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Rod Laver AC MBE
Laver in 2015
Full name
Rodney George Laver
Country (sports)
Australia
Residence
Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Born
(1938-08-09) 9 August 1938 (age 85) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Height
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Turned pro
1963 (amateur tour from 1956)
Retired
1979
Plays
Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$1,565,413
Int. Tennis HoF
1981 (member page)
Singles
Career record
1689–538 (75.8%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era[2]
Career titles
198 [3] (72 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1961, Lance Tingay)[4]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (1960, 1962, 1969)
French Open
W (1962, 1969)
Wimbledon
W (1961, 1962, 1968, 1969)
US Open
W (1962, 1969)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
RR – 2nd (1970)
WCT Finals
F (1971, 1972)
Professional majors
US Pro
W (1964, 1966, 1967)
Wembley Pro
W (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
French Pro
W (1967)
Doubles
Career record
235–77 (75.32%)[a]
Career titles
28[a]
Highest ranking
No. 11 (per ATP)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
W (1959, 1960, 1961, 1969)
French Open
W (1961)
Wimbledon
W (1971)
US Open
F (1960, 1970, 1973)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
F (1959)
French Open
W (1961)
Wimbledon
W (1959, 1960)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
W (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973)
Rodney George LaverAC 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. Laver won 198 singles titles which is the most won by a player in history.[3]
Laver won 11 Grand Slam singles titles and 8 Pro Majors titles. He completed the Grand Slam (winning all four slams in a calendar year) in singles twice in 1962 and 1969; the latter remains the only time a man has done so in the Open Era. He also completed the Pro Slam (winning all three pro majors in one year) in 1967.[5][6] Laver won titles on all court surfaces of his time: grass, clay, hard, carpet, wood and he contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the four majors.[7] The Rod Laver Arena and the Laver Cup tournament are named after him.[8]
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^"Rod Laver: Career match record-pre open era and open era". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ ab"Record: Most Titles". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
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^"Rod Laver: Hall of Famers Inductee". tennisfame.com. International Tennis Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^Tignor, Steve (6 December 2013). "40 Years Ago: Look Out, Cleveland". tennis.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^"Dynamic Doubles Duo: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal to team up in inaugural Laver Cup". Tennis.com. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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compatriot RodLaver in four sets in the final. Later that year, Emerson claimed his second major singles crown when he again beat Laver in the final...
the opportunity to become the second male player of the Open Era, after RodLaver, to win all four Major singles titles in a calendar year. He chose not...
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Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the first man since RodLaver in 1969 to hold all four majors simultaneously and setting a rankings...
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play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, RodLaver Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped...
Lewis. Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including RodLaver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova...
held a personal head-to-head edge over Laver during the latter's Grand Slam season of 1969, 5 to 4. Roche and Laver played a classic match against each other...
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