Don Budge Autographs
John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 – January 26, 2000) was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female — to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year and complete the Grand Slam. Budge was the second man to complete the career Grand Slam, after Fred Perry. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events (consecutively, a men's record) and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Budge is considered to have one of the best backhands in the history of tennis, with most observers rating it better than that of later player Ken Rosewall.
Budge is also the only man to have achieved the Triple Crown (winning singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles at the same tournament) on three separate occasions (Wimbledon in 1937 and 1938, and the US Championships in 1938), and the only man to have achieved it twice in one year. Budge was the world Number 1 amateur in 1937 and 1938 and world Number 1 professional in 1939, 1940 and 1942.
Budge was born in Oakland, California, the son of Scottish immigrant and former soccer player John "Jack" Budge, who had played several matches for the Rangers reserve team before emigrating to the United States, and Pearl Kincaid Budge. Growing up, he played a variety of sports before taking up tennis at the age of 13 at the urging of his elder brother, Lloyd, who played tennis for the University of California team. He also had an elder sister. He was red-headed, tall and slim, and his height would eventually help what is still considered one of the most powerful serves of all time. Budge studied at the University of California, Berkeley, in late 1933 but left to play tennis with the U.S. Davis Cup auxiliary team.
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Traded items with a signature of Don Budge
The most expensive item with a signature of Don Budge (Don Budge Signed Tennis Racket Vintage Wooden Super Rare US Open Autograph JSA) was sold in September 2025 for $619.98 while the cheapest item (Don Budge - International Tennis Hall of Fame - Autographed 3x5 Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2021. The month with the most items sold (5) was February 2026 with an average selling price of $90.00 for an autographed item of Don Budge. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $405.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Don Budge is worth $19.95.
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