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The bust commemorates tennis player, Rod Laver, who holds the record for titles won in a career, and who was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970 (from 1964 to 1967 in the professional circuit) .
Rod Laver is the only tennis player to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year) – first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is the only male player and was the first player, male or female, to have won the Grand Slam during the open era.
Rod Laver is the second and last male player to win each major title twice in his career. Only Roy Emerson and Margaret Court had won all four Grand Slam tournaments twice before Laver in the history of tennis.
Location
Address: | Olympic Boulevard & Batman Avenue, Garden Square, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, 3000 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.820301 Long: 144.978865 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Sculpture |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Sport |
Artist: | Barbara McLean |
Dedication
Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1993 |
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Rod Laver
Singles Grand Slam : 1962, 1969
Winner of 20 Grand Slam titles
Singles Champion of :
Australia 1960, 1962, 1969
France 1962, 1969
Wimbledon 1961, 1962, 1968, 1969
USA 1962, 1969
Davis Cup :
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973
Davis Cup victories :
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973