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Ken Rosewall
Ken Rosewall (Tennis. Born, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Nov. 2, 1934.) One of the most popular men’s singles triumphs in the long history of national championship tennis on the lawns of the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills came in 1970. That was the year when Kenneth R. Rosewall won his second title. […]
Rod Laver
Rod Laver (Tennis. Born, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 9, 1938.) Rodney George Laver, ironically, was born in the year that America’s Don Budge became the first player ever to win the tennis “Grand Slam.” The irony, of course, is that years later, Laver became the second man to win the Grand Slam and, subsequently, the […]