Jelenafan
Multiple Major Winner
Still promoting that urban legend, Fiero?I never thought we should be fooling around w/ the calendar like that! It was bad enough when they added weeks between FO & Wimbledon! I liked the original schedule which made it more impressive winning back to back! Now it's nothing as 3 players have won the Channel Slam; facilitated by that huge break to acclimate to grass! Hard to believe how Borg & Evert won it back it the 70's after winning Paris, they had 6 days before Wimbledon's 1st round; Often enough, Borg had to be there early to open the tournament that Monday afternoon! There are 4 events to get ready these days even though courts have been homogenized to make baseliners like Nadal and Djokovic winners w/ 9 Chp. between them! Borg doing it season after season playing w/ a stick elevates him above all others to this day! Nadal's had all kinds of warm-ups, but hasn't taken a WImbledon title since 2010, defeating Berdych who upset Federer!![]()
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Tournament Dates:
1978 French Open May 29-June 11
1978 Wimbledon June 26-July 8
1979 French Open May 28-June 11
1979 Wimbledon June 25-July 7
1980 French Open May 26-June 8
1980 Wimbledon June 23-July 5, 1980
In those days there were 2 weeks between the start of Wimbledon and the end of the French Open
Let's go back to the first Open tournaments in 1968
1968 French Open May 27-June 9
1968 Wimbledon June 24-July 6
So for example, both Borg and Nadal won their Channel Doubles with two weeks between tournaments..
That one week gap , maybe you are confusing with the 1930's or '40 or 1950"s ?