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Rodney George Laver is an Australian male tennis player born in Rockhampton in 1938. He is a left-handed athlete who has competed for the Australia Davis Cup team and represented Australia in international competition. His professional career began in 1963 and concluded in 1979.
Laver’s singles record stands at 576–146, while his doubles record is 238–77. He won the 1969 Wimbledon Championships men's singles title and earned prize money of 1565413. He has resided in San Diego, Carlsbad, and Rockhampton.
He speaks English and has received several awards, including the Member of the Order of the British Empire, the Australian Sports Medal, the BBC World Sport Star of the Year, and induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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- Lifespan
- b. 1938
- Nationality
- AU
- Role / Field
- Tennis players, Tenisists, 스포츠sports, Teniss, Sports
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
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- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Australia
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Rockhampton
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Australia Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 68
- Image
- Rodney George Laver.jpg
- Height
- 175
- Residence
- Rockhampton
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- date of birth
- 1938-08-09
- handedness
- left-handedness
- doubles record
- 238–77
- Commons category
- Rod Laver
- playing hand
- left-handedness
- singles record
- 576–146
- competition won
- 1969 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles
- prize money
- 1565413
- end of work period
- 1979-00-00
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- birth name
- Rodney George Laver
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as 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 200 singles titles across his amateur and professional careers, the most won by any tennis player.
Laver won 11 Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 8 Pro major titles. He completed the Grand Slam (winning all four majors 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 a time when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the four majors. The Rod Laver Arena (the main show court of the Australian Open) and the Laver Cup tournament are named after him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rod Laver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.