Rod Laver Signed 5x7 1969 US Open Magazine Clipping!

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A 5x7 inch magazine clipping of Rod Laver holding The US Open Tennis Trophy after defeating Tony Roche in 1969 mens singles finals, signed by Rod Laver in blue marker pen.

Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970 (from 1964 to 1967 in the professional circuit) . He is the only tennis player to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year)  first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is the only male player and was the first player, male or female, to have won the Grand Slam during the open era. In 1988 Steffi Graf also achieved this feat. He won eleven Majors and eight Pro Slams.