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Mark Cox vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Mark Cox seasons:19811980197919781977
Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
🇬🇧 Mark Cox
🇦🇺 Rod Laver
Age: 82y 257d (1943-07-05)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1938-08-09) Age: 87y 222d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
2 - 4
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 0–1Clay 1–1Grass 1–1
Others 13Slam 11
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🇬🇧Mark Cox and 🇦🇺Rod Laver have met 6 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 42.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇬🇧Mark Cox has compiled an overall career record of 423277 across 700 matches, translating to a win rate of 60.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 11377 (59.47%), while on clay he holds a 9467 (58.39%) mark. On grass the numbers read 7544 (63.03%) , and on carpet 14189 (61.30%). Throughout his career he has won 14 titles (3 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1228 (30.00%).

🇦🇺Rod Laver, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 576146 from 722 matches (79.78% win rate). His hard-court record is 15232 (82.61%), on clay he stands at 12139 (75.63%), and on grass he has gone 9517 (84.82%) , with a carpet record of 20858 (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 1728 (37.78%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Rod Laver leading 10 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 11 (50.00% each) across 2 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 11 (50.00% each).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-01-30Richmond WCTCarpetR1699🇦🇺Rod Laver26🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 5-7 6-43------0/0
1977-04-25Las VegasHardR32173🇦🇺Rod Laver16🇬🇧Mark Cox6-2 6-33------0/0
1972-04-18Charlotte WCTClayR32-🇬🇧Mark Cox-🇦🇺Rod Laver4-6 6-2 6-33------0/0
1971-03-07Australian OpenGrassR16-🇬🇧Mark Cox (15)-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)6-3 4-6 6-3 7-65------0/0
1968-06-24WimbledonGrassR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇬🇧Mark Cox9-7 5-7 6-2 6-05------0/0
1968-04-22BournemouthClaySF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-1 6-05------0/0

Wins

Mark Cox
Rod Laver
24Overall
11Grand Slam
13Others
01Hard
11Clay
11Grass
01Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Mark Cox
Rod Laver

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Mark Cox
Rod Laver

Sets

36.8%7
63.2%12
All
50.0%4
50.0%4
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%2
Hard
50.0%4
50.0%4
Grass
33.3%2
66.7%4
Clay
33.3%1
66.7%2
Carpet
Mark Cox
Rod Laver

Games

44.0%80
56.0%102
All
47.0%39
53.0%44
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
29.4%5
70.6%12
Hard
47.0%39
53.0%44
Grass
42.0%21
58.0%29
Clay
46.9%15
53.1%17
Carpet
Mark Cox
Rod Laver

Overview

By Surface

Mark Cox
Rod Laver

By Tournament Level

Mark Cox
Rod Laver

By Round

Mark Cox
Rod Laver

By Opponent Ranking

Mark CoxRod Laver
12.5%1-7
vs Top 1
0%0-3
25%5-15
vs Top 5
40%8-12
30%12-28
vs Top 10
37.8%17-28
30%21-49
vs Top 20
50.7%38-37
49.8%102-103
vs Top 100
67.7%105-50
75%69-23
vs +100
96.8%30-1
35.1%39-72
vs Higher
35.6%16-29
71%132-54
vs Lower
84.4%119-22

Opponent Breakdown

Mark CoxRod Laver
59.5%294-200
Vs Younger
79.5%461-119
56.1%97-76
Vs Older
78.4%98-27
59.2%352-243
Vs Right-Handed
81.2%509-118
59.8%49-33
Vs Left-Handed
68.2%60-28
28.6%4-10
Vs 2H Backhand
18.2%2-9
40.8%29-42
Vs 1H Backhand
77.8%70-20
Vs Shorter
72.7%32-12
Vs Taller
76.5%362-111

Pressure Situations