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Nikola Pilic vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Nikola Pilic seasons:19781977197619751974
Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic
🇦🇺 Rod Laver
Age: 86y 260d (1939-08-27)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1938-08-09) Age: 87y 278d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
2 - 7
Wins: 22.2% - 77.8%
Hard 0–2Clay 1–1Grass 1–1
Others 2–7
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🇭🇷Nikola Pilic and 🇦🇺Rod Laver have met 9 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Nikola Pilic has compiled an overall career record of 310–251 across 561 matches, translating to a win rate of 55.26%. On hard courts his record stands at 46–47 (49.46%), while on clay he holds a 107–87 (55.15%) mark. On grass the numbers read 64–39 (62.14%) , and on carpet 85–77 (52.47%). Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (2 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2–17 (10.53%).

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

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-03-26St. Louis WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic (9)6-3 6-33------0/0
1973-01-15Miami WCTHardR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic (9)7-6(4) 6-33------0/0
1972-07-24Louisville WCTClayR16-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic-🇦🇺Rod Laver7-6 6-33------0/0
1972-03-21Hilton Head WCTClayR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-4 7-53------0/0
1972-02-02Richmond WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-1 6-13------0/0
1971-02-26London-1CarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-4 6-0 6-25------0/0
1970-09-21Los Angeles-2HardR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic (15)7-5 6-7 6-43------0/0
1970-06-08BristolGrassF-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic-🇦🇺Rod Laver6-3 1-6 6-33------0/0
1969-06-16Queen's ClubGrassR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-3 4-6 6-23------0/0

Wins

Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver
2–7Overall
2–7Others
0–2Hard
1–1Clay
1–1Grass
0–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

25.0%2
75.0%6
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
20.0%1
80.0%4
2 Sets
25.0%1
75.0%3
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

Sets

27.3%6
72.7%16
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
20.0%1
80.0%4
Hard
50.0%3
50.0%3
Grass
50.0%2
50.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%7
Carpet
Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

Games

40.7%85
59.3%124
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
43.9%25
56.1%32
Hard
46.2%24
53.8%28
Grass
50.0%22
50.0%22
Clay
25.0%14
75.0%42
Carpet
Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

Overview

By Surface

Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

By Tournament Level

Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

By Round

Nikola Pilic
Rod Laver

By Opponent Ranking

Nikola PilicRod Laver
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-3
8.3%1-11
vs Top 5
40%8-12
10.5%2-17
vs Top 10
37.8%17-28
13.8%4-25
vs Top 20
50.7%38-37
39.8%43-65
vs Top 100
67.7%105-50
85.7%42-7
vs +100
96.8%30-1
24.2%16-50
vs Higher
35.6%16-29
75.8%69-22
vs Lower
84.4%119-22

Opponent Breakdown

Nikola PilicRod Laver
52.6%251-226
Vs Younger
79.5%461-119
57.6%34-25
Vs Older
78.4%98-27
56%261-205
Vs Right-Handed
81.2%509-118
46.4%39-45
Vs Left-Handed
68.2%60-28
25%1-3
Vs 2H Backhand
18.2%2-9
39.2%20-31
Vs 1H Backhand
77.8%70-20
—
Vs Shorter
72.7%32-12
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Vs Taller
76.5%362-111

Pressure Situations