Rodney George Laver was born on 9 August 1938. He is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969, and in some sources in 1970. It spanned four years before and three years after the start of the Open era.
Laver has won 198 singles titles.
These titles won by Laver are the most in tennis history. This included his all-time men’s record of 10 or more titles per year for seven consecutive years 1964–70. He was a beast in the sport.
The 11-time Grand Slam champion, Rod Laver, met Mary Shelby Peterson for the first time at the Jack Kramer Tennis Club in 1966. Mary who was born in Illinois was a divorced mother with three kids. She also knew just a little about tennis. Eventually, their romance and dating grew into marriage in a few months’ time.
Standing outside the church, the players raised their tennis rackets to form an archway for the newlyweds to walk under as the couple left the wedding ceremony. A ceremony Laver always recalls.
The couple gave birth to a son, Rick Laver in 1969.
He was born just three weeks after his dad won the Grand Slam in 1969. Suddenly Mary Laver died in November 2012 at their home in Carlsbad.
Not much is known about Rick Laver at the time of this publication
