At 84 years old, the man with his name on the stadium sits courtside at the Australian Open. He likes what he sees. By Matthew Futterman MELBOURNE, Australia — In the middle of the 1960s, before ...

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 ...

WIMBLEDON, England, July 5 -- He dominated tennis in the era of small wooden rackets, when it took three days to travel from England to Australia, and players had to scurry around between points ...

Despite a career interrupted by the dislocation between the amateur and professional eras, Laver’s record is unrivalled. He won all four grand slam titles in 1962 as an amateur and when the Open era ...