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Rod Laver vs Vitas Gerulaitis Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
Vitas Gerulaitis seasons:19861985198419831982
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Rod Laver
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Vitas Gerulaitis
Age: 87y 223d (1938-08-09)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1954-07-26) Age: 71y 237d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 3–1
WWLW
LLWL

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis have met 4 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

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‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 534–232 from 766 matches (69.71% win rate). His hard-court record is 154–56 (73.33%), on clay he stands at 127–57 (69.02%), and on grass he has gone 60–29 (67.42%) , with a carpet record of 193–90 (68.20%). He has accumulated 26 titles in total (9 hard, 7 clay, 2 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 48–75 (39.02%).

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 1–0 (100.00%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-11-14WCT Challenge CupCarpetRR119πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver5πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis2-6 6-5 6-53------0/0
1975-04-07St. Louis WCTCarpetSF19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (4)2πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (1)4-6 6-3 6-43------0/0
1975-03-24Orlando WCTHardF3πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (1)19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (6)6-3 6-43------0/0
1975-03-10Sao Paulo WCTCarpetQF4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRod Laver (1)19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈVitas Gerulaitis (7)6-0 6-23------0/0

Wins

Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis
3–1Overall
3–1Others
1–0Hard
2–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

75.0%3
25.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%2
0.0%0
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

Sets

70.0%7
30.0%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
62.5%5
37.5%3
Carpet
Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

Games

55.4%51
44.6%41
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
63.2%12
36.8%7
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
53.4%39
46.6%34
Carpet
Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

Overview

By Surface

Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Tournament Level

Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Round

Rod Laver
Vitas Gerulaitis

By Opponent Ranking

Rod LaverVitas Gerulaitis
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-23
40%8-12
vs Top 5
26.8%22-60
37.8%17-28
vs Top 10
39%48-75
50.7%38-37
vs Top 20
48.4%108-115
67.7%105-50
vs Top 100
65%371-200
96.8%30-1
vs +100
87.9%145-20
35.6%16-29
vs Higher
39.2%62-96
84.4%119-22
vs Lower
78.5%454-124

Opponent Breakdown

Rod LaverVitas Gerulaitis
79.5%461-119
Vs Younger
68.1%237-111
78.4%98-27
Vs Older
70.2%285-121
81.2%509-118
Vs Right-Handed
71.3%448-180
68.2%60-28
Vs Left-Handed
61.2%82-52
18.2%2-9
Vs 2H Backhand
13.3%6-39
77.8%70-20
Vs 1H Backhand
61%36-23
72.7%32-12
Vs Shorter
62.7%183-109
76.5%362-111
Vs Taller
70.3%175-74

Pressure Situations