Archive for category: Rod Laver

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  Australian Tennis Championships – 50 years ago

  Latest Tennis News, Margaret Court, Rod Laver, Tennis Articles January 17, 2013 10:57 am no comments

  Given the tennis world’s current focus on the Australian Open as the  tours cranks itself into a new year, let’s remind ourselves of what was going on at the Australian Championships 50 years ago (the term ‘Open’ was first used with the arrival of ‘open’ tennis in 1968, i.e. open [...]
   
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  Rod Laver’s first Grand Slam in 1962

  Latest Tennis News, Rod Laver, Tennis Articles November 23, 2012 12:27 pm no comments

  2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Rod Laver’s first Grand Slam.  For the mammoth achievement it was, it is worth commemorating. It was the year of the Cuban missile crisis, of the death of Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles were starting their musical ascent and the Swinging Sixties were just taking [...]
   
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  Can Djokovic win all four Grand Slams this year?

  Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Tennis Articles, Wimbledon January 31, 2012 7:52 pm 3 comments

  It has only been done once in Open Era – in 1969, Rod Laver won all four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) in one year. No one managed to achieve it since then. Novak Djokovic, the world no.1 started this season with a big win [...]
   
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  TOP 10 Greatest Tennis Players Of All Time

  Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg, Interesting Facts, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Tennis Articles, Tennis General Topics, TOP 10 Greatest Tennis Players January 31, 2012 5:31 pm 4 comments

  Please click here for: Top 5 Greatest Female Tennis Players Of All Time Greatest Male Tennis Players Without a Grand Slam Title Many would argue that it is almost impossible to pick one tennis player, may it be from the past or the present, who is undoubtedly the greatest ever [...]