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    Don Budge. Don Budge at the Association of Tennis Professionals Don Budge at the International Tennis Federation Don Budge at the Davis Cup Don Budge...
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  • sculptor Budge Crawley, Canadian film producer In sports: Don Budge, American tennis champion Grahame Budge, former Scotland rugby player Budge Patty, American...
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  • only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors in...
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    Round Little 1936: Fred Perry / Dorothy Round Little 1937: Don Budge / Alice Marble 1938: Don Budge / Alice Marble 1939: Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble 1940–45:...
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    1942-1945 In the 1942 pro tour, Riggs finished second to Don Budge. He was also runner-up to Budge in the U.S. Pro. His career was quickly interrupted by...
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    1931 tour. Even with greats such as Ellsworth Vines, Fred Perry, and Don Budge as his opponents, all of them current or recent world No. 1 players, it...
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    "BUDGE WINS, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3; Don Beats Vines in Montreal and Will Arrive Here Today". The New York Times. 7 March 1939. Retrieved 18 March 2012. "BUDGE...
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  • Readying for Budge, 1938". tennisserver.com. Retrieved 2011-08-07. "Forgotten Victories: History of the Pro Tennis Wars 1926-1945, Chapter X: Budge's Great Pro...
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    Perry 1937: Don Budge 1938: Don Budge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
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    1961 by Lance Tingay. In 1962, Laver became the first male player since Don Budge in 1938 to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year. He...
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    the fifth male player (joining Rod Laver, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson and Don Budge—these have since been joined by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak...
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    states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon". Von Cramm had difficulties...
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    Henkel (1/1) Don Budge (1/6) Don Budge (2/6) 1938♠ Don Budge (3/6) Don Budge (4/6) Don Budge (5/6) Don Budge (6/6) 1939♦ John Bromwich (1/2) Don McNeill (1/2)...
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    Writing in 1979, Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game)....
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    Perry 1937: Don Budge 1938: Don Budge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
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    his world pro crown to Don Budge but narrowly: in the World Professional Championship tour against each other, Vines trailed Budge 17–22. The tour proved...
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    history to achieve a Career Grand Slam, the third player in history after Don Budge and Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and...
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    Perry 1937: Don Budge 1938: Don Budge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
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    autobiography, Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game)....
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  • all four majors in a calendar year and thus complete the Grand Slam was Don Budge in 1938. To date, five singles players (two men, three women), nine doubles...
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    Four wins 1938: Don Budge 1962: Rod Laver 1969: Rod Laver...
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    1972, p. 9 Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game)....
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    Don Budge. Kramer, who had a long and frequently bitter relationship with Gonzales, rates him only as one of the four players who are second to Budge...
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    Perry 1937: Don Budge 1938: Don Budge 1939: Bobby Riggs 1946: Yvon Petra 1947: Jack Kramer 1948: Bob Falkenburg 1949: Ted Schroeder 1950: Budge Patty 1951:...
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    strongest shot, and along with the very different backhand of former player Don Budge, has generally been considered one of the best, if not the best, backhands...
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  • Schou Nilsen (Norway) Australia Australian Men's Singles Championship – Don Budge (USA) defeats John Bromwich (Australia) 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 Australian Women's...
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  • Defending champion Ivan Lendl successfully defended his title, defeating Boris Becker in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles title at the 1986...
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    original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011. "Seven things you don´t know about Rafael Nadal". www.tennisworldusa.org. 10 December 2015. Retrieved...
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    Henner Henkel 1938: Don Budge 1939: Don McNeill 1946: Marcel Bernard 1947: József Asbóth 1948: Frank Parker 1949: Frank Parker 1950: Budge Patty 1951: Jaroslav...
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  • (3/3)  USA Don Budge 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8 1937  USA Don Budge (1/2)  GER Gottfried von Cramm 6–1, 7–9, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 1938  USA Don Budge (2/2)  USA...
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