significant as the four majors. The Rod Laver Arena and the Laver Cup tournament are named after him. Rodney George Laver was born in Rockhampton, Australia...

Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian...

Tour for that year. In May 2019, the Laver Cup became an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event. Matches during the Laver Cup tournament differ from conventional...

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park has multiple venues where the Australian Open matches take place. Rod Laver Arena is the largest venue with a capacity of 15,000, while John Cain...

only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors...

"Win–loss Björn Borg". atptour.com. ATP. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "1969: Rod Laver wins his second Grand Slam". Retrieved 11 July 2015. Douglas, Perry (21...

list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Rod Laver whose playing career ran from 1956 until 1977. He played as an amateur...

Amateur Era – 98 champions in 261 events. Australians Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver and John Newcombe are the only players to have become champions in both...

portion, Rosewall defeated Rod Laver 11 matches to 2. A US tour followed with Rosewall defending his world pro title against Laver, Gimeno, Ayala and two...

Laver Cup in September. On 15 September 2022, he announced his impending retirement from professional tennis on the ATP Tour, noting that the Laver Cup...

Kong round of 16). Connors won all three meetings with Rod Laver in tour events, all when Laver was at least 37 years old. In the 1980 WCT Finals, Connors...

the outdoor courts for three hours at 14:00. Play was not disrupted on Rod Laver, Margaret Court, and John Cain Arenas, as all three courts have retractable...

compatriot Rod Laver in four sets in the final. Later that year, Emerson claimed his second major singles crown when he again beat Laver in the final...

Ashley Cooper 1958: Ashley Cooper 1959: Alex Olmedo 1960: Rod Laver 1961: Roy Emerson 1962: Rod Laver 1963: Roy Emerson 1964: Roy Emerson 1965: Roy Emerson...

era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, after Rod Laver in 1969, and Borg in 1978–1980, as well as the second Spaniard to win...

Grand Slam finals since Rod Laver achieved the Grand Slam in 1969. At the time, Agassi was also only the fourth player since Laver to be the reigning champion...

Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four majors simultaneously and setting a rankings...

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...

Rod Laver 1962: Rod Laver 1963: Chuck McKinley 1964: Roy Emerson 1965: Roy Emerson 1966: Manuel Santana 1967: John Newcombe Open Era 1968: Rod Laver 1969:...

could have beaten Laver regularly." Kramer sees as evidence of Gonzales's superiority over Laver the fact that Gonzales defeated Laver in a five-set match...

to play tennis for most of the year. From early on, his great idol was Rod Laver, and at the age of 11, Sampras met and played tennis with the legend....

other players, particularly Rod Laver and Arthur Ashe, who played with topspin on both the forehand and backhand, yet Laver and Ashe used topspin only...

Lewis. Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova...

play during wet weather or extreme heat with its three primary courts, Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena and the refurbished Margaret Court Arena equipped...

more profitable pro circuits. In one case, Australian players including Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Roy Emerson who had contracts with George MacCall's...

allowing professional players to compete alongside amateurs. Since 1988, Rod Laver Arena features a retractable roof and lights, allowing indoor and night-time...

Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford...

January 2012). "Rod Laver's priceless Grand Slam". Herald Sun. Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2018. Bercow, John (2014). "Chapter 9: Rod Laver". Tennis Maestros:...

Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the final, 7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1969 US Open. It was his second US Open singles...