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Laver, Rod.
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Laver, Rod.
Tennis players -- Australia -- Biography.
Rockhampton (Qld.) -- Biography.
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Laver, Rod.
Laver, Rod.
Tennis players -- Australia -- Biography.
Rockhampton (Qld.) -- Biography.
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Rod
Laver
: an autobiography /
Rod
Laver
with Larry Writer.
by
Laver
,
Rod
.
Triumph Books LLC, [2016]
Call #:
796.342092 L399r
Subjects
Laver
,
Rod
.
Tennis players -- Australia -- Biography.
Rockhampton (Qld.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781629372013 (hc.)
Description:
xviii, 398 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"How a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton, Australia became one of sports' greatest champions.
Rod
was a dominant force in world tennis for almost two decades, playing and defeating some of the greatest players of the twentieth century. In 1962,
Rod
became the second man to win the Grand Slam - that is, winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and US titles in a single calendar year. In 1969, he won it again, becoming the only player ever to win the Grand Slam twice.
Laver
's path to stardom, from the early days of growing up in a Queensland country town in the 1950s, to breaking into the amateur circuit, to the extraordinary highs of Grand Slam victories. Away from on-court triumphs,
Rod
also movingly writes about the life-changing stroke he suffered in 1998, and of his beloved wife of more than 40 years, Mary, who died in 2012 after a long illness. Filled with anecdotes about the great players and great matches, set against the backdrop of a tennis world changing from rigid amateurism to the professional game we recognize today."--Provided by publisher.
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Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Writer, Larry.
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