There are four top professional tennis competitions. According to the starting order of the year, the four major tennis grand slams are: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Tennis Grand Slam means that in tennis, male and female players win four championships in one year, and tennis players regard winning the Grand Slam as the highest honor.
1, Australian Open
The Australian Open, referred to as the Australian Open, is one of the four grand slam tennis events. The competition is usually held in the last two weeks of 1 month in Melbourne Sports Park, Victoria, Australia. It is the first of the four grand slams held every year. The Australian Open was founded in 1905, and has a history of more than 100 years. When the competition was founded, it was named "Australasian Championship". 1969, the competition entered an "open era". Starting from 1988, the competition will be held on the outdoor hard clay court in Melbourne Park.
Venue: Melbourne Tennis Center, the second largest city in Australia. The name of the center court is Rod Laval.
Champion trophy: The name of the champion will be engraved on the permanent trophy. The men's singles champion will be awarded to Norman Brooks Challenge Cup, and the women's singles champion will be awarded to Daphne Akhurst. Both of them are legends in the history of the Australian Open.
2. French Open
The French Open began at 189 1. At first, only French players participated, and foreign players were not allowed to participate until 1925. The French Open is held from the end of May to the beginning of June every year. Of the four Grand Slams, the French Open is undoubtedly the most passionate one, just like its fiery venue. Because it is played on slow clay, patient stalemate, strong topspin and fast running are considered as the main weapons to win the championship here, and the best of five games often lasts for several hours, which is a severe test for the players' physical strength and will.
Venue: Roland Galos Tennis City near the Boulogne Forest in the west of Paris. The venue is a clay court, so it is also called a clay court tennis match. The name of the central stadium is Philip Chatterley.
Champion trophy: The men's singles champion was awarded the Musketeer Cup, and the women's singles champion was awarded the Susan Lungrande Cup.
3. Wimbledon Championship
Wimbledon Championship is the earliest competition in modern tennis history, which was founded by All England Club and British Lawn Tennis Association in 1877. Wimbledon championships are held regularly from the last week of June to the beginning of July every year, which has formed a tradition, and the qualification is determined by the accumulated scores obtained in major events in the previous year.
Venue: Wimbledon now has 18 lawns, 9 hard courts and 2 indoor courts, which will not be open until the club holds a dinner in mid-May every year. The main stadium is called "Central Stadium" and Wimbledon Central Stadium, where the finals are held. Due to the unpredictable weather in London during the competition, the stadium was equipped with a collapsible roof.
Champion trophy: The men's singles champion was awarded a gold-plated trophy-Challenger Cup with a height of 18 inch, and the women's singles champion was awarded a silver dish with a diameter of about 19 inch, usually called "RosewaterDish" or "VenusRosewaterDish".
4. US Open Tennis Tournament
The US Open is the fourth and last Grand Slam tennis tournament every year, which started at 188 1. The events are divided into five categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Location: 188 1 year-1997. Each match was held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Park, new york, USA. The name of this stadium is louis armstrong Stadium. 1997, the game was held in the newly-built Arthur Ashe Tennis Center.
Trophy: The U.S. Open championship trophy has not been named uniformly so far, but it is the only one with a uniform appearance in the four Grand Slam events through the format of the championship trophy.
Regardless of scale, history, bonus, points and influence, the Grand Slam Series is the most important event in professional tennis. Therefore, winning the grand slam championship is the ultimate dream of every professional tennis player and the supreme glory.
The term "Grand Slam" originally meant that a player won four Grand Slam titles at the same time in the same season, but now it also means that a player won four consecutive titles whether in the same season or not.
In addition to the Grand Slam, the slam refers to a player winning all four Grand Slams, and golden slam won the Olympic tennis gold medal on the basis of the Grand Slam.
How much is the tennis grand slam bonus?
With the top attraction and commercial operation, the four Grand Slams of tennis earn considerable income, and there are also many bonuses for participating in the Grand Slams of tennis. In recent years, the bonuses of the four major events have hit record highs.
1 and 20 19 Australian Open, the prize money of men's singles and women's singles is the same, and the total prize money is a record high of 62.5 million Australian dollars. The prize money for men's and women's singles champions is 4,654,380+10,000 Australian dollars.
2.20 19, the prize money of the French Open was 42,666,5438+00,000 euros, equivalent to about 320 million yuan, and finally the men's singles and women's singles champions won 2.3 million euros.
The prize money of Wimbledon Championship in 2019 was 38 million pounds, an increase of 4 million pounds over last year, of which the men's and women's singles champions could get 2.35 million pounds.
In April 2019, the total prize money of the US Open reached a new high, increasing by 8% on the basis of last year, and the total amount will exceed US$ 57 million, making it the highest prize money of the four major tennis events. According to the organizing committee, every round of US Open prize of 20 19 will be the highest among the four Grand Slam events. Among them, the bonus of men's singles and women's singles is also 3.85 million US dollars, and the bonus of men's doubles and women's doubles is 740,000 US dollars, which are the highest among the four Grand Slams.