Who are the greatest Australian male and female tennis players of all time?
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Male: Rod Laver. "He is the only tennis player to have twice won all four of tennis' Grand Slam 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 during the open era to have won a calendar year Grand Slam. Laver has been rated as the greatest male player of all time by several experts and polls." Female: Margaret Smith Court. "...she became the first woman during the open era to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same calendar year. Court won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other player. She won 62 Grand Slam titles overall (24 singles, 19 women's doubles, and 19 mixed doubles), again, more than any other player. Many consider her the greatest female tennis player. The International Tennis Hall of Fame states, "There has never been a tennis player to match (her)." More on both here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Laver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Smith_Court
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Male: Hewitt Female: Smith court.
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Male: 1-Rocket Rod Laver 2-Lew Hoad 3-Ken Rosewall 4-John Newcombe 5-Lleyton Hewitt Female: 1-Margaret Court Smith 2-Evonne Goolagong
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