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Rod Laver : An Autobiography by Rod Laver; Roger Federer; Larry Writer is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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"Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of 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 book is a wonderfully nostalgic journey into 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, Rod's book is a warm, ins

Author

Rod Laver; Roger Federer; Larry Writer

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books LLC

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781633194588

Subjects

Sports, Memoir, Anthropology

Rating

4.5 / 5 (192 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14