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Grand Slam Tournaments

These are the four most important annual tennis events and each tournament is played for about two weeks.

It consists of:

• Australian Open
  • It takes place in mid-January
  • Played in hard courts.
• French Open
  • It is also known as the Roland-Garros de Paris.
  • It takes place in May and June.
  • Played on clay court.
• Wimbledon
  • It takes place in June and July.
  • Played on a grass court.
• US Open
  • It takes place in August and September.
  • Played in hard courts.
• Wimbledon is relatively older than the rest (1877), followed by the US (1881), French (1891) and the Australian (1905).
• Only Wimbledon was a major before 1924–25, when all the four became designated Grand Slam tournaments.