Superb Serena eyes perfect season

Serena Williams returns to Flushing Meadows aiming to become only the fourth woman to claim a calendar Grand Slam – winning all four major titles in a single season. Victory would also bring her a record seventh U.S. Open title

GRAND SLAM TITLES (Open era)

1988 Steffi Graf Only player to have won Golden Grand Slam – winning all four  majors, plus Olympic title in Seoul. Last  player to achieve feat

1970  Margaret Court: Aged 28, became first woman to clinch calendar Grand Slam in Open Era, with powerful, athletic game

1953 Maureen Connolly: In first year she played all four tournaments, “Little Mo”,  18, dropped only one set throughout 


CALENDAR GRAND SLAM WINNERS

Australian Open
Roland Garros
Wimbledon
U.S. Open
Total

Graf
Williams
Evert
Navratilova
Court
Seles
King

Victory for Williams would equal Graf’s record, and set up chance for outright record in 2016

Source: WTA
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