Spiked tennis shoes worn by Rod Laver

Pair of white tennis shoes with kangaroo leather uppers and off-white laces. The shoes have rubber soles with metal spikes, with grass and earth still present. The shoes have cushioned insoles.

Laver wore these shoes in his final match (the US Open at Forest Hills) for his 1969 Grand Slam. He defeated Tony Roche to become the only person in history to win two Grand Slams (first one was in 1962). He was the second man to win a Grand Slam in 1962, after Don Budge in 1938.