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Rod Laver
[Sculpture depicting Rod Laver outside the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne.]
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Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who arguably was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is the only male player during the open era to have won a calendar year Grand Slam. Laver has been rated as the greatest male player of all time by several experts and polls.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Contents
- 1 Playing style
- 2 Career
- 3 Place among the all-time great tennis players
- 4 After retiring from tennis
- 5 Grand Slam singles finals
- 6 Singles titles (198)
- 7 Singles runner-ups during the open era as listed on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (15)
- 8 Doubles titles during the open era as listed on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (27)
- 9 Doubles runner-ups during the open era (14)
- 10 Notes
- 11 Sources
- 12 External links
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