HALESOWEN'S Jordanne Whiley made tennis history by becoming the first British player to win a calendar year Grand Slam.

She achieved the fantastic feat after partnering Japan’s Yui Kamiji to win the women’s doubles wheelchair tennis title at the US Open in New York last Sunday.

Whiley and Kamiji, the 2014 Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon champions, beat reigning US Open champions Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at the final Grand Slam tournament of the year to become the first non-Dutch partnership to win all four women’s doubles wheelchair tennis titles at the four majors in the same year.

No British tennis player had ever previously won the same event at all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year.

“I can't describe how I feel to make history. I'm so proud of achieving this for British Tennis,” said 22-year-old Whiley.

“I’ve been through a whole mixture of emotions. I felt sick on court with the heat and all the nerves, but now I’m so happy.”

Whiley and Kamiji came from 4-2 down in the opening set against second seeds Griffioen and van Koot to win the next four games to take the set. They then led the third and final set 4-3 and 15-0 when rain at Flushing Meadows forced the players off court.

However, on the resumption Whiley served out the game for a 5-3 lead and she and Kamiji then broke their opponents to add to their victories over Griffieon and van Koot in the finals at Roland Garros in June and Wimbledon in July.

“I want wheelchair tennis to get bigger and bigger," added Whiley. "There are some incredible athletes on our tour and they deserve all the recognition they get. We're competing to the highest level, train just as hard and want it just as much as non-disabled players.”