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Bjorn Borg vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Bjorn Borg seasons:19931992199119841983
Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Bjorn Borg
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Rod Laver
Age: 69y 286d (1956-06-06)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1938-08-09) Age: 87y 222d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
6 - 2
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 2–1Grass 0–0
Others 5–2Slam 1–0
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πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver have met 8 times. Bjorn Borg currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg has compiled an overall career record of 654–140 across 794 matches, translating to a win rate of 82.37%. On hard courts his record stands at 116–36 (76.32%), while on clay he holds a 285–46 (86.10%) mark. On grass the numbers read 72–16 (81.82%) , and on carpet 181–42 (81.17%). Throughout his career he has won 66 titles (5 hard, 32 clay, 7 grass, 22 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 119–46 (72.12%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 576–146 from 722 matches (79.78% win rate). His hard-court record is 152–32 (82.61%), on clay he stands at 121–39 (75.63%), and on grass he has gone 95–17 (84.82%) , with a carpet record of 208–58 (78.20%). He has accumulated 72 titles in total (25 hard, 15 clay, 9 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 17–28 (37.78%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Bjorn Borg) across 3 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-03-20Las Vegas WCTCarpetR163πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (2)111πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver6-4 6-23------0/0
1976-10-12World Invitational Tennis ClassicClaySF2πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg65πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver6-3 7-53------0/0
1976-03-22Palm SpringsHardQF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (3)15πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver6-2 6-7 7-63------0/0
1975-08-27US OpenClayR165πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (5)11πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (9)6-1 6-4 2-6 6-25------0/0
1975-05-07WCT FinalsCarpetSF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg6πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver7-6(2) 3-6 5-7 7-6(2) 6-25------0/0
1974-04-15Houston WCTClayF7πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (3)12πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (2)7-6(5) 6-23------0/0
1974-04-08Tokyo WCTHardSF8πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver12πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (2)6-3 7-53------0/0
1974-02-25Barcelona WCTCarpetR1616πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg9πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (2)6-1 6-13------0/0

Wins

Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver
6–2Overall
1–0Grand Slam
5–2Others
1–1Hard
2–1Clay
3–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%4
33.3%2
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
60.0%3
40.0%2
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

Deciding

100.0%2
0.0%0
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

Sets

63.6%14
36.4%8
All
75.0%3
25.0%1
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.0%2
60.0%3
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
62.5%5
37.5%3
Clay
77.8%7
22.2%2
Carpet
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

Games

55.3%120
44.7%97
All
60.6%20
39.4%13
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
49.1%27
50.9%28
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
54.7%41
45.3%34
Clay
59.8%52
40.2%35
Carpet
Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

Overview

By Surface

Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

By Tournament Level

Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

By Round

Bjorn Borg
Rod Laver

By Opponent Ranking

Bjorn BorgRod Laver
50%9-9
vs Top 1
0%0-3
72.1%62-24
vs Top 5
40%8-12
72.1%119-46
vs Top 10
37.8%17-28
78.2%190-53
vs Top 20
50.7%38-37
82.4%459-98
vs Top 100
67.7%105-50
90.6%144-15
vs +100
96.8%30-1
45.3%24-29
vs Higher
35.6%16-29
87.5%579-83
vs Lower
84.4%119-22

Opponent Breakdown

Bjorn BorgRod Laver
74.5%76-26
Vs Younger
79.5%461-119
83.1%552-112
Vs Older
78.4%98-27
84.7%539-97
Vs Right-Handed
81.2%509-118
72.1%111-43
Vs Left-Handed
68.2%60-28
62.5%15-9
Vs 2H Backhand
18.2%2-9
73.7%70-25
Vs 1H Backhand
77.8%70-20
85.1%165-29
Vs Shorter
72.7%32-12
78.2%276-77
Vs Taller
76.5%362-111

Pressure Situations