Rafael Nadal - Career Golden Slam!

Calendar Year Golden Slam
The term Golden Slam (initially "Golden Grand Slam") was coined in 1988 when Steffi Graf won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and the singles gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year.

Grand Slam (four majors in one calendar year)
Men's singles: Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 & 1969)
Women's singles: Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953), Margaret Court (1970), and Steffi Graf (1988)


Career Golden Slam
A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during his or her career is said to have achieved a Career Golden Slam. Singles players who won a Career Golden Slam (a singles Career Grand Slam plus the Olympic gold medal in singles):
Steffi Graf
(1988 French Open,
1988 Australian Open,
1988 Wimbledon Championships,
1988 Olympic gold medal (women's singles), &
1988 US Open)
Andre Agassi
(1992 Wimbledon,
1994 US Open,
1995 Australian Open,
1996 Olympic gold medal (men's singles), &
1999 French Open)
Rafael Nadal
(2005 French Open,
2008 Wimbledon,
2008 Olympic gold medal (men's singles),
2009 Australian Open, &
2010 US Open)

Career Grand Slam
Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam. Seven men and nine women have accomplished this in singles play, but only four men (Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal) and five women (Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams) have done so since the beginning of the open era.