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Aug 9, 2023 · Rod Laver turns 85 with the tours in Canada, and his namesake event heading there soon. Fifty years after a grand Davis Cup moment, the Aussie’s appreciation of team play continues.
Rod Laver is a former professional tennis player from Australia, known for his four consecutive ‘Grand Slam’ wins. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, profile, career and timeline.
Mar 7, 2019 · Relive Rod Laver's 1969 journey to win all major opens and achieve a grand slam in the Open Era.
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.
Dubbed 'Rocket' Rod Laver by then Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman, Laver was the second man to complete the Grand Slam in 1962 after American Don Budge first won all four majors in a season. In 1969, Rocket became the only person to win the Grand Slam twice.
Dubbed “Rocket” by legendary Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman, Rod Laver was the second man to complete the Grand Slam in 1962, after American Don Budge in 1938. In 1969, Laver became the only player to win the Grand Slam twice.
Feb 5, 2015 · 1969: Rod Laver Wins His Second Grand Slam “You get all the calls when you win the Grand Slam,” Laver said as he looked back over his charmed season, and that call in the Aussie Open semis ...
Jan 23, 2023 · Rod Laver is arguably Australia's biggest tennis name in history. The tennis great is littered with Grand Slam wins (both singles and doubles) and holds records that still last...
Rodney 'Rod' George Laver AC MBE was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member for his contribution to the sport of tennis. He was elevated as a Legend of Australian Sport in 2002.
Overall, amateur and pro, he was the all-time leader with 184 singles titles, and was elevated to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981, and the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993. In 2001 the principal stadium of Melbourne Park, scene of the Australian Open, was named Rod Laver Arena.
