Rod Laver
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Rodney George "Rod" Laver (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australija, 9. kolovoza 1938.) bivši je australski tenisač koji je bio svjetski broj 1 sedam uzastopnih godina, od 1964. do 1970.
Jedini je tenisač koji je dvaput osvojio sva četiri Grand Slam naslova iste godine, 1962. kao amater i 1969. kao profesionalac. Također, jedini je u muškom tenisu koji je u epohi otvorenih prvenstava (nakon 1968.) osvojio sva četiri Grand Slama iste godine. Laver je bio najbolji svjetski profesionalni igrač tijekom petogodišnjeg perioda kada je bio isključen iz Grand Slam turnira.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Rod Laver je drugi i posljednji muški tenisač koji je sve velike naslove osvojio dvaput u karijeri. Prije njega to su postigli samo Roy Emerson i Margaret Court. Laver se općenito smatra jednim od najvećih tenisača svih vremena.
Izvori
- ↑ „Bud Collins on MSNBC (2006)”. MSNBC. 2006-08-28. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
- ↑ Alistair Campbell and others on Times Online (2004)
- ↑ Bruce Jenkins (2006-09-13). „Bruce Jenkins in San Francisco Chronicle (2006)”. Sfgate.com. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
- ↑ Miller, David (2007-01-15). „David Miller in Daily Telegraph (2007)”. London: Telegraph.co.uk. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06. [mrtav link]
- ↑ IMG Media (2008-01-30). „The Tennis Week Interview: Tony Trabert”. Tennisweek.com. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2021-02-22. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
- ↑ „John Barrett and Peter Burwash (2004)”. Slam.canoe.ca. 2004-08-01. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2011-06-04. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
- ↑ „Ray Bowers on Tennis Server (2000)”. Tennisserver.com. 2000-12-23. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
- ↑ IMG Media. „Raymond Lee: The greatest tennis player of all time. A statistical Analysis, on Tennis week, 14 September 2007”. Tennisweek.com. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2009-06-28. Pristupljeno 2009-07-06.
Vanjske poveznice
- Rod Laver na Association of Tennis Professionals
- Rod Laver Arhivirano 2010-12-06 na Wayback Machine-u na International Tennis Federation
- Rod Laver na Davis Cup
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