Grand Slam Winners by Colette Bertin, Jerica Wilkins and Nitta Bista
## # A tibble: 11 x 2
## outcome n
## <chr> <int>
## 1 2nd Round 8
## 2 3rd Round 6
## 3 Retired 6
## 4 1st Round 5
## 5 4th Round 5
## 6 Absent 5
## 7 Quarterfinalist 4
## 8 Semi-finalist 3
## 9 Finalist 2
## 10 Won 2
## 11 Qualification Stage 1 1Exploration of the winners
What is a Grand Slam Tournament?
“The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and greater number of”best of" sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open around late May through early June, Wimbledon in June-July, and the US Open in August-September."
Data Set:
year = year that grand slam took place
tournament = name and location of each grand slam
gender= sex of player
n = number of male or female that competed that year.
Chart:
y axis = # of grand slam tournaments won
x axis = name of player
fill = grand slams
Purple = Wimbledon, London
Green = French open
Blue = US open
Red = Austrailian Open
Interpretation of the Graph
Graph is top 15 tennis players with the most grand slam tournament wins 1968-present.
Serena Williams has won the most grand slams out of anyone. She has won 7 Wimbeldons, 6 US Opens, 3 French Opens and 7 Austrialian Opens.
Rapheal Nadal has won the 5th most grand slams with 2 Wimbledons, 3 US Opens, 11 French Opens and 1 Austrailain Open.
Monica Seles and Billie Jean King are tied for 8th with 9 Grand Slams.
Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendi and Andre Agassi are tied for 10th with 8 Grand slams.