Grand Slam most often refers to: *

Grand Slam (tennis) The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam pl ...

, one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:

Games and sports

* Grand slam, winning category terminology originating in contract bridge and other

whist Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play. History Whist is a descendant of the 16th-century game of ''trump'' ...

family card games

Auto racing

* Grand Slam (Formula One), winning from pole position, leading every lap, and setting the fastest lap in a Grand Prix *

Grand Slam (NASCAR) The Grand Slam in NASCAR is the achievement of winning all of the NASCAR Cup Series majors in a calendar year. The Grand Slam In 1984, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company announced at the Waldorf Astoria New York during the annual year end awards banq ...

, winning all NASCAR Cup Series majors in a calendar year

Baseball

Grand slam (baseball) In baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners ("bases loaded"), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. According to ''The Dickson Baseball Dictionary'', the term originated in the ca ...

, a home run with all bases occupied *

Grand Slam Single The Grand Slam Single was a baseball play that ended Game 5 of the 1999 National League Championship Series, contested between the rival New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, on October 17, 1999, at Shea Stadium in New York City. Mets player Robin Ven ...

(October 17, 1999), the hit that ended Game 5 of the 1999 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, at Shea Stadium

Equestrian

Grand Slam (horse) Grand Slam (foaled 1995 in Kentucky, died March 31, 2012) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Background Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, the dark bay son of Gone West was purchased at the September 1996 Keeneland Sales as a yearling for $300 ...

, an American thoroughbred * Equestrian Grand Slam, any of several events **

Grand Slam of Eventing The Grand Slam of Eventing, sponsored by Rolex, consists of three of the top CCI5*-L (previously CCI4*, due to a rating change effective January 1, 2019. Note that the nature of the competitions remains the same regardless of the change in name) eq ...

, three particular world horse trials competitions ** Grand Slam of Show Jumping, one rider winning all three major annual competitions consecutively * Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing, the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing plus either the Travers Stakes or the Breeders' Cup Classic

Golf

Grand Slam (golf) The Grand Slam in professional golf is winning all of golf's major championships in the same calendar year. Variations include a Career Grand Slam: winning all of the major tournaments within a player's career and the Tiger Slam: winning four con ...

, one player winning all four major annual tournaments * PGA Grand Slam of Golf, an annual off-season men's competition

Martial arts

Grand Slam Paris The Paris Grand Slam (formerly International Tournament of Paris) is an international, judo competition held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, as part of the IJF World Tour Grand Slam series organized by the IJF. Venues * Sta ...

, judo competition *

Grand Slam Tokyo The Grand Slam Tokyo (formerly ) is an international judo competition held as part of the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour Grand Slam series. Venues *1978–2006: Nippon Budokan *2007–present: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium P ...

, judo competition *

Grand Slam Tel Aviv The IJF World Tour tournament in Tel Aviv is an international judo competition held since 2019 at the Drive in Arena in Tel Aviv, as part of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam series. Being held as a Grand Prix for the inaugural two year ...

, judo competition

Tennis

, one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves *

Pepsi Grand Slam The Pepsi Grand Slam of Tennis was a men's tennis tournament played as part of the Grand Prix circuit from 1976–1981. The tournament was played in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1976 and Boca Raton, Florida from 1977–1981. It was held on ou ...

, an annual men's professional tournament *

Grand Slam Cup The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), which invited the best-performing players in the year's ...

, an annual international tournament *

Grand Slam (real tennis) A Grand Slam in the sport of real tennis is earned by a player who holds the following titles in the same calendar year: * Australian Open * U.S. Open * French Open * British Open The concept was borrowed from lawn tennis's Grand Slam. In 1984 Chr ...

, a player or pair winning all four major annual real tennis tournaments

Wrestling

* AEW Grand Slam, an All Elite Wrestling event *

Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 25, 2021, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The event was originally scheduled to take ...

, a 2021 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event *

Grand Slam (professional wrestling) The Grand Slam is an accomplishment recognized by various professional wrestling promotions in the United States and Japan. It is a distinction given to a professional wrestler who has won four specific championships within a promotion through ...

, winning four professional wrestling championships

Other games and sports

Explorers Grand Slam The Explorer's Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to reach the North Pole and South Pole, as well as climb the Seven Summits (Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, and Puncak Jaya or Kosciuszko). Purists also include a sub ...

or Adventurers Grand Slam, one person reaching the North Pole, South Pole, and all Seven Summits during a career *

Ocean Explorers Grand Slam The Ocean Explorers Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to complete open-water crossings on all five oceans using human-powered vessel. History In 2019, Icelandic explorer Fiann Paul led the first human-powered transit (by rowing) across the ...

, performing open-water crossing on each of the five oceans using human-powered vessel *

Grand Slam (Fly-Fishing Caribbean) In Caribbean fly-fishing, a Grand Slam is when an angler is able to catch a bonefish, tarpon and permit throughout the course of a day. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) defines an Inshore Grand Slam as catching any three of the follo ...

, one person catching a bonefish, tarpon, and permit during one day of Caribbean fly-fishing *

Grand Slam of Curling The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and fe ...

, a series of annual curling bonspiels *

Grand Slam of Darts The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invited the best performing players from its rival, the British Dart ...

, a major professional darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation *

Grand Slam of Ultrarunning The Grand Slam of Ultrarunning is a set of four of the five most prestigious and oldest 100-mile races contested in the United States, comprising the Old Dominion 100 Mile Endurance Run in Virginia, the Western States 100 in California, the Verm ...

