Manuel Santana vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Manuel Santana and Rod Laver have met 1 time. Manuel Santana currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 1–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Manuel Santana has compiled an overall career record of 116–45 across 161 matches, translating to a win rate of 72.05%. On hard courts his record stands at 11–9 (55.00%), while on clay he holds a 81–22 (78.64%) mark. On grass the numbers read 9–6 (60.00%) , and on carpet 15–8 (65.22%). Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (5 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 0–1 (0.00%).

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. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Manuel Santana) across 1 matches.