On that Sunday afternoon, Laver took on his greatest rival, Ken Rosewall, in Dallas in the championship match of the WCT Finals, a season-ending, eight-man event that at the time was the ...

And that was the loser talking. Ken Rosewall’s 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6 (5) win over Rod Laver in the WCT Finals in Dallas in May 1972 has been called the “match that made tennis in the ...

Narrowly ahead of Rosewall is fellow great Newcombe ... a haul of 72 ATP titles makes tennis icon Laver a clear No 1 on this list. ‘Rocket Rod’ returned to Grand Slam action following the ...