By Scoop Malinowski | @TennisNow | Sunday, January 5, 2025
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Eighty-six years before Jannik Sinner’s rise to World No. 1, another powerful red-headed champion completed tennis’ impossible dream.
American Don Budge made history as the first champion—man or woman—to complete the calendar Grand Slam in his glorious 1938 season.
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If you’ve ever visited the International Tennis Hall of Fame, you may know one of the Newport-based Hall’s most precious treasures is the life-sized oil painting of Don Budge hitting his iconic backhand that hangs on the wall.
This is the story of how art instructor and tennis coach James Gwynne created the famed oil painting—and the deep friendship he formed with Budge.
A couple of years ago I discovered an astounding fact which then led to a series of insights into tennis history.
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