At the Australian championships, Laver beat Roy Emerson in the final. Among those titles were the Italian Championships and the German Championships, giving Laver the "clay court triple" of Paris, Rome, and Hamburg that had been achieved previously only by Lew Hoad in 1956. He won an additional 18 titles, for a season total of 22. In 1962, Laver became the first male player since Don Budge in 1938 to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year. Rod Laver signing autographs at the Dutch Championships in July 1962
Laver captured his first Wimbledon singles crown in 1961 beating Chuck McKinley in straight sets in the final, which lasted just 53 minutes (one of the shortest men's singles Wimbledon finals on record). His first major singles title was the Australian Championships in 1960, where he defeated fellow Australian Neale Fraser in a five-set final after coming back from two sets down and saving a Fraser championship point in the fourth set. As an unseeded player, he lost the singles final to Peruvian Alex Olmedo after surviving an 87-game semifinal against American Barry MacKay. He had his breakthrough on the world stage in 1959, when he reached all three finals at Wimbledon, winning the mixed doubles title with Darlene Hard. Laver was both Australian and US Junior champion in 1957. He was coached in Queensland by Charlie Hollis and later by the Australian Davis Cup team captain Harry Hopman, who gave Laver the nickname "Rocket". Laver was a teenager when he left school to pursue a tennis career that lasted 24 years. Īmongst his relatives were the cricketers Frank Laver and Jack Laver. He was the third of four children of Roy Laver, a cattleman and butcher, and his wife Melba Roffey. Rodney George Laver was born in Rockhampton, Australia, on 9 August 1938.
The Rod Laver Arena and the Laver Cup tournament are named after him. 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.
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He also completed the Pro Slam (winning all three pro majors in one year) in 1967. He completed the Grand Slam (winning all four slams in a calendar year) in singles twice in 19 the latter remains the only time a man has done so in the Open Era. Laver won 11 Grand Slam singles titles and 8 Pro Majors titles. Laver won 198 singles titles which is the most won by a singles tennis player in history.
He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 19.
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Laver was ranked the world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969 and by some sources also in 19. Rodney George Laver AC MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. 1689–538 (75.8%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era ġ98 (72 open era titles listed by ATP)
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