Rodney George Laver (Noun)
Meaning
Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Rodney George Laver is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time due to his consecutive Grand Slam wins in 1962 and 1969.
- The tennis world came to know Rodney George Laver as a true legend when he won all four singles titles in the Grand Slam twice during his career.
- Born in Australia in 1938, Rodney George Laver went on to have an illustrious tennis career winning multiple Grand Slam titles.
- Rodney George Laver is the only player in the Open era to achieve a Grand Slam in both the pre-Open and Open eras of the sport.
- Rodney George Laver achieved great success in his career, earning nineteen Grand Slam singles titles in total and the name of the main stadium at Melbourne Park was changed to the Rod Laver Arena in his honor.