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British Grand Slam winners in open era: VIRGINIA WADE 1968 US Open, 1972 Australian Open, 1977 Wimbledon ANN JONES 1969 Wimbledon SUE BARKER 1976 French Open ANDY MURRAY 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon, 2016 Wimbledon EMMA RADUCANU 2021 US Open
Winning a Grand Slam on first appearance at that Slam: ALTHEA GIBSON 1956 French Championships EVONNE GOOLAGONG
1971 French Open VIRIGNIA WADE 1972 Australian Open MONICA SELES 1991 Australian Open BIANCA ANDREESCU
2019 US Open EMMA RADUCANU 2021 US Open
2 Raducanu is just the second Briton, man or woman, to win a Grand Slam without dropping a set all tournament — after Angela Mortimer in Australia in 1958.
1 She is also the first Briton, man or woman, to win their first Grand Slam final in straight sets since Virginia Wade at the US Open in 1968.
18 Aged 18 years and 303 days, Raducanu is the youngest woman to win a Grand Slam since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in
2004 at 17.
1 She is the first qualifier, man or woman, to win a Grand Slam and the first woman to win the US Open without losing a set since Serena Williams in 2014.