Rod Laver ( tennis player ) was very good at playing on carpet surfaces .
Because Laver excelled on all of the court surfaces of his time ( grass , clay , hard , carpet , and wood/parquet ) , he won the most singles titles ( 200 ) in tennis history and holds the all-time male singles records of 22 titles in a single season ( 1962 ) and seven consecutive years ( 1964–70 ) winning at least 10 titles per season .
Rod Laver