List Of Grand Slam Women's Doubles Champions
List of Women's Doubles Grand Slam tennis tournament champions:
The only paring to complete the "Grand Slam" is the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in 1984, and their eight consecutive slam win streak still stands as the all-time record. Maria Bueno in 1960 and Martina Hingis in 1998 won the yearly grand slam with various partners in the slams. Four players have completed a career doubles golden-slam by winning a gold medal at the olympics and all four Majors during their respective careers: Venus Williams and Serena Williams paired together, and individually Pam Shriver and Gigi Fernández.
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