How many Grand Slam tournaments are played in a year in tennis?

How many Grand Slam tournaments are played in a year in tennis? Correct Answer 4

The correct answer is 4.

Important Points

• The four annual tennis tournaments, also known as majors, are collectively called the Grand Slam.
• The ITF—the International Tennis Federation—operates the Grand Slam.
• The Grand Slam tournaments consist of the mid-January Australian Open, the late May French Open or Roland Garros, the Wimbledon at the end of June and the US Open at the end of August.
• The four Grand Slam tennis tournaments are played over the course of 2 weeks.
• The oldest is Wimbledon Tennis, established in 1877, then comes the US Open in 1881 followed by the French Open in 1891, and the last is Australian Open in 1905.
• The Australian tennis and US tournaments are played on hard courts, the French Open on clay courts, and the Wimbledon on grass courts.
• Before 1924-1925, the French Open tournament was not considered a Grand Slam.
• Together, the four majors are considered a "boxed set" of Grand Slam tournaments in all three disciplines (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles).
• During the course of a lifetime, winning all four majors is considered a career Grand Slam.
• It is considered a non-calendar year Grand Slam to win the four majors in consecutive events, but not in the same year.