When brothers Ian and
Donald Budge began looking for new homes, the pair knew they had similar tastes.
By lifting the Coupe des Mousquetaires men's trophy on Sunday, the Swiss has now joined an elite band of just five others - Fred Perry,
Donald Budge, Laver, Roy Emerson and Agassi - to have won at all four major tennis venues - Wimbledon, Melbourne Park, Flushing Meadows and Roland Garros.
In The Frame: Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver,
Donald Budge, Andre Agassi (pictured).
In four victorious challenge round matches he won all eight singles, with tennis citizens as distinguished as Henri Cochet,
Donald Budge, Wilmer Allison, Adrian Quist and Jack Crawford among his victims.
They would have loved to be seeing Tim Henman in action as Britain's first men's singles finalist since Bunny Austin lost to
Donald Budge in 1938, which was two years after Fred Perry became the last champion from these shores.
The Las Vegas showman was playing in the eighth Grand Slam final of his career and his memorable victory saw him join
Donald Budge, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson and Rod Laver - the only men to have won the Australian Open, the French, Wimbledon and the US Open in their careers.
Donald Budge in the men's division and Anita Lizana of Chile in the women's division.
For the record, Rosewall won four singles titles at the Australian Open (1953, 1955, 1971, 1972), two French Open crowns (1953, 1968) and a pair of US Open triumphs (1956, 1970) - not a bad record at all - but four final losses at Wimbledon meant he could just not break through into that elite group of now six players to have won titles at the four Grand Slam tournaments: Fred Perry,
Donald Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Andre Agassi and Roger Federer.
IN THE FRAME -
Donald Budge, Rod Laver, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi (pictured).
