Rodney George ("Rod") Laver MBE (born August 9 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. 1 player for up to 7 consecutive years. More famously, he is the only player in tennis history to have twice won all four of tennis' Grand Slam singles titles in the same year—first as an amateur in 1962, and then again as a professional in 1969, and the only male player in the open era to have achieved a calendar Grand Slam. Wikipedia
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Rod Laver is rated by many as the world's greatest player and his two Grand Slams of all four majors in 1962 and 1969 are evidence of that. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3751233...
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Official website of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, the annual international team tennis competition for men. Details on players, ties, results and history of this ITF event, the largest annual international team competition in sport. Players www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10002749
Rod Laver was so scrawny and sickly as a child in the Australian bush that no one could guess he would become a left-handed whirlwind who would conquer the tennis world and be known as possibly the greatest player ever. www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=191
