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Rod Laver

Australia · 1956–1979

The only player to win the calendar Grand Slam twice.

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Calendar Grand Slams: 11
Major titles: 5
Years banned from majors: 200
Titles (all events)

Career

Laver swept all four majors in 1962 as an amateur, turned professional and was barred from them for five years, then returned in the Open Era and swept all four again in 1969. Nobody else has done it twice, and the intervening ban means his major total badly understates him.

Honours

Calendar-year Grand Slam in 1962 and again in 1969
Only player to complete the Grand Slam as amateur and professional
World number one for seven years
The Australian Open's main stadium carries his name

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