Multiple choice general knowledge sports

who was the first woman tennis player to win all four grand slam in a same calendar year

  1. Martina Navratilova

  2. Maureen Connolly

  3. Margaret Court

  4. Pam Shriver
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Explanation

Maureen 'Little Mo' Connolly was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year (1953). She achieved the Calendar Year Grand Slam at just 19 years old. Margaret Court won all four in 1970, and Martina Navratilova achieved the 'Golden Slam' (all four plus Olympic gold) in 1984, but Connolly was the first to accomplish the calendar year sweep.

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