My other hero is Rod Laver. The reason I play ... I can’t remember whether it was Laver or Ken Rosewall, but they were playing against John Newcombe. The 1969 Wimbledon final was Laver versus ...
Narrowly ahead of Rosewall is fellow great Newcombe, who lifted 41 ... a haul of 72 ATP titles makes tennis icon Laver a clear No 1 on this list. ‘Rocket Rod’ returned to Grand Slam action ...