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Rod Laver vs Tom Gorman Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
Tom Gorman seasons:19801979197819771976
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Rod Laver
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tom Gorman
Age: 87y 223d (1938-08-09)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1946-01-19) Age: 80y 60d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 2
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–2
Others 1–1Slam 0–1Davis Cup 1–0
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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman have met 4 times. The series is tied 2–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver has compiled an overall career record of 576–146 across 722 matches, translating to a win rate of 79.78%. On hard courts his record stands at 152–32 (82.61%), while on clay he holds a 121–39 (75.63%) mark. On grass the numbers read 95–17 (84.82%) , and on carpet 208–58 (78.20%). Throughout his career he has won 72 titles (25 hard, 15 clay, 9 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 17–28 (37.78%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 421–294 from 715 matches (58.88% win rate). His hard-court record is 133–83 (61.57%), on clay he stands at 66–63 (51.16%), and on grass he has gone 99–63 (61.11%) , with a carpet record of 123–85 (59.13%). He has accumulated 9 titles in total (6 hard, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 15–28 (34.88%).

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 Rod Laver) across 1 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Tom Gorman).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-11-30Davis Cup WG F: USA vs AUSCarpetRR4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver23πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman8-10 8-6 6-8 6-3 6-15------0/0
1971-06-21WimbledonGrassQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (1)9-7 8-6 6-35------0/0
1971-06-14Queen's ClubGrassQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver6-4 4-6 6-13------0/0
1971-05-03Rome WCTClayR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (4)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gorman6-1 3-6 6-23------0/0

Wins

Rod Laver
Tom Gorman
2–2Overall
0–1Grand Slam
1–1Others
1–0Davis Cup
1–0Clay
0–2Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

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

Deciding

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

Sets

42.9%6
57.1%8
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
16.7%1
83.3%5
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
60.0%3
40.0%2
Carpet
Rod Laver
Tom Gorman

Games

50.0%76
50.0%76
All
41.0%16
59.0%23
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
40.9%27
59.1%39
Grass
62.5%15
37.5%9
Clay
54.8%34
45.2%28
Carpet
Rod Laver
Tom Gorman

Overview

By Surface

Rod Laver
Tom Gorman

By Tournament Level

Rod Laver
Tom Gorman

By Round

Rod Laver
Tom Gorman

By Opponent Ranking

Rod LaverTom Gorman
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-2
40%8-12
vs Top 5
16.7%3-15
37.8%17-28
vs Top 10
34.9%15-28
50.7%38-37
vs Top 20
38.3%31-50
67.7%105-50
vs Top 100
48.4%118-126
96.8%30-1
vs +100
73.7%84-30
35.6%16-29
vs Higher
35%48-89
84.4%119-22
vs Lower
69.7%154-67

Opponent Breakdown

Rod LaverTom Gorman
79.5%461-119
Vs Younger
55.6%255-204
78.4%98-27
Vs Older
60.8%132-85
81.2%509-118
Vs Right-Handed
57.2%343-257
68.2%60-28
Vs Left-Handed
59.8%55-37
18.2%2-9
Vs 2H Backhand
50%4-4
77.8%70-20
Vs 1H Backhand
40%18-27
72.7%32-12
Vs Shorter
58.1%68-49
76.5%362-111
Vs Taller
47.7%134-147

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