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Het grand slam record staat niet op naam van Steffi Graf. Dat staat op naam van Margareth Court. Die had er 24, Williams en Graff hebben er beiden 22.

OPEN ERA

"open era" began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments agreed to allow professional players to compete with amateurs.

Before 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Grand Slam tournaments and other events organized or sanctioned by the ILTF, including the Davis Cup.

The move is made because the English are tired of the hypocrisy in the sport, the shamateurism that plagues high-class tennis. It is well known that amateurs bargain for -- and receive -- exorbitant expenses to compete at many tournaments. "We must take action on our own account to make the game honest," said Derek Penmam of the British association. "For too long now we have been governed by a set of amateur rules that are quite unenforceable."[63]

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