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Serena Slam
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English
Etymology
From en Serena slam Serena Williams grand slam.
From en Serena Williams who achieved the feat (though she was not the first) and was greatly celebrated for it.
Noun
Serena Slam
en tennis A type of grand slam in tennis, where a player is reigning champion of all the major tournaments at the same time, but not all the tournaments have occurred in the same tennis season/calendar year.
Coordinate terms
en Tiger Slam the same feat in golf, named after Tiger Woods
en grand slam a conventional grand slam requires the player to be reigning champion of all major tournaments in the same calendar year/sports season
en grand slam one of the major tournaments
en grand slam all of the major tournaments collectively
en slam one of the major tournaments
en career grand slam a player having won all major tournaments at least once in their playing career
en eponyms