Rod Laver

Rodney George Laver AC MBE (English: Rodney George Laver, August 9, 1938 -), a retired Australian male tennis player, ranked No. 1 in the world in singles, winner of 11 Grand Slams, and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Laver holds the record for winning the most singles titles in tennis history, winning a total of 198 singles titles in his career, and was the world's number one male tennis player for seven consecutive years from 1964 to 1970 (ranked on the professional circuit from 1964 to 1967). He is also the first player in the history of tennis to win the Grand Slam twice, as an amateur in 1962 and as a professional in 1969, and the first player to win a Grand Slam since the beginning of the Open Era (Margaret Court won hers in 1970, followed by Steffi Graf in 1988).Laver is hailed as one of the greatest players in tennis history。 Laver won a total of 11 Grand Slam series championships and 8 Professional Championship Tour championships in his career, including the 1967 Professional Grand Slams. In addition, he also won 9 Tennis Grand Prix (the predecessor of today's ATP World Tour Masters 1000) championships between 1970 and 1975.In addition to the above-mentioned Grand Slam series singles champions，Lavoe also won6Grand Slam doubles champions and3Grand Slam mixed doubles champion。 Laver excelled and won titles on all surfaces during his tennis career (turf, clay and wood/parquet), and was still rated the best professional tennis player in the world during the five years he was excluded from the Grand Slam series. He is also the second male tennis player to win all Grand Slam series titles twice. Before him, only Roy Emerson and Margaret Court in the history of tennis have won four Grand Slam series titles more than twice. Since Laver officially turned professional in 1963, he could not participate in Grand Slam competitions. It was not until 1968, when the Open Era began, that he participated in Grand Slam competitions again. 2000Year，Melbourne City Council renames Center Court where Australian Open tennis tournament will be held at Lord's·Laver Arena，In memory of this legendary star。 The Laver Cup is also