The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam".
Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 59 major titles, the most in the Open Era. Alongside Chris Evert, her greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women's tennis for the first two-thirds of the 1980s.
Christine Marie Evert, known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Evert won 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record six US Open titles. Evert was ranked world No. 1 for 260 weeks, and was the year-end world No. 1 singles player seven times. Alongside Martina Navratilova, her greatest rival, Evert dominated women's tennis for much of the 1970s and 1980s.
Family Circle was an American women's magazine that covered topics such as homemaking, recipes and health. It was published from 1932 until the end of 2019. Originally distributed at supermarkets, it was one of the "Seven Sisters," a group of seven traditional female-oriented magazines centered on household issues, along with Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's Day and Redbook.
womenSports magazine was the first magazine dedicated to women in sports. It was launched in close conjunction with Billie Jean King's Women's Sports Foundation and each issue of the magazine contained a two-page article written by the executive director of the Foundation. It was started soon after Billie Jean's win at the Battle of the Sexes.
Susan Tex Green is an American professional wrestler. She began wrestling at the age of 15 and was trained by The Fabulous Moolah. She was the frequent tag team partner of Sandy Parker, with whom she won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship. The title reign, however, is unrecognized. In 1976, Green was recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as the Girl Wrestler of the Year. In 1992, she joined the Professional Girl Wrestling Association, holding the promotion's championship and later acting as commissioner.
Susan Leo is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Fed Cup from 1980 to 1983.
Susan Sloane is a retired American professional tennis player. She was also known by her married name, Susan Sloane-Lundy.
Lee Duk-hee is a former professional tennis player from South Korea.
Ginny Purdy-Paskoff is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
The 1981 Seiko Classic was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts at the Victoria Park Stadium in Hong Kong and was part of the Toyota Series of the 1981 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the event and took place from 2 November until 8 November 1981. First-seeded Wendy Turnbull won her second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $8,500 first-prize money.
Susan Gilchrist is an American former professional tennis player. She is now an associate professor at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Susan Rimes Seiler is an American former professional tennis player.
Robin Tenney Archibald is an American former professional tennis player.
Susan Bandecchi is a Swiss tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 164 on 7 March 2022, and her best doubles ranking of No. 141 on 11 July 2022.
Susan Stap Kust is an American former professional tennis player.
Susan Rollinson is a South African former professional tennis player.
Linda Cassell is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Susan Joy Alexander is an Australian former professional tennis player.
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