Having beaten Tony Roche in the 1968 Wimbledon final, Laver defeated Andres Gimeno in the 1969 Australian Open final before beating Ken Rosewall at Roland Garros – having lost to him in 1968.

A poor start left Carlos Alcaraz a single point from a two-set hole against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. That sort of ... which began in 1968, after Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg.