Serena Slam

English

Etymology

Serena (“Serena Williams”) +‎ slam (“grand slam”) From Serena Williams who achieved the feat (though she was not the first) and was greatly celebrated for it.

Noun

Serena Slam (plural Serena Slams)

1. (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

• Tiger Slam (the same feat in golf, named after Tiger Woods)
• grand slam (a conventional grand slam requires the player to be reigning champion of all major tournaments in the same calendar year/sports season)
• grand slam (one of the major tournaments)
• grand slam (all of the major tournaments collectively)
• slam (one of the major tournaments)
• career grand slam (a player having won all major tournaments at least once in their playing career)