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- Only two male players
- have ever won the Grand
- Slam in tennis. But only
- one player, Rod Laver,
- has won the Grand Slam
- twice!
-
- In 1962, Rod won the Grand Slam as an
- amateur. The next year, he turned pro-
- fessional. At that time, pros were not allowed
- to play in Grand Slam tournaments. In 1968,
- that rule was changed, and a year later, Rod
- won the Grand Slam again!
-
- Rod grew up in Australia. He was small, but
- he became very strong by working on his
- fatherΓÇÖs cattle ranch. As a tennis player,
- he was known as "The Rocket." He
- was given the nickname as a joke: