Grand Slam of Tennis
网球大满贯
The Grand Slam tournaments are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, and public and media attention; the greatest strength and size of field; and greater number of “best of” sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May/June, Wimbledon in June/July, and the US Open in August/September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. However, of these four, only Wimbledon was a major before 1924-1925, the time when all four became designated Grand Slam tournaments.
“大满贯系列赛”指的是最重要的四项年度网球赛事。无论是从赛事的规模、历史、奖金、积分、签数和影响力来说,大满贯系列赛都堪称职业网坛最重要的赛事。该系列包括澳大利亚网球公开赛(1月中旬)、法国网球公开赛(5月或6月)、英国温布尔登网球公开赛(6月或7月)和美国网球公开赛(8月或9月),每项赛事历时两周。1924—1925年,此四项赛事被指定为大满贯赛事,在此之前只有温网享有盛誉。
The term Grand Slam refers to the achievement of winning one of the four major championships in a single calendar year within one of the five disciplines: men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles. The term “Grand Slam” without qualification refers to winning the four majors in a single calendar year. Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year is known as a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam, while winning all four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a Career Grand Slam. Winning the Olympic gold medal in addition to the four majors in a one calendar year is known as a “Golden Grand Slam” or more commonly the “Golden Slam”.
“大满贯”在网球运动中是指一位网球选手在一年内赢得这四大赛事的任何一个冠军,包括五个项目:男子单打、女子单打、男子双打、女子双打和混合双打。如果是同一年之内在四大满贯赛事中均夺冠,被称为“真正的大满贯”或“年度大满贯”;跨年度在连续四项大满贯赛事均夺冠被称为“跨年度大满贯”;不同年份前后累计实现的则称为“职业大满贯”。一位选手在一个赛季(一年)里同时获得所有四大满贯赛事的冠军且赢得奥林匹克运动会中网球项目的金牌,则被称为“金满贯”。
