How many Swiss grand slam winners had there been until he arrived?

The Alaska Milkmen became the league's fourth grand slam winner, winning all titles in the 22nd season.

In 2005 France completed another strong Six Nations, losing only to eventual grand slam winners Wales.

Bammer forged a 2-0 lead but the seven-times grand slam winner raised her game to draw level and then moved 5-3 ahead with an opportunity to serve for the match.

A recent Slam winner was Raphael Green, a liquor store worker in a cowboy hat who recited his poem about "a sensitive Jewish cowboy."

I can't recall ever seeing Federer, Nadal, Sampras, Borg, and countless other grand slam winners berating themselves so publicly, therefore giving ammunition to an opponent.

The eight-time Slam winner and Britain's most successful player Fred Perry, is one of only seven men in history to have won all four Grand Slam events.

That means the other three Slam winners (Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova and Sam Stosur) didn't make another semi.

The 2000-2009 decade would be the first decade where there would be no grand slam winner; the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s all had at least one grand slam winner.

As for Sam...it's her home country and she IS a previous Slam winner...conditions may never be better for her to win another Slam.