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By admin, October 15, 2009 9:28 pm

Rodney George “Rod” Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is the only male player during the open era to have won a calendar year Grand Slam. Laver is rated, along with Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Björn Borg as one of the greatest male tennis players of all time by many experts and polls.

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Nickname(s) Rocket
Country Australia
Residence Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Date of birth August 9, 1938 (1938-08-09) (age 71)
Place of birth Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight N/A
Turned pro 1962
Retired 1979
Plays Left-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money US$1,564,213
Singles
Career record 392–99 (79.8%) in the Open era as recorded by the ATP
Career titles at least 198 including 40 listed by the ATP
Highest ranking No. 1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open W (1960, 1962, 1969)
French Open W (1962, 1969)
Wimbledon W (1961, 1962, 1968, 1969)
US Open W (1962, 1969)
Doubles
Career record 230–77 (74.9%) in the ATP statistics
Career titles 27 in the ATP statistics
Highest ranking 11 in the ATP statistics