Who is the greatest tennis player never to win a calendar-year Grand Slam?

Only five players have won all four majors inside one calendar year. Everyone here came close and did not — some by a single match. Pick the greatest of them.

1. 1
   Martina Navratilova

   Won six consecutive majors across 1983 and 1984, but never four inside one year.
2. 2
   Chris Evert

   Eighteen majors and thirty-four finals, but never more than two in a season after 1975.
3. 3
   Serena Williams

   Held all four at once twice, in 2002-03 and 2014-15, and never in one calendar year.
4. 4
   Novak Djokovic

   Held all four across 2015-16 and lost the 2021 US Open final one match short.
5. 5
   Roger Federer

   Reached three of four finals in 2006 and 2007, beaten each time at Roland Garros.
6. 6
   Rafael Nadal

   Won three majors in 2010 and again in 2022, never all four.
7. 7
   Pete Sampras

   Fourteen majors and never a French Open title, so never even close.
8. 8
   Bjorn Borg

   Won the French and Wimbledon in the same year three times, but never the US Open.
9. 9
   Ivan Lendl

   Nineteen major finals, eight titles, and Wimbledon always missing.
10. 10
    John McEnroe

    Seven majors, none of them in Melbourne or Paris.
11. 11
    Monica Seles

    Won three of four in 1991 and 1992, skipping Wimbledon or losing it.
12. 12
    Billie Jean King

    Twelve majors and a career Grand Slam, spread across fifteen years.
13. 13
    Jimmy Connors

    Won three of the four in 1974 and was barred from entering the French Open.
14. 14
    Venus Williams

    Seven majors, all of them at Wimbledon or the US Open.
15. 15
    Justine Henin

    Seven majors including four French Opens, never a Wimbledon title.
16. 16
    Boris Becker

    Six majors and never a French Open final.