Madden is the grand champion of bus riders, the winner of the lifetime achievement award.
Officially named Hedgelawn's Sharper Image, Mitch has achieved grand champion status in the dog world.
In the Final Four bout, BP faced returning 2010 Grand Champion, Comcast, in a battle many thought would end with BP finally being washed away.
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Last year her student Trinh Tran won the title of seventh-grade grand champion in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest the equivalent of the national spelling bee of handwriting.
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Williams is a double Grand Slam champion, twice a Lions tourist and set to break Wales' cap record.
Gulbis served it out to win 5-7 6-3 6-4 to earn a crack at the 11-time grand slam champion.
The Briton, 23, played superbly as he beat the 16-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-2 in one hour and 25 minutes.
Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former Wimbledon winner, announced her retirement from the sport at the time the allegations emerged.
Four-time grand slam champion Clijsters felt there was still room for improvement in her game despite recording a third successive straight-sets win.
She threatened on Williams' next service game, but the 14-time grand slam champion won it to lead 4-1 before breaking Sharapova yet again.
Next up for six-time grand slam champion Djokovic is France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who came from one set down to beat Canadian Milos Raonic.
The new-look McLaren MP4-19 was slightly off the pace as defending Australian Grand Prix champion Coulthard was almost 1.5 seconds off the lead.
The former world No. 2 doesn't see the absence of injured 11-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal as having any bearing on Murray's chances.
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Four-time grand slam champion Sharapova, an Australian Open winner in 2008, could face U.S. former world No. 1 Venus Williams in the third round.
In truth, Jankovic's final steps to victory had more to do with the 12-time Grand Slam champion's lack of concentration than her own mental fortitude.
The four-time grand slam champion, currently ranked third in the world, will now become the new World No.2 when the revised standings are unveiled on Monday.
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The seven-time grand slam champion, elder sister of Serena, then paired with Isner to beat Johansson and Tsonga 6-7 6-2 10-8 in a tight deciding rubber.
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Three-times grand slam champion Davenport hit back to level at 3-3 but Clijsters broke again to lead 4-3 when the fourth-seeded American committed a series of errors.
The three-time grand slam champion has suffered a string of injuries, culminating in serious shoulder surgery in October 2008 which saw her sidelined for nearly 10 months.
Much has changed since he suffered a miserable title defence in Australia, and he admits that the pressure of being a Grand Slam champion took its toll.
The 11-time grand slam champion, who is now ranked fifth in the world as he continues his recovery from knee surgery, will play 128th-ranked Federico Del Bonis.
Spain's David Ferrer , his country's highest-seeded male in the absence of 11-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal, breezed past Olivier Rochus of Belgium in straight sets.
Although Hewitt managed to break back in the eighth game of the third set, the 15-time Grand Slam champion simply broke again before closing out the win.
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Williams has won 66 singles and doubles titles in her career, but the 14-time grand slam champion was a little unsure about where Cincinnati featured in her resume.
The home crowd were left disappointed when eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic recorded a battling three-set win over former world No. 1 and two-time grand slam champion Lleyton Hewitt .
Chris Evert, an 18-time grand slam champion, has served love games to two fellow professionals -- Jimmy Connors and John Lloyd -- only for cupid to return a double fault.
But Venus was well below her best too and, after she failed to serve out the match at 5-3 in the second set, the seven-time Grand Slam champion paid the price.
The victory lifted Murray above 17-time grand slam champion Roger Federer, who did not play in Miami after experiencing back problems during his quarterfinal defeat against Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells.
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But when the 11-time Grand Slam champion heads to the hard courts for an official match later this week at Indian Wells, he doesn't know how his balky knee will respond.
The top two seeds remain on track for a final showdown after both Azarenka and three-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova won, against Germany's Julia Gorges and Italian Roberta Vinci respectively.
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