Rod Laver
Australian tennis player
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11-time Grand Slam singles winner, two-time Grand Slam winner (in 1962 as an amateur and in 1969 as a professional) and the only male tennis player to win a Grand Slam since the start of the open era.
Winner of the professional Grand Slam in 1969 (victories at the US Open for professionals, the Wembley Championship and the French Open for professionals); a total of 8 professional Grand Slams from 1963-1969.
Nine-time Grand Slam winner in men's and mixed doubles
Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame since 1981
Five-time Davis Cup winner with Australia (1959-1962, 1973)
Australian tennis player
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Rodney George Laver
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August 9, 1938
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OL1915334A
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