Tennis has four Grand Slams, including the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Winning all four is already one of the rarest things in sport.
The Golden Slam takes it one step further: win all four Grand Slams plus an Olympic gold medal in singles, and you have achieved the Career Golden Slam.
This is the complete set of everything tennis has to offer, and as of 2024, only five players in history have done it in singles.
Top 5 Tennis Players Who Won The Career Golden Slam
Here is the list of the top 5 players who have won a Career Golden Slam-
| Player Name | Year of Completion | Total Grand Slams | Olympic Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steffi Graf | 1988 | 22 | Seoul 1988 |
| Andre Agassi | 1999 | 8 | Atlanta 1996 |
| Rafael Nadal | 2010 | 22 | Beijing 2008 |
| Serena Williams | 2012 | 23 | London 2012 |
| Novak Djokovic | 2024 | 24 | Paris 2024 |
Source: Olympics.com
1. Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf did not just complete the Career Golden Slam, but she did it all in a single year, which no player in history has ever done. In 1988, at just 19, she won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, dropping just two sets across all four finals. She then won the Olympic gold in Seoul to complete the set. It is called the Calendar Golden Slam, and she remains the only person to have achieved it.
2. Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi became the first man in history to complete the Career Golden Slam when he won the French Open in 1999, and he did it coming back from two sets down against Andrei Medvedev to win in five. He had already won Wimbledon (1992), the US Open (1994), the Australian Open (1995), and Olympic gold on home soil in Atlanta (1996). The French Open was the last piece. With that win, he also became the first man in the Open Era to win Grand Slams on all three surfaces.
3. Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal is the youngest man to complete the Career Golden Slam, finishing the set at the 2010 US Open at just 24 years old. He won Olympic gold in Beijing 2008, beating Fernando Gonzalez in the final without dropping a set. His 14 French Open titles are a record for wins at any single Grand Slam in tennis history.
On clay at Roland Garros across his entire career, he lost just three matches. His 22 Grand Slam titles place him joint-second in history.
4. Serena Williams
Serena is the only player in history to complete the Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. She completed her singles Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics, where she beat Maria Sharapova in the gold medal match.
Her 23 Grand Slam singles titles are the most of any player in the Open Era. She spent 319 weeks ranked World No. 1 and is widely considered one of the greatest athletes in sporting history.
5. Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic holds the record of 24 Grand Slam titles, which is more than any player in history. Yet the Olympic gold medal eluded him for years. In 2021 at Tokyo, he lost in the semi-final with a Calendar Golden Slam in reach.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, recovering from knee surgery, he went through the entire tournament without dropping a set. In the gold medal final, he beat Carlos Alcaraz, and at 37, Djokovic became the oldest Olympic gold medallist in men’s singles tennis.
He broke down in tears on the court. After all those years, the set was finally complete.
