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Rod Laver

AUS Born Aug 9, 1938 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1968–1979

Rod Laver represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 3. TennisDB's records show a 570–145 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1979 and 69 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

3 (Aug 12, 1974)

Elo peak

2302 (100th percentile)

Singles record

570–145 (79.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,565,413

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Rod Laver's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
John Alexander #16	7-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 26, 1979*	R32	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard
Bjorn Borg #3	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1978*	R16	Wct Tournament of Champions	ATP 250	Carpet
Eddie Dibbs #6	1-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 1978*	QF	Richmond Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Pat Dupre #95	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 1978*	QF	Sarasota	ATP 250	Carpet
Mark Cox #28	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 1978*	R16	Richmond Wct	ATP 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Rod Laver's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Roy Emerson	26	6	32	Mar 14, 1975	H2H
Ken Rosewall	24	7	31	Apr 10, 1976	H2H
Tom Okker	22	3	25	May 18, 1974	H2H
Fred Stolle	20	4	24	Apr 12, 1974	H2H
Arthur Ashe	19	2	21	Feb 28, 1976	H2H

Singles Titles (69)

Rod Laver won 11 career Grand Slam singles titles: 5 in the Open Era and 6 before the Open Era. The Open Era began on 22 April 1968. The season table below covers recorded tournament results.

Rod Laver singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	29	10	1	—	—	9	—	Corpus Christi Ntl, La Paz Ntl, Los Angeles Open, Nashville, New York Ntl, Paris 2, Sao Paulo Ntl 2, U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Wembley Ntl 2, Wimbledon
1969	30	16	4	—	—	12	—	Anaheim, Baltimore, Binghamton, Fort Worth, London 2, Los Angeles 1, New York 2, Philadelphia Wct, South African Open, St. Louis, U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Wembley, Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open, Wimbledon
1970	31	13	—	—	—	13	—	Champions Classic, Fort Worth, Queen's Club Championships, Los Angeles Open, Louisville, Canadian Open, Philadelphia Wct, South African Open, South Orange, St. Louis Wct, Sydney International, Vancouver, Wembley
1971	32	7	—	—	—	7	—	Berkeley, Bologna Wct, Champions Classic, Fort Worth Wct, Hilton Head, London, Italian Open
1972	33	5	—	—	—	5	—	Denver Wct, Houston Wct, Philadelphia Wct, Richmond Wct, Toronto Wct
1973	34	7	—	—	—	7	—	Hilton Head, Hong Kong Open, Miami Open, Richmond Wct, Sydney Indoor, Toronto Wct, World Invitational Classic
1974	35	6	—	—	—	6	—	Bretton Woods, Houston, Las Vegas, Palm Desert Wct, Philadelphia Wct, Japan Open
1975	36	5	—	—	—	5	—	Caracas Wct, La Costa Wct, Orlando Wct, San Juan, Sao Paulo Wct
Total		69	5 (+6)	—	—	64	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Rod Laver career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	29	73	19	92	79.4%	—	—
1969	30	97	14	111	87.4%	—	—
1970	31	89	15	104	85.6%	—	—
1971	32	85	20	105	81.0%	—	—
1972	33	50	16	66	75.8%	—	—
1973	34	67	16	83	80.7%	5	8