, for a person finishing four annual 100-mile footraces in the U.S. *

Grand Slam (PBA) A team's Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is winning all three conference championships (tournaments) in a single season, i.e., a treble in the British sports sense. As of 2020, this has been accomplished five times by f ...

, one team winning all three major Philippine Basketball Association tournaments in one season *

Grand Slam (figure skating) Grand Slam (GS) is a term used in figure skating for the winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions (World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and European Championships or Four Continents Championships) within a sin ...

, winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions within a single season *

Grand Slam (rugby union) In rugby union, a Grand Slam (Irish: ''Caithréim Mhór''. Welsh: ''Y Gamp Lawn''. French: ''Grand Chelem'') occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship (or its Five Nations predecessor) beats all the others during one year's competitio ...

, one national team defeating all others in the Six Nations Championship *

Grand Slam (shinty) The Grand Slam in shinty consists of a club winning all four major trophies for which it is eligible. These being at present, the Premier Division, the Camanachd Cup, the MacAulay Cup and either the MacTavish Cup or the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup ...

, one club winning four annual shinty trophies * Grand slam, in roller derby, a five-point scoring pass * Grand slam, in ski jumping, winning all four events in the same edition of

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

* Grand slam, in contract bridge, a contract to win all thirteen tricks in one deal * S2 6.7 Grand Slam, an American racing sailboat design

Entertainment, arts and media

* Grand Slam (G.I. Joe), a character * Grand Slam of Hollywood show business, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards in an American entertainment career (see

List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of those awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and Broadway the ...

} * Grand Slam of Philippine film industry, winning category awards from four major film award-giving bodies in a year (see

List of people who won the Philippine movie grand slam The Grand Slam in the Philippine movie industry refers to people who have won all four major film awards in the same category in the same year. The four major organizations that evaluate all Filipino films released in the country and hand out awar ...

)

Films

* ''Grand Slam'' (1933 film), an American comedy * ''Grand Slam'' (1967 film), an Italian heist movie * ''Grand Slam'' (1978 film), a Welsh TV comedy

Music

Grand Slam (band) Grand Slam are an Irish rock band originally formed in 1984 by Phil Lynott (lead vocals and bass guitar), after the breakup of his earlier ensemble Thin Lizzy. Grand Slam was active for a year, and Lynott died in 1986, but the band was revive ...

, a band formed by Phil Lynott * Grand Slam, a lineup of

Juice Leskinen Juhani Juice Leskinen (officially Pauli Matti Juhani "Juice" Leskinen; 19 February 1950 – 24 November 2006), better known as Juice Leskinen ( as if the word ''juice'' were Finnish) was one of the most important and successful Finnish singer- ...

Albums

* ''Grand Slam'' (The Isley Brothers album) * ''Grand Slam'' (Magic Slim album) * ''Grand Slam'' (Spiderbait album) * ''Grand Slam'' (Spinners album)

Television

* '' 50 Grand Slam'', a 1976 American game show * ''Grand Slam'' (BBC TV), 1980s televised contract bridge tournaments * ''Grand Slam'' (TV series), a 1990 American action drama * ''Grand Slam'' (British game show), 2003 ** ''Grand Slam'' (American game show), a 2007 American remake

Video games

* ''Golf Grand Slam'' (video game), for the Nintendo NES *

Grand Slam Chess Association The Grand Slam Chess Association was a series of annual chess tournaments since 2007 till 2012. List of tournaments Tournaments of the Grand Slam Chess Association were: * Pearl Spring chess tournament, held in October in Nanjing, China * Tata Ste ...

, a series of annual chess tournaments *''

Grand Slam Tennis The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam pl ...

'', a 2009 game for the Nintendo Wii * ''Grand Slam'' (video game), a 1997 baseball game *

Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Interactive Ltd. (formerly Grandslam Entertainments Ltd. and later Grandslam Video Ltd.) was a video games software house based in United Kingdom, Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from a management buy-out of Argus Press Software by ...

, a video game company *

Bilbao Chess Masters Final The Bilbao Chess Masters Final (previously called the Grand Slam Chess Final) is an annual chess tournament which between 2008-12 brought together the strongest players from the previous year's "Grand Slam" events. Series organisers Grand Slam C ...

or Grand Slam Masters Final, a culminating annual chess tournament

Military

Grand Slam (bomb) The Bomb, Medium Capacity, (Grand Slam) was a earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against German targets towards the end of the Second World War. The bomb was originally called Tallboy Large until the term Tallboy got into the press a ...

, a 10-tonne British "earthquake bomb" of World War II *

Exercise Grand Slam Exercise Grand Slam was an early major naval exercise of the newly formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This 1952 combined naval exercise took place in the Mediterranean Sea, and it included a naval force that was described as being " ...

, a 1952 NATO naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea *

Grand Slam Installation The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced Reciprocating engine, piston-engined aircraft ever built. It ...

, a modification of the B-36 bomber to add nuclear weapons delivery capability *

Operation Grand Slam Operation Grand Slam was a key military operation of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It refers to a plan drawn up by the Pakistan Army in May 1965 that consisted of an attack on the vital Akhnoor Bridge in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashm ...

, a Pakistan Army offensive plan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 * Operation Grand Slam, the US espionage mission which triggered the

1960 U-2 incident On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by American pilot Francis Gary Power ...

Other uses

* Grand Slam breakfast, a dish at

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