#2 Rod Laver (1969)
There are certain feats in sport that aren’t meant to be emulated. Rod Laver’s calendar ‘Grand Slam’ is one such. Laver remains the only male tennis player, to have won all the four Majors in a calendar year, a feat that he accomplished twice, the first time in 1962 and the second in ’69.
After having won the Australian Open in ’69, where he beat Andres Gimeno for the title, Laver arrived at Roland Garros in rampaging form. All who stood in Laver’s way were quite literally blown away as he blasted his way to a second French Open title.
Tony Roche and Gimeno were ousted en route to the final and in a rematch of last year’s French Open final, against Ken Rosewall, Laver exacted revenge, beating his compatriot in straight sets. Laver subsequently went on to win the Wimbledon and US Open that year.
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