1974	35	42	9	51	82.4%	9	4
1975	36	49	12	61	80.3%	4	10
1976	37	9	11	20	45.0%	27	73
1977	38	5	9	14	35.7%	72	106
1978	39	4	3	7	57.1%	124	216
1979	40	0	1	1	0.0%	662	662
Career		570	145	715	79.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Rod Laver career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	29	16	6	22	72.7%	31	9	40	77.5%	17	2	19	89.5%	9	2	11	81.8%	73	19	92	79.3%
1969	30	21	4	25	84.0%	12	4	16	75.0%	34	3	37	91.9%	30	3	33	90.9%	97	14	111	87.4%
1970	31	33	3	36	91.7%	8	2	10	80.0%	21	4	25	84.0%	27	6	33	81.8%	89	15	104	85.6%
1971	32	27	4	31	87.1%	14	6	20	70.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	34	7	41	82.9%	85	20	105	81.0%
1972	33	8	6	14	57.1%	9	4	13	69.2%	3	1	4	75.0%	30	5	35	85.7%	50	16	66	75.8%
1973	34	18	3	21	85.7%	19	6	25	76.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	28	6	34	82.4%	67	16	83	80.7%
1974	35	12	2	14	85.7%	15	0	15	100.0%	—	—	—	—	15	7	22	68.2%	42	9	51	82.4%
1975	36	19	2	21	90.5%	21	7	28	75.0%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%	49	12	61	80.3%
1976	37	4	3	7	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%	9	11	20	45.0%
1977	38	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	9	14	35.7%
1978	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	4	3	7	57.1%
1979	40	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	160	36	196	81.6%	129	41	170	75.9%	88	16	104	84.6%	193	52	245	78.8%	570	145	715	79.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Rod Laver career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	34	2	0	2	100.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	2	13	84.6%
1974	35	1	2	3	33.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	9	3	12	75.0%
1975	36	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	1	10	90.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	13	4	17	76.5%
1977	38	1	5	6	16.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1978	39	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1979	40	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		4	10	14	28.6%	12	6	18	66.7%	18	4	22	81.8%	5	1	6	83.3%	39	21	60	65.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 60/715 (8.4%) of Rod Laver's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Rod Laver advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	29	1880	130.3	—	—	—	—	+5	-6	+3	74.4%	+1.65	15–6 (71%)	—	—	-0.22
1969	30	2162	149.8	—	—	—	—	+113	-174	+143	76.7%	+1.93	22–7 (76%)	—	—	-1.40
1970	31	2214	155.8	—	—	—	—	+204	-197	+12	76.8%	+1.87	21–6 (78%)	6–2 (75%)	105.7	-1.24
1971	32	2157	162.6	—	—	—	—	+161	-163	0	71.8%	+1.59	26–7 (79%)	11–14 (44%)	99.7	-5.73
1972	33	2018	162.7	—	—	—	—	+114	-23	+111	69.6%	+1.41	13–11 (54%)	7–10 (41%)	89.2	-3.84
1973	34	2103	156.6	—	—	—	—	+130	-105	-10	73.5%	+1.55	18–7 (72%)	17–10 (63%)	102.6	-2.10
1974	35	2124	154.5	—	—	—	—	+39	+3	—	73.2%	+1.66	12–3 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	105.2	-0.95
1975	36	2100	163.1	—	—	—	—	+101	-5	—	71.6%	+1.53	16–7 (70%)	14–11 (56%)	100.3	-2.95
1976	37	2006	156.1	—	—	—	—	+89	+18	—	46.0%	-0.38	2–3 (40%)	6–2 (75%)	102.1	-2.11
1977	38	1937	147.8	—	—	—	—	+75	—	+86	44.4%	-0.42	1–4 (20%)	—	—	-2.94
1978	39	1926	125.9	—	—	—	—	+45	—	—	50.0%	0.00	2–0	1–1	—	-0.22
1979	40	1910	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.33	0–1	1–0	—	-0.31
Career		2302	159.0	—	—	—	—	+119	-66	+61	72.3%	+1.57	148–62 (70%)	69–53 (57%)	102.7	-3.39

