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    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...
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    Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian...
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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...
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  • 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...
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  • "Win–loss Björn Borg". atptour.com. ATP. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "1969: Rod Laver wins his second Grand Slam". Tennis.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Douglas...
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    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...
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  • the Laver Cup became an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event, and the Laver Cup and the ATP renewed their agreement in 2024. Matches during the Laver Cup...
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  • Rod Laver (stylized .rod laver) was a Christian rap rock group that originated from Los Angeles. As the personnel lineup changed, the group wavered from...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal's victory also clinched him the year-end No. 1 ranking...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • at Pechanga Arena in San Diego and concluded on August 3, 2022, at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. The tour was supported by Kali Uchis, Vince Staples...
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    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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    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...
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    "Kyrgios adds firepower to Team World | News". Laver Cup. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2022. "Laver Cup 2017: Europe v The World". BBC Sport. Retrieved...
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  • champion George Kambosos Jr. The bout took place on 15 October 2022, at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. On 27 March, Kambosos and Haney struck...
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  • allowing professional players to compete alongside amateurs. Since 1988, Rod Laver Arena features a retractable roof and lights, allowing indoor and night-time...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Australia. Devin Haney and George Kambosos Jr. met in their rematch at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on October 16, 2022. Haney defeated Kambosos...
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    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....
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  • Melbourne 22/06/1996 Round 11 @ Rod Laver Arena 15,129 Melbourne vs South East Melbourne 11/07/1994 Round 14 @ Rod Laver Arena 15,122 Melbourne vs North...
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  • more profitable pro circuits. In one case, Australian players including Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Roy Emerson who had contracts with George MacCall's...
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  • 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...
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