Rod Laver is an icon of tennis, a player who revolutionised the game during the 1960s. The Australian, a winner of 11 Grand Slam singles titles, is the only male player in tennis history to win all ...

Laver might have been thankful for a breaker or two in his first serious test of ’69, a 90-game, 7-5, 22-20, 9-11, 1-6, 6-3 death march through 105-degree heat against Tony Roch ...

NEW YORK—Among tennis players, Rod Laver’s trophy collection is second to none. The replicas from the four Grand Slams and the Davis Cup are only the tip of the Australian great’s iceberg of awards.

Every January, Melbourne Park transforms into a pressure cooker of heat, hope, and history. Players arrive fresh, fueled by off-season dreams, yet brutally aware that the Australian Open can crush a ...

The name Laver is synonymous with grand slams, but for one Australian Navy officer, it represents the grit required to master a different arena.