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Of Gold Medals, U.S. Titles and Other Things
In 1988, Steffi Graf established a record that might never be broken -- a "Golden Slam." She won all four Grand Slam titles - the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open -- plus the Olympic gold medal in the same year.
In 1996, Andre Agassi became the fourth player to win singles titles at the Olympics and the U.S. Nationals. Agassi, the 1994 US Open men's singles champion, won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in men's singles, defeating Spain's Sergi Bruguera in the final. Others that have achieved this prestigious double include Graf (1988 gold medal, 1988-89, '93, '95 U.S. champion); Helen Wills Moody (1924 gold medal, 1923-25, '27-29, '31 U.S. champion) and Beals Wright (1904 gold medal, 1905 U.S. champion).
In doubles, Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, Ken Flach and Robert Seguso and Helen Wills Moody and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman are the only three tandems to win both the Olympic gold medal and a U.S. doubles title. Woodbridge and Woodforde won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in men's doubles and the US Open doubles title in 1995. Flach and Seguso were Olympic champions in 1988 and US Open champions in 1985. Wills Moody and Hotchkiss Wightman were Olympic champions in 1924 and won the U.S. title as a pair in 1928.
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