Editing Rod Laver (section)

== Performance timeline ==
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Laver joined the professional tennis circuit in 1963 and as a consequence was banned from competing in the amateur Grand Slams until the start of the Open Era at the [[1968 French Open]].<ref name=garber>{{cite web |last1=Garber |first1=Greg |title=Laver's season Slam stands test of time |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/usopen09/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=4448251 |publisher=ESPN |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=21 June 2015 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713130834/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen09/columns/story?columnist=garber_greg&id=4448251 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:100%
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! colspan=1 rowspan=2 width=120 | Tournament
! colspan=7 | Amateur career
! colspan=5 | Professional career
! colspan=10|Open career
|-
! '56 !! '57 !! '58 !! '59 !! '60 !! '61 !! '62 !! '63 !! '64 !! '65 !! '66 !! '67 !! '68 !! '69 !! [[1970 Grand Prix (tennis)|'70]] !! [[1971 Grand Prix (tennis)|'71]] !! [[1972 Grand Prix (tennis)|'72]] !! [[1973 Grand Prix (tennis)|'73]] !! [[1974 Grand Prix (tennis)|'74]] !! [[1975 Grand Prix (tennis)|'75]] !! [[1976 Grand Prix (tennis)|'76]] !! [[1977 Grand Prix (tennis)|'77]]
|-
| colspan=23 align=left | [[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam tournaments''']]
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | {{nowrap|[[Australian Open]]}}
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1956 Australian Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1957 Australian Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1958 Australian Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1959 Australian Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1960 Australian Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1961 Australian Championships – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1962 Australian Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1969 Australian Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1971 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[French Open]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1956 French Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1958 French Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1959 French Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1960 French Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=yellow | [[1961 French Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1962 French Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1968 French Open – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1969 French Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1956 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1958 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1960 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1961 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1969 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1970 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
| bgcolor=#ffebcd | [[1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1977 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1956 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1958 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
| bgcolor=#ffebcd | [[1959 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1960 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[1961 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1962 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1968 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[1969 US Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1970 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1972 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1973 US Open – Men's singles|3R]]
| A
| bgcolor=#afeeee | [[1975 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
| A
| A
|-
| colspan=23 align=left | [[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|'''Pro Slam tournaments''']]
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships|U.S. Pro]]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1963|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1964|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1965|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1966|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships draws, 1946–1967#1967|'''W''']]
| colspan=10|not a Major
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[French Pro Championship|French Pro]]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[French Pro Championship Draws#1963|F]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[French Pro Championship Draws#1964|F]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[French Pro Championship Draws#1965|F]]
| bgcolor=#D8BFD8 | [[French Pro Championship Draws#1966|F]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[French Pro Championship Draws#1967|'''W''']]
| colspan=10|not a Major
|-
| bgcolor=#efefef align=left | [[Wembley Championship|Wembley Pro]]
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| bgcolor=#ffebcd | [[Wembley Professional Championships Draws#1963|QF]]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[Wembley Professional Championships Draws#1964|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[Wembley Professional Championships Draws#1965|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[Wembley Professional Championships Draws#1966|'''W''']]
| bgcolor=#00ff00 | [[Wembley Professional Championships Draws#1967|'''W''']]
| colspan=10|not a Major
|}