Cliff Drysdale vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Drysdale and Rod Laver have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 18 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 13–5.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Cliff Drysdale has compiled an overall career record of 406–249 across 655 matches, translating to a win rate of 61.98%. On hard courts his record stands at 101–68 (59.76%), while on clay he holds a 103–45 (69.59%) mark. On grass the numbers read 63–31 (67.02%) , and on carpet 139–105 (56.97%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (1 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 4 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 6–30 (16.67%).

Rod 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 3 times, with Rod Laver leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Rod Laver) across 1 matches. On grass, their 4 encounters have yielded a record of 2–2 (50.00% each).