Grand Slam Explained
Grand Slam or Grand slam may refer to:
Games and sports
- Grand slam, winning category terminology originating in contract bridge and other whist card games
Athletics
Auto racing
- Grand slam (Formula One), winning from pole position, leading every lap, and setting the fastest lap in a Grand Prix
- Grand Slam (NASCAR), winning all NASCAR Cup Series majors in a calendar year
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Baseball
- Grand slam (baseball), a home run with all bases occupied
- Grand Slam Single (October 17, 1999), the hit that ended Game 5 of the 1999 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, at Shea Stadium
Equestrian
Golf
Judo
- Grand Slam series, international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation
Tennis
Wrestling
Other games and sports
- Explorers Grand Slam or Adventurers Grand Slam, one person reaching the North Pole, South Pole, and all Seven Summits during a career
- Ocean Explorers Grand Slam, performing open-water crossing on each of the five oceans using human-powered vessel
- Grand Slam of Curling, a series of annual curling bonspiels
- Grand Slam of Darts, a major professional darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation
- Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, for a person finishing four annual 100-mile footraces in the U.S.
- Grand Slam (PBA), one team winning all three major Philippine Basketball Association tournaments in one season
- Grand Slam (figure skating), winning all three major annual senior-level international competitions within a single season
- Grand Slam (rugby union), one national team defeating all others in the Six Nations Championship
- Grand Slam (shinty), one club winning four annual shinty trophies
- Grand slam, in roller derby, a five-point scoring pass
- Grand Slam of Keirin, for a cyclist to win all six GI events (or three for)
- Grand slam, in ski jumping, winning all four events in the same edition of Four Hills Tournament
- Grand slam, in contract bridge, a contract to win all thirteen tricks in one deal
- S2 6.7 Grand Slam, an American racing sailboat design
Entertainment, arts and media
- Grand Slam (G.I. Joe), a character
- Grand Slam of Hollywood show business, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards in an American entertainment career (see List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards}
- Grand Slam of Philippine film industry, winning category awards from four major film award-giving bodies in a year (see List of people who won the Philippine movie grand slam)
Films
Music
Albums
Television
Video games
Military
- Grand Slam (bomb), a 10-tonne British "earthquake bomb" of World War II
- Exercise Grand Slam, a 1952 NATO naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea
- Grand Slam Installation, a modification of the B-36 bomber to add nuclear weapons delivery capability
- Operation Grand Slam, a Pakistan Army offensive plan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Operation Grand Slam, the US espionage mission which triggered the 1960 U-2 incident
Other uses
- Grand Slam breakfast, a dish at Denny's restaurants
See also
