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Rod Laver. For the American musical group, see Rod Laver (band). 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.
May 3, 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).
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.
Jan 28, 2023 · Rod Laver ‘Might Have Hurt Somebody’ With a Modern Racket. At 84 years old, the man with his name on the stadium sits courtside at the Australian Open. He likes what he sees. Share full...
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 1, 2018 · The next year, Laver won Wimbledon for the first time, and in 1962 he dominated the amateur game, becoming the first man since Don Budge in 1938 to win the calendar-year Grand Slam.
DAVIS CUP - 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973; record: 16-4 in singles, 4-0 in doubles. SINGLES RECORD IN THE MAJORS - Australian (21-6), French (25-6), Wimbledon (50-7), US. (44-10). Official tennis bio information on Rod Laver including personal and professional info.
Rod Laver. Starting in 1966 he won 19 consecutive tournaments on the US professional circuit. In 1968 professional players were allowed back into the traditional fold in what was the start of the open era. Laver took up where he had left off, winning an astonishing second Grand Slam in 1969.
Rod Laver is a retired Australian tennis professional who is widely considered one of the two greatest players of all time, along with Roger Federer.
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.
