Popular Tennis Player Rod Laver

History of the world is full of sports and entertainment. People play games not only to keep them physically fit but to reduce their tensions. Tennis is one of the most popular sports of all times. People play, watch and admire this game. The history of tennis is saturated with big names. There are some tennis players who played better than other and Rod laver is one of those big names. He played and played very well. 

Best player of his time, Rod Laver was born in Australia. He remained number one rank for seven consecutive years, which is still a record that has broken by no one. As an amateur player he won all the four Grand Slam titles and when he played as a professional player he won all the titles again. He is the only title in the whole history of tennis who has done this.

Power game was not Rod Laver’s thing as he was not a huge player. However Laver developed a perfect serve and an amazing volley to cover for that. The topspin of Laver was considered deadliest. His lobs and wrist work with topspins was among his most dangerous weapons. Technically, he was perfect as he had developed a great variety of serve and attaching topspin lobs. Laver was astonishing at controlling the slice.

When the Open Era started, he was the first one to win Wimbledon by beating Tony Roche. Out of 32 he won 18 singles tournaments that he participated in year 1969. Laver win loss record at that time was 106-6, which is wonderful no matter how people see it. When he became 30 years old, he continued winning at an impressive eight percent win record. He has a career win percentage of 80 which is simply wonderful considering ATP only list twenty titles. Laver won another 180 before the Open Era.