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Rodney George Laver AC MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was ranked the world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969 and by some sources also in 1964 and 1970. He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 1961 and 1962.
Jun 28, 2024 · Rod Laver, Australian tennis player, the second male player in the history of the game (after Don Budge in 1938) to win the four major singles championships (Australian, French, British [Wimbledon], and U.S.) in one year (1962) and the first to repeat this Grand Slam (1969).
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Jan 28, 2023 · Rod Laver won 11 Grand Slam singles titles and remains the last man to win the four biggest tournaments in the sport in a single calendar year. Hannah Mckay/Reuters. By Matthew Futterman....
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Rod Laver won a record 200 tournaments, held the No. 1 world ranking from 1964-70 and his total prize winnings in a 23-year career was half of what the USTA awards the men’s and women’s US Open champions.
Mar 1, 2018 · Stories of the Open Era: Rod Laver. Laver had the physical tools to launch his rockets; now he needed to land them more often. Early on, he was prone to erratic, overambitious play and “rushes...
Jun 8, 2018 · Rod "Rocket" Laver (born 1938) is arguably the best tennis player ever. The Australian ace twice won the Grand Slam of tennis, one of the most elusive goals in sports, and paved the way for future generations of agile, powerful lefties like John McEnroe and Pete Sampras.
Mar 19, 2018 · Rod Laver is among the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen, and the inspiration behind the Laver Cup. He grew up playing on a court rolled on his family’s cattle farm in outback Queensland, as a small boy building his game around his gifts of speed and power and honing them with relentless determination and passion.
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