The one and only

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!