J Ó Z S E F A S B Ó T H
is the ONLY player in the history of tennis:
- -who played and won the final in the record heat (42° Celsius = 107.6 F) of Roland Garros;
- -who had flawless, 100% winning record against Don Budge and Roy Emerson!;
- -who won his 4th Grand Slam tournament of his career at Roland Garros (1947);
- -who won Grand Slam in men’s singles as Hungarian;
- -who was born in 1917 and won a Grand Slam in men’s singles;
- -who beat Don Budge in a best-of-five match during Budge’s calendar-year Grand Slam (between the Australian and US championships) which calendar Grand Slam was the first ever in history…
And he is the FIRST player in the history of tennis:
- -who won a Grand Slam as an Eastern-European player;
- -who won a Grand Slam title from an Eastern-European (then Communist) country after the World War II;
- -who was coached by Henri Cochet, one of the Musketeers;
- -who defeated Don Budge in a best-of-five match in the year of 1938 when Budge completed the first-ever calendar Grand Slam in history!