Rod Laver: An Autobiography - Hardcover

Laver, Rod; Writer, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1629372013 ISBN 13: 9781629372013

Publisher: Triumph Books (IL), 2016

Synopsis

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, insightful and fascinating account of one of tennis's all-time greats.

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Review:

The greatest champion our sport has ever known. -- Roger Federer An excellent autobiography * Sunday Times *

Book Description:

The autobiography of one of the greatest, and most loved, tennis players of all time

About this edition

• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1629372013
• ISBN 13: 9781629372013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416