only man to have achieved it twice in one year. Budge was the world Number 1 amateur in 1937 and 1938 and world Number 1 professional in 1939, 1940 and 1942.
^ ab"Don Budge: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (first edition), p. 425.
^Schwartz, Larry. "In big matches, he wouldn't budge". ESPN. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^Drucker, Joel (September 1, 2013). "Oakland's Tennis Revolutionary". Jim McLennan – Essential Tennis Instruction. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^Gray, Michael (January 27, 2000). "Don Budge (Obituary)". The Guardian. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
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Perry 1937: DonBudge 1938: DonBudge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
1942-1945 In the 1942 pro tour, Riggs finished second to DonBudge. He was also runner-up to Budge in the U.S. Pro. His career was quickly interrupted by...
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1931 tour. Even with greats such as Ellsworth Vines, Fred Perry, and DonBudge as his opponents, all of them current or recent world No. 1 players, it...
states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against DonBudge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon". Von Cramm had difficulties...
"BUDGE WINS, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3; Don Beats Vines in Montreal and Will Arrive Here Today". The New York Times. 7 March 1939. Retrieved 18 March 2012. "BUDGE...
Readying for Budge, 1938". tennisserver.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07. "Forgotten Victories: History of the Pro Tennis Wars 1926-1945, Chapter X: Budge's Great Pro...
Henner Henkel 1938: DonBudge 1939: Don McNeill 1946: Marcel Bernard 1947: József Asbóth 1948: Frank Parker 1949: Frank Parker 1950: Budge Patty 1951: Jaroslav...
Perry 1937: DonBudge 1938: DonBudge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
1961 by Lance Tingay. In 1962, Laver became the first male player since DonBudge in 1938 to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year. He...
history to achieve a Career Grand Slam, the third player in history after DonBudge and Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and...
schedule; for the Italian pasta-maker Barilla in 2019, where he is seen donning the chef's hat and whipping up elegant dishes, and for German car giant...
Perry 1937: DonBudge 1938: DonBudge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
the fifth male player (joining Rod Laver, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson and DonBudge—these have since been joined by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak...
strongest shot, and along with the very different backhand of former player DonBudge, has generally been considered one of the best, if not the best, backhands...
in one calendar year was achieved six times by five different players: DonBudge in 1938, Maureen Connolly in 1953, Rod Laver in 1962 & 1969, Margaret...
Backhand: Donald Budge was the best, with Frank Kovacs, Ken Rosewall and Jimmy Connors in the next rank. Return of serve: DonBudge was the best, followed...
they also won the US Championships doubles title defeating Americans DonBudge and Gene Mako in three straight sets. In March 1937 he became the singles...
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