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Ken Rosewall vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ken Rosewall seasons:19801979197819771976
Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall
🇦🇺 Rod Laver
Age: 91y 182d (1934-11-02)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1938-08-09) Age: 87y 267d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
8 - 24
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 1–10Clay 4–4Grass 0–1
Others 7–22Slam 1–1Finals 0–1
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🇦🇺Ken Rosewall and 🇦🇺Rod Laver have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 32 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 24–8.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Ken Rosewall has compiled an overall career record of 546–192 across 738 matches, translating to a win rate of 73.98%. On hard courts his record stands at 136–51 (72.73%), while on clay he holds a 134–36 (78.82%) mark. On grass the numbers read 145–39 (78.80%) , and on carpet 131–66 (66.50%). Throughout his career he has won 40 titles (10 hard, 14 clay, 8 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–27 (32.50%).

🇦🇺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 11 times, with Rod Laver leading 10–1 (90.91%). The clay record between them sits at 4–4 (50.00% each) across 8 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Rod Laver).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-05-23WCT Challenge CupHardRR10🇦🇺Ken Rosewall28🇦🇺Rod Laver6-4 6-1 6-35------0/0
1976-04-05Houston WCTClayR167🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (3)18🇦🇺Rod Laver3-6 6-4 6-33------0/0
1973-11-04Sydney-2HardSF4🇦🇺Rod Laver8🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-4 3-6 8-63------0/0
1973-05-07WCT FinalsCarpet3rd/4th-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Rod Laver6-3 6-23------0/0
1972-05-08WCT FinalsCarpetF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)4-6 6-0 6-3 6-7 7-6(5)5------0/0
1972-04-03Houston WCTClayF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-2 6-43------0/0
1972-02-13Toronto WCTCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-1 6-43------0/0
1972-02-08Philadelphia WCTCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)4-6 6-2 6-2 6-25------0/0
1971-11-19WCT FinalsCarpetF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Rod Laver6-4 1-6 7-6 7-65------0/0
1971-09-27Berkeley WCTHardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)6-4 6-4 7-65------0/0
1971-08-16Fort Worth WCTHardQF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall7-5 5-7 6-23------0/0
1971-07-12Washington WCTClayR16-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺Rod Laver5-7 6-3 6-13------0/0
1971-03-19Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetRR-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 6-2 6-55------0/0
1970-12-07MastersCarpetRR-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall5-6 6-3 6-53------0/0
1970-07-28LouisvilleClaySF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-4 1-6 6-13------0/0
1970-07-16Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-4 6-3 6-35------0/0
1970-05-27St. LouisHardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)6-1 6-43------0/0
1970-03-16SydneyGrassF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (3)3-6 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-35------0/0
1969-08-13Fort WorthHardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 6-23------0/0
1969-07-09Boston-1HardSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 5-7 6-2 6-35------0/0
1969-05-26Roland GarrosClayF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (3)6-4 6-3 6-45------0/0
1969-05-22AmsterdamClayRR-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-2 1-6 6-33------0/0
1969-05-21London-2HardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall8-6 6-03------0/0
1969-02-23OaklandCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 6-33------0/0
1969-02-03PhiladelphiaCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)6-4 6-23------0/0
1968-12-07NashvilleCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-2 6-33------0/0
1968-09-14Los Angeles-2HardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)4-6 6-0 6-03------0/0
1968-05-27Roland GarrosClayF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)6-3 6-1 2-6 6-25------0/0
1968-05-15New York NTLCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall4-6 6-3 9-7 6-45------0/0
1968-05-02Wembley NTL-2HardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-0 6-1 6-05------0/0
1968-04-22BournemouthClayF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)3-6 6-2 6-0 6-35------0/0
1968-04-17Wembley NTL-1HardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall6-3 10-83------0/0

Wins

Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
8–24Overall
1–1Grand Slam
7–22Others
0–1Tour Finals
1–10Hard
4–4Clay
0–1Grass
3–9Indoor Hard

Sets Format

16.7%3
83.3%15
Bo3
35.7%5
64.3%9
Bo5
10.0%1
90.0%9
2 Sets
21.4%3
78.6%11
3 Sets
50.0%3
50.0%3
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

Deciding

30.0%3
70.0%7
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

Sets

33.3%32
66.7%64
All
42.9%3
57.1%4
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
23.3%7
76.7%23
Hard
40.0%2
60.0%3
Grass
48.0%12
52.0%13
Clay
30.6%11
69.4%25
Carpet
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

Games

44.1%392
55.9%497
All
50.8%31
49.2%30
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
39.1%111
60.9%173
Hard
44.2%19
55.8%24
Grass
52.1%112
47.9%103
Clay
43.2%150
56.8%197
Carpet
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

By Tournament Level

Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

By Round

Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver

By Opponent Ranking

Ken RosewallRod Laver
14.3%1-6
vs Top 1
0%0-3
30%6-14
vs Top 5
40%8-12
32.5%13-27
vs Top 10
37.8%17-28
39.7%29-44
vs Top 20
50.7%38-37
60.5%124-81
vs Top 100
67.7%105-50
90%63-7
vs +100
96.8%30-1
33.3%17-34
vs Higher
35.6%16-29
75.9%170-54
vs Lower
84.4%119-22

Opponent Breakdown

Ken RosewallRod Laver
72.9%502-187
Vs Younger
79.5%461-119
82.1%23-5
Vs Older
78.4%98-27
76.3%453-141
Vs Right-Handed
81.2%509-118
61.4%81-51
Vs Left-Handed
68.2%60-28
11.1%1-8
Vs 2H Backhand
18.2%2-9
65.3%47-25
Vs 1H Backhand
77.8%70-20
50%2-2
Vs Shorter
72.7%32-12
67.1%340-167
Vs Taller
76.5%362-111

Pressure Situations