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Paul Gerken vs Rod Laver Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Paul Gerken seasons:19771975197419731972
Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Paul Gerken
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Rod Laver
Age: 76y 5d (1950-03-15)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1938-08-09) Age: 87y 223d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
0 - 2
Wins: 0.0% - 100.0%
Hard 0–2Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 0–2
LL
WW

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver have met 2 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken has compiled an overall career record of 120–126 across 246 matches, translating to a win rate of 48.78%. On hard courts his record stands at 32–28 (53.33%), while on clay he holds a 35–45 (43.75%) mark. On grass the numbers read 26–26 (50.00%) , and on carpet 27–27 (50.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1–12 (7.69%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod 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%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-11-04Sydney-2HardR164πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver75πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-2 7-53------0/0
1973-10-29Hong KongHardQF4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver75πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken7-6 6-23------0/0

Wins

Paul Gerken
Rod Laver
0–2Overall
0–2Others
0–2Hard

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

Sets

0.0%0
100.0%4
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

Games

36.6%15
63.4%26
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
36.6%15
63.4%26
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

Overview

By Surface

Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

By Tournament Level

Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

By Round

Paul Gerken
Rod Laver

By Opponent Ranking

Paul GerkenRod Laver
0%0-1
vs Top 1
0%0-3
14.3%1-6
vs Top 5
40%8-12
7.7%1-12
vs Top 10
37.8%17-28
10%2-18
vs Top 20
50.7%38-37
32.1%26-55
vs Top 100
67.7%105-50
65.6%21-11
vs +100
96.8%30-1
28.6%18-45
vs Higher
35.6%16-29
59.2%29-20
vs Lower
84.4%119-22

Opponent Breakdown

Paul GerkenRod Laver
41.2%28-40
Vs Younger
79.5%461-119
49.1%82-85
Vs Older
78.4%98-27
51%107-103
Vs Right-Handed
81.2%509-118
26.7%8-22
Vs Left-Handed
68.2%60-28
25%2-6
Vs 2H Backhand
18.2%2-9
42.9%9-12
Vs 1H Backhand
77.8%70-20
42.2%43-59
Vs Shorter
72.7%32-12
40.5%17-25
Vs Taller
76.5%362-111

Pressure Situations