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AllaboutGrandSlam!!
India'stennissensationSaniaMirzarecentlycreatedhistorybybecomingthefirstfemaleplayerfromthecountry
towinawomen'sdoublesGrandSlamtrophyassheclinchedtheWimbledontitlewithSwisspartnerMartina
Hingis.LetuslookintothedetailsofGrandSlam.
ThefourmostimportantannualtenniseventsarecalledGrandSlamtournaments".

Theyare
1. AustralianOpen
Foundedin:1905
Dates:lastfortnightofJanuary
Courttype:Hard
Venue:MelbournePark
Prizemoney:40,000,000AustralianDollars

2. FrenchOpen
Foundedin:1891
Dates:fortnightoflateMay/earlyJune
Courttype:Clay
Venue:StadeRolandGarros,Paris
Prizemoney:28,028,600Euros

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3. Wimbledon
Foundedin:1877
Dates:fortnightoflateJune/earlyJuly
Courttype:Grass
Venue:AllEnglandLawnTennisandCroquetClub,London
Prizemoney:100,000,000Pounds

4. USOpen

Indradhanush,7pointagenda
forbankingreforms
23July:NationalBroadcasting
Day
F atheroftheSubjects
Countries,PresidentsandPMs
PSLVC28launched:Another
milestoneofISRO

Foundedin:1881
Dates:fortnightoflateAugust/earlySeptember

SchemesforUpliftmentofUrban
Infrastructure

Courttype:Hard
Venue:USTABillieJeanKingNationalTennisCenter,NewYorkCity

RajasthanSurpassedGujaratin
SolarEnergy

Prizemoney:38,251,760Dollars

India'sfirst"StateButterfly"
Factfile

UnionExecutive
Eachtournamentisplayedoveraperiodoftwoweeks.
Each tournament contain five events: men's and women's singles men's, women's, and mixed
doubles
GrandSlamtheachievementofwinningallfourmajorchampionshipsinasinglecalendaryearwithin
oneofthefiveevents.

IndianF ederalSystem
T elanganaIndustrialPolicy2015
EMERGENCYPROVISIONS

NonCalendarYearGrandSlamWinningthefourmajorsinconsecutivetournamentsbutnotinthe
sameyear.

PMModisvisittoBangladesh
OfficialMapofT elangana

CareerGrandSlamwinningallfourmajorsatanypointduringthecourseofacareer.
GoldenGrandSlam Winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in addition to the four
majorsinaonecalendaryear.

MUDRAforMSMEs
SupportfortheF uture

SuperSlamwinningtheYearEndChampionship(knownasATPWorldTourFinalsformen'ssingles
and doubles disciplines, and WTA Tour Championships for both women's disciplines) in the same
period.
Together, all four Majors in all three disciplines (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) are called a
"boxedset"ofGrandSlamtitles.

Preambleandthesalient
featuresoftheConstitutionof
India

Men's

Women's Men'sdoubles

singles

singles

Women'sdoubles

Simone Bolelli /Fabio Bethanie

Mixeddoubles

Australian Novak

Serena

Open

Djokovic

Williams Fognini(Italy)

(USA) / Lucie afrov (Switzerland)

(Serbia)

(USA)

(CzechRepublic)

French

Stan

Serena

Open

Wawrinka

Williams MarceloMelo(Brazil)

Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Bethanie

(Switzerland) (USA)

Wimbeldon Novak

Serena

MattekSands Martina

Hingis
/

LeanderPaes(India)

MattekSands Bethanie

Mattek

(USA) / Lucie afrov Sands (USA) / Mike

(CzechRepublic)

JeanJulien

F undamentalRights

Bryan(USA)

Rojer MartinaHingis(Switzerland)/ LeanderPaes(India)/

Djokovic

Williams (Netherlands)/

Horia SaniaMirza(India)

Martina

(Serbia)

(USA)

Tecau(Romania)

Novak

Flavia

PierreHugues

Djokovic

Pennetta (France)/ Nicolas Mahut SaniaMirza(India)

Martina

(Serbia)

(Italy)

(Switzerland)

Hingis

(Switzerland)

(France)

AllaboutSection66Aofthe
InformationT echnologyActand
F reedomofSpeechand
Expression
IndianParliamentary
T erminologies
EconomicSurveyHighlights:
Growthatover8%,inflation
easing
Budget20152016:Key
F eatures
Phobias
APBudget2015Highlights

Herbert MartinaHingis(Switzerland)/ LeanderPaes(India)/

Oscars2015:'Birdman'wins
BestPictureAward

Hingis

ProminentWomenintheHistory
ofModernIndia
BritishViceroysinIndia

www.sakshieducation.com

GovernorGeneralsofBritish
India

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