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Rod Laver Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	29	—	F	W	R16	15–2 (88%)
1969	30	W	W	W	W	26–0 (100%)
1970	31	—	—	R16	R16	5–2 (71%)
1971	32	R16	—	QF	—	5–2 (71%)
1972	33	—	—	—	R16	3–1 (75%)
1973	34	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1975	36	—	—	—	R16	3–1 (75%)
1977	38	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		6–1 (86%)	13–1 (93%)	22–3 (88%)	19–5 (79%)	60–10 (86%)

ATP 500

Rod Laver ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	34	R16	2–1 (67%)
1975	36	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)

ATP 250

Rod Laver ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BAR	BUE	DAL	HAL	HKG	HOU	MAD	MIA	MUN	PAR	QUE	ROM	ROT	SPB	STO	TKY	WAS	AMS	ANA	BAL	BER	BIN	BIN	BOG	BOL	BOU	BRE	BRI	BRU	CAR	CHA	CHA	CHA	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	COR	DEN	DUB	FOR	FOR	FOR	GOT	HAR	HIL	MIA	HOL	JAP	JOH	LA	LA	LAC	LAK	LAS	LAS	LIM	LON	LON	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MID	MON	CAN	NAS	NEW	NEW	NEW	NEW	NOR	OAK	ORL	PAL	IW	PHI	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAN	SAO	SAO	SAO	SAR	SOU	SOU	ST.	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TEH	TOR	TOR	U.S	VAN	VAN	WCT	WEM	WEM	WEM	WEM	WOR	W-L Win %
1968	29	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	BR	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	RR	SF	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	—	BR	—	—	W	—	—	BR	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	W	W	—	52–15 (78%)
1969	30	—	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	BR	W	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	71–14 (84%)
1970	31	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	80–11 (88%)
1971	32	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	QF	W	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	79–17 (82%)
1972	33	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	RR	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	47–15 (76%)
1973	34	F	—	R16	—	SF	—	W	—	QF	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	63–14 (82%)
1974	35	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	42–9 (82%)
1975	36	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	R64	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	45–10 (82%)
1976	37	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	9–11 (45%)
1977	38	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–8 (33%)
1978	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)	10–5 (67%)	2–0 (100%)	6–6 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	5–0 (100%)	10–1 (91%)	3–1 (75%)	10–3 (77%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	12–3 (80%)	5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	6–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–1 (88%)	4–1 (80%)	8–2 (80%)	6–1 (86%)	4–1 (80%)	5–0 (100%)	17–1 (94%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	8–2 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	6–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	3–1 (75%)	5–1 (83%)	7–1 (88%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	13–8 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	8–1 (89%)	2–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	13–1 (93%)	4–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	30–5 (86%)	8–2 (80%)	12–2 (86%)	2–1 (67%)	4–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	7–1 (88%)	2–1 (67%)	12–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	5–1 (83%)	8–2 (80%)	5–0 (100%)	8–1 (89%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	10–0 (100%)	19–4 (83%)	4–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	14–1 (93%)	0–1 (0%)	2–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	3–3 (50%)	496–128 (79%)

ATP Finals

Rod Laver ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	W-L Win %
1970	31	F	4–1 (80%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 12, 1974

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 20

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 10

Aug 27, 1973

Ranking History Matrix

Rod Laver ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	9	10	8	8
1974	35	—	—	9	7	6	5	4	3	3	—	3	4
1975	36	4	—	4	3	6	10	—	—	—	—	—	10
1976	37	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	73
1977	38	77	98	100	—	—	—	106	—	—	—	—	—
1978	39	120	94	—	—	—	—	190	—	—	—	—	216
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	662

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Rod Laver's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Okker	NED	#3	2,195	946	668	278	70.6%	$1,257,200	34	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Brian Gottfried	USA	#3	2,250	1,011	690	321	68.2%	$2,782,514	25	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Ken Rosewall	AUS	#2	2,232	728	535	193	73.5%	$1,602,700	39	4	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Vitas Gerulaitis	USA	#3	2,232	762	528	234	69.3%	$2,778,748	26	1	1971–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Arthur Ashe	USA	#2	2,259	1,043	788	255	75.6%	$1,584,909	44	3	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Vilas	ARG	#2	2,354	1,173	890	283	75.9%	$4,923,882	62	4	1968–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Manuel Orantes	ESP	#2	2,228	971	688	283	70.9%	$1,398,303	36	1	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Roscoe Tanner	USA	#4	2,162	885	592	293	66.9%	$1,696,198	17	1	1969–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Raul Ramirez	MEX	#4	2,150	786	530	256	67.4%	$2,217,971	20	0	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Yannick Noah	FRA	#3	2,199	650	456	194	70.2%	$3,440,660	23	1	1977–1996	Rivalries	Match log
John Newcombe	AUS	#1	2,203	764	544	220	71.2%	$1,062,408	38	5	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Ilie Nastase	ROU	#1	2,294	1,187	858	329	72.3%	$2,076,761	67	2	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Rod Laver born?: Rod Laver was born on August 9, 1938.
Which country did Rod Laver represent?: Rod Laver represented Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Rod Laver?: Rod Laver is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Rod Laver use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Rod Laver uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Rod Laver left-handed or right-handed?: Rod Laver plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Rod Laver won?: Rod Laver won 11 career Grand Slam singles titles: 5 in the Open Era and 6 before the Open Era.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Rod Laver won?: TennisDB does not group any of Rod Laver's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Rod Laver won?: TennisDB records 69 ATP singles titles for Rod Laver across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 1975.
What is Rod Laver's highest ATP ranking?: Rod Laver's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 3, first achieved on August 12, 1974.
What is Rod Laver's career win-loss record?: Rod Laver has 570 wins and 145 losses (79.7%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1979.
How much career prize money has Rod Laver earned?: Rod Laver has earned at least $1,565,413 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Rod Laver's career appear in TennisDB?: Rod Laver appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1979.
On which surface does Rod Laver have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Rod Laver's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 84.6% (88–16).
Who has Rod Laver faced most often?: Rod Laver's most frequent opponent is Roy Emerson, with a head-to-head record of 26–6 across 32 meetings.