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American tennis player Serena Williams won four consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments beginning with the 2002 French Open and ending with the 2003 Australian Open. Because she didn't win these tournaments within the same calendar year, her achievement wasn't a traditional Grand Slam. In various pronouncements to the news media, Williams named her achievement the "Serena Slam." The player who came closest to stopping Williams from completing the "Serena Slam" was Belgian Kim Clijsters, who held two match points against Williams in the third set of the 2003 Australian Open semifinals before falling 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Williams's Grand Slam streak was ultimately halted by Belgian Justine Henin in the semifinals of the 2003 French Open.
Prior to this streak, Williams had only won one Grand Slam singles title, the 1999 U.S. Open. Since this streak was severed, she's won three Grand Slam singles titles (2003 Wimbledon and the 2005 and 2007 Australian Open).

Similar achievements

The International Tennis Federation ruled that Martina Navratilova completed a "Grand Slam" when she won the fourth of her six consecutive Grand Slam singles titles in 1983 and 1984 even though Navratilova failed to win one of the four Grand Slam singles titles in each of those years. Under this expanded definition, Steffi Graf also won a "Grand Slam" twice, the first time beginning with the 1988 French Open and the second time beginning with the 1993 French Open. This was in addition to Graf's winning a Calendar Year Grand Slam in 1988. The other players who have won a Calendar Year Grand Slam in singles are Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953), Margaret Court (1970), Don Budge (1938), and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969).

Serena Slam

Year	Date	Grand Slam	Round	Oppnent	Score
2002	29, May	Roland Garros	1R	Martina Sucha (SVK)	6-3 6-0
	30, May		2R	Dally Randriantefy (MAD)	6-2 6-3
	1, June		3R	Janette Husarova (SVK)	6-1 6-3
	2, June		4R	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)	4-6 6-0 6-1
	4, June		QF	Mary Pierce (FRA)	6-1 6-1
	6, June		SF	Jennifer Capriati (USA)	3-6 7-6(7-2) 6-2
	8, June		F	Venus Williams (USA)	7-5 6-3
2002	24, June	Wimbledon	1R	Evie Dominikovic (AUS)	6-1 6-1
	26, June		2R	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)	6-3 6-3
	28, June		3R	Els Callens (BEL)	7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-2)
	1, July		4R	Chanda Rubin (USA)	6-3 6-3
	3, July		QF	Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)	6-3 6-2
	4, July		SF	Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)	6-2 6-1
	6, July		F	Venus Williams (USA)	7-6(4) 6-3
2002	26, August	US Open	1R	Corina Morariu (USA)	6-2 6-3
	28, August		2R	Dinara Safina (RUS)	6-0 6-1
	30, August		3R	Nathalie Dechy (FRA)	6-1 6-1
	1, September		4R	Daja Bedanova (CZE)	6-1 6-1
	3, September		QF	Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)	6-2 6-2
	6, September		SF	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	6-3 7-5
	7, September		F	Venus Williams (USA)	6-4 6-3
2003	14, January	Australian Open	1R	Emilie Loit (FRA)	3-6 7-6(7-5) 7-5
	16, January		2R	Els Callens (BEL)	6-4 6-0
	18, January		3R	Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)	6-1 6-1
	20, January		4R	Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)	6-4 6-1
	22, January		QF	Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)	6-2 6-2
	23, January		SF	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	4-6 6-3 7-5
	25, January		F	Venus Williams (USA)	7-6(7-4) 3-6 6-4

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