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Rod Laver

Australian tennis player
Person human Q105550
Rod Laver
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Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
August 9, 1938
Place of birth
Rockhampton
Country of citizenship
Australia[4]
Occupation
tennis player
Award received
Member of the Order of the British Empire, Australian Sports Medal, BBC World Sport Star of the Year, Australian National Living Treasure, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Companion of the Order of Australia, Philippe Chatrier Award, Australian Tennis Hall of Fame[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Birth name
Rodney George Laver[25]
Competition won
1969 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles[32]
Country for sport
Australia[26]
Doubles record
238–77[18]
End of work period
1979[28]
Family name
Laver[21]
Given name
Rod[22]
Handedness
left-handedness[17]
Height
+175[29]
Mass
+68[30]
Member of sports team
Australia Davis Cup team
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Playing hand
left-handedness[23]
Prize money
+1565413[31]
Residence
San Diego, Carlsbad, Rockhampton[14][15][16]
Singles record
576–146[19]
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Sport
tennis[20]
Start of work period
1963[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rodney George Laver en Rod Laver ar رود ليفر ar رود لافر da Rodney Laver de Rodney George Laver de Laver el Ροντ Λέιβερ es Rodney George Laver fa راد لیور fr Rodney George Laver he רוד לייבר hi रोड लेवर id Rodney George Laver it Rodney George Laver ja ロッドレーヴァー ja ロッド・レーヴァー ja ロッド・レーバー ja ロッドレーバー ja ロッド・レイヴァー
🔖 Identifiers · 57
ISNI
0000000082509142
VIAF cluster ID
64527343
Library of Congress authority ID
n50037287
GND ID
107556413
AbART person ID
147012
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
241293
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151060421
Association of Tennis Professionals player ID
L058
Awards & Winners artist ID
01g9_q
BabelNet ID
00050244n
CiNii Research ID
1140282266570632960
Cinenacional.com person ID
rod-laver
Show all 57 identifiers +45
DDB person (GND) ID
107556413
Davis Cup player ID since 2025
fe76f611-3352-4253-b740-dfdef029f016
Davis Cup player ID until 2025 (archived)
800173355
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
107556413
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Rod-Laver
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
rod-laver
FAST ID
12695
Freebase ID
/m/01g9_q
GTAA ID
124535
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m01g9_q
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Rod_Laver
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2137565
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
35652
IMDb ID
nm0491897
Interlingual Index ID
i95905
International Tennis Federation player ID before 2020 (archived)
10002749
International Tennis Federation player ID since 2020
rod-laver/800173355/aus
JRC Names ID
160931
Lex ID
Rod_Laver
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
03762/eu_l_1056/l1056
Munzinger Sport number
01000000965
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03354804
NDL Authority ID
00447003
NE.se ID
rod-laver
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012798357305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018O0137
National Library of Latvia ID
000275718
Notable Names Database ID
378/000087117
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3930928
Open Library ID
OL1915334A
Quora topic ID
Rod-Laver
SNAC ARK ID
w6bq65mk
Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee ID
rod-laver
Tennis Abstract player ID
RodLaver
Tennis Australia player ID
rod-laver
Tennis Hall of Fame player ID
rod-laver
Tennis Temple player ID
4478
Topic's main category
Category:Rod Laver
Trading Card Database name ID
43175
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10580329
WikiTree person ID
Laver-362
Wimbledon player ID
3051382a-d9ac-4db7-a623-ff83fe7ebcdb
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11139624-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtgXPHmcTYvXKGv3vD8YP
ČSFD person ID
147456

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🔗 Connections
← Winner 14
1968 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles, 1969 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles, 1969 Australian Open – men's singles, 1969 French Open – Men's singles, 1969 US Open – men's singles, 1961 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles, 1962 French Championships – men's singles, 1962 U.S. National Championships – men's singles +6 more
Award received 6
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Australian Sports Medal, Member of the Order of the British Empire, BBC World Sport Star of the Year, Australian National Living Treasure, Philippe Chatrier Award
Residence 3
San Diego, Carlsbad, Rockhampton
Named after 2
Laver Cup, Rod Laver Arena
Competition won 1
1969 Wimbledon Championships – men's singles
Country for sport 1
Australia
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Handedness 1
left-handedness
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of sports team 1
Australia Davis Cup team
Occupation 1
tennis player
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Place of birth 1
Rockhampton
Playing hand 1
left-handedness
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
tennis
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bart
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Summary

Rod Laver was born on August 9, 1938[1], in Rockhampton[2]. He has worked as a tennis player[3].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Rod Laver include Laver Cup[34] and Rod Laver Arena[35].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Laver Cup[34] and Rod Laver Arena[35].

FAQs

Where was Rod Laver born?

Rod Laver was born in Rockhampton[2].

What did Rod Laver do for work?

Rod Laver worked as a tennis player[3].

What awards did Rod Laver receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of the British Empire[5], Australian Sports Medal[6], BBC World Sport Star of the Year[7], and Australian National Living Treasure[8].

Related Entities

Australia Philippe Chatrier Award

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . 100 years of Wimbledon. Retrieved . smh.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . espn.go.com. espn.go.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . 100 years of Wimbledon. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Australian Honours Search Facility. honours.pmc.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . itftennis.com. Retrieved . itftennis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . artsandculture.google.com. Retrieved . artsandculture.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 100 years of Wimbledon. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Association of Tennis Professionals website. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Association of Tennis Professionals website. wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . 100 years of Wimbledon. Retrieved . nndb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Association of Tennis Professionals website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . ITF website. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 10d ago · PeterCanthropus · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinenacional.com person ID → rod-laver
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  2. 17d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BabelNet ID → 00050244n
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  3. 16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work period end → —
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    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+175'}
    Award received → Member of the Order of the British Empire, Australian Sports Medal, BBC World Sport Star of the Year +5
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