1969 Event 89th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62) 1969 Event Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 Event 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64) 1968 Event 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62) 1968 Event 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) 1962 Event 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 Event 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 Event 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) 1962 Event 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) 1962 Event 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 1961 Event 81st U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62) 1961 Event 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64) 1961 Birthday Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch 1960 Event 80th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97) 1960 Event 48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86) 1959 Event 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64) 1938 Birthday Roger Laver, Jackson, rock keyboardist, Tornados 1938 Birthday Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam