J. DONALD BUDGE HOLDS ONE OF THE LONGEST STANDING U.SA. TENNIS AND SPORTS RECORDS IN THE 20TH CENTURY. HE WON THE FOUR MAJOR TITLES OF THE LEADING DAVIS CUP POWERS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE CENTURY IN 1938. 

WINNING THE NATIONAL TENNIS TITLES OF AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND THE UNITED STATES,  COMPRISING THE TENNIS GRAND SLAM IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT COMPARED TO GOLF'S FOUR MAJOR TITLE WINS, WON BY BOBBY JONES, ALSO TERMED THE GRAND SLAM.

FOR A TENNIS PLAYER TO WIN ALL FOUR TITLES DURING AN ENTIRE CAREER IS CONSIDERED A RARE FEAT, BUT IS NOT TECHNICALLY "THE GRAND SLAM." WINNING ALL FOUR TITLES IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR IS THE ONLY GENUINE GRAND SLAM TITLE.

ONLY TWO MEN IN HISTORY HAVE WON THE TENNIS GRAND SLAM TITLE IN ONE YEAR AS AN AMATEUR TENNIS PLAYER. DON BUDGE ACCOMPLISHED THE FEAT IN 1938 AND ROD LAVER WON IN 1962. THREE WOMEN HAVE ALSO WON: MAUREEN CONNOLLY, MARGARET COURT SMITH, AND STEFFIE GRAF.

DON BUDGE IS CONSIDERED BY PLAYERS WHO COMPETED AGAINST HIM AND SOME TENNIS HISTORIANS AS THE GREATEST TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME. DON BUDGE'S BACKHAND IS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST OR ONE OF THE BEST IN HISTORY. BUDGE WAS RAISED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, BUT LIVED THE SECOND HALF OF HIS LIFE IN PIKE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.