Home / Sport / Tennis / _Defunct Tennis Teams / _Retired Tennis / Rod Laver

Name

Rod Laver

(0 users)

Thumb
Player Thumbnail
Image Source Creative Commons logo


Data Complete 70%
15%

Born
1938 (87 years old)
Shiny National flag Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Position
Tennis Player

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

Team Number


Height
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Outfitter

Kit

Side
Left

Wage Year

Player Cutout
No Cutout thumb

Archive


Player Cartoon


Full Body Render
Player render

Sport
Player sport icon Tennis

Team
_Retired Tennis

2nd Team


League
_Defunct Tennis Teams

Creative Commons Artwork
Creative Commons logo Yes


Description English Flag icon

Rodney George Laver AC 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.

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. 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. The Rod Laver Arena and the Laver Cup tournament are named after him.
wiki icon creative commons icon



View: image iconIcons /table iconTable


Trophies search icon

Trophy icon ATP Italian OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1971
Trophy icon ATP Canadian OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1970
Trophy icon US OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1969
Trophy icon WimbledonTeam badge ATP Mens1969
Trophy icon French OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1969
Trophy icon Australian OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1969
Trophy icon WimbledonTeam badge ATP Mens1968
Trophy icon US OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1962
Trophy icon WimbledonTeam badge ATP Mens1962
Trophy icon French OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1962
Trophy icon Australian OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1962
Trophy icon WimbledonTeam badge ATP Mens1961
Trophy icon Australian OpenTeam badge ATP Mens1960


Milestones

No records found


Former Youth Teams search icon

No records found


Former Senior Teams search icon

No records found


Former Club Staff search icon

No records found


Contracts search icon

No records found



Fanart search icon
no fanartno fanartno fanartno fanart

Player Poster
No Poster thumb

Banner



News Reports
None found...

Collections
None found...


Statistics search icon
None Found...


Other Links
Wikidata Icon
WikiData