Red-haired Australian tennis player Rodney Laver, born in Rockhampton, Queensland in 1938, is the the only tennis player in the World to win the Grand Slam for the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon twice.

He does this in 1962 and 1969.

He also wins two doubles for the Grand Slam titles, and is the first tennis player to attain $1,000,000 in prize money.