How old is Rod Laver?

Rod Laver is 87 years old, born on August 9, 1938.

How many Grand Slams has Rod Laver won?

Rod Laver has won 5 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1969.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Rod Laver won?

Rod Laver has won 2 Masters 1000 titles. The most recent was Rome in 1971.

How many ATP titles has Rod Laver won?

Rod Laver has won 72 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Sao Paulo Wct in 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 a career ATP singles record of 576 wins and 147 losses (79.7%).

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.

When did Rod Laver play professional tennis?

Rod Laver turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1979.

What is Rod Laver's best surface?

Rod Laver's best surface is grass court with a 84.6% win rate (88W-16L).

Who is Rod Laver's biggest rival?

Rod Laver's most frequent opponent is Roy Emerson, with a head-to-head record of 26–6 across 32 meetings.

Rod Laver

AUS Age 87 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed Pro 1968–1979

Peak ranking

3 (Aug 12, 1974)

Elo peak

2300 (99.5%ile)

Career record

576–147 (79.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,565,413

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

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

Rivals full rivalries list →

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	3	22	Feb 28, 1976	H2H

Titles (72)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1968	29	13	1	—	—	12	—	Boston 1 , Buenos Aires Ntl , Corpus Christi Ntl , La Paz Ntl , Los Angeles , Nashville , New York Ntl , Paris 2 , Sao Paulo Ntl 1 , Sao Paulo Ntl 2 , Wembley Ntl 1 , Wembley Ntl 2 , Wimbledon
1969	30	16	4	—	—	12	—	Anaheim , Baltimore , Binghamton , Boston , Fort Worth , Johannesburg , London 2 , Los Angeles 1 , New York 2 , Philadelphia Wct , St. Louis , Wembley , Australian Open , Roland Garros , US Open , Wimbledon
1970	31	13	—	1	—	12	—	Champions Classic , Fort Worth , Johannesburg , London / Queen's Club , Los Angeles , Louisville , Philadelphia Wct , South Orange , St. Louis Wct , Sydney , Vancouver , Wembley , Montreal / Toronto
1971	32	7	—	1	—	6	—	Berkeley , Bologna Wct , Champions Classic , Fort Worth Wct , Hilton Head , London , Rome
1972	33	5	—	—	—	5	—	Denver Wct , Houston Wct , Philadelphia Wct , Richmond Wct , Toronto Wct
1973	34	7	—	—	—	7	—	Hilton Head , Hong Kong , Miami Wct , Richmond Wct , Sydney Indoor , Toronto Wct , World Invitational Classic
1974	35	6	—	—	—	6	—	Bretton Woods , Houston , Las Vegas , Palm Desert Wct , Philadelphia Wct , Tokyo Wct
1975	36	5	—	—	—	5	—	Caracas Wct , La Costa Wct , Orlando Wct , San Juan , Sao Paulo Wct
Total		72	5	2	—	65	—

Career Results

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	45	10	55	81.8%	9	4
1975	36	52	13	65	80.0%	4	10
1976	37	9	11	20	45.0%	8	73
1977	38	5	9	14	35.7%	72	124
1978	39	4	3	7	57.1%	124	216
1979	40	0	1	1	0.0%	662	662
Career		576	147	723	79.7%	—	—

Career Results by 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	15	3	18	83.3%	15	0	15	100.0%	—	—	—	—	15	7	22	68.2%	45	10	55	81.8%
1975	36	22	3	25	88.0%	21	7	28	75.0%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%	52	13	65	80.0%
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	—	166	38	204	81.4%	129	41	170	75.9%	88	16	104	84.6%	193	52	245	78.8%	576	147	723	79.7%

Career Results by 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	4	1	5	80.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	18	4	22	81.8%
1974	35	6	5	11	54.5%	12	4	16	75.0%	13	1	14	92.9%	6	0	6	100.0%	37	10	47	78.7%
1975	36	3	6	9	33.3%	13	4	17	76.5%	19	2	21	90.5%	5	0	5	100.0%	40	12	52	76.9%
1976	37	1	9	10	10.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	0	3	100.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1977	38	1	5	6	16.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1978	39	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1979	40	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		15	28	43	34.9%	33	11	44	75.0%	42	8	50	84.0%	21	3	24	87.5%	111	50	161	68.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 161/723 (22.3%) of Rod Laver's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1968	29	1882	100	99	99	99	74.4%	+1.67	85	89	71	0	0	—
1969	30	2161	100	100	99	100	76.7%	+2.09	89	86	76	0	0	—
1970	31	2213	100	100	98	99	76.8%	+2.04	88	84	78	6	2	75
1971	32	2156	100	100	98	99	71.8%	+1.81	93	75	79	11	14	44
1972	33	2016	99	99	96	99	69.6%	+1.66	94	55	54	7	10	41
1973	34	2088	99	99	98	99	73.5%	+1.75	89	78	72	17	10	63
1974	35	2115	99	99	99	—	73.5%	+1.88	86	81	75	6	4	60
1975	36	2087	99	100	97	—	71.6%	+1.74	90	68	67	14	11	56
1976	37	1996	97	98	97	—	46.0%	-0.34	97	44	40	6	2	75
1977	38	1928	96	96	—	96	44.4%	-0.38	96	13	20	0	0	—
1978	39	1917	96	94	—	—	50.0%	-0.17	90	67	—	1	1	—
1979	40	1901	96	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.33	98	0	—	1	0	—
Career		2076	99	99	98	99	72.3%	+1.61	90	73	70	69	54	56

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1968	29	—	F	W	R16
1969	30	W	W	W	W
1970	31	—	—	R16	R16
1971	32	R16	—	QF	—
1972	33	—	—	—	R16
1973	34	—	—	—	R32
1975	36	—	—	—	R16
1977	38	—	—	R64	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	ROM	MON	TOR
1970	31	—	W	—
1971	32	W	R16	—
1973	34	—	—	R16
1975	36	—	—	R32

ATP 250

Season	Age	ATL	AUC	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	BOS	BOS	BOS	BOU	BRE	BRI	BRU	CAR	CHA	CHA	CHA	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	COR	DEN	DUB	FOR	FOR	FOR	GOT	HAR	HIL	HOL	HOL	JAP	JOH	JOH	LA	LA	LAC	LAK	LAS	LAS	LIM	LON	LON	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MID	MON	NAS	NEW	NEW	NEW	NEW	NOR	OAK	ORL	PAL	PAL	PHI	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAN	SAO	SAO	SAO	SAR	SOU	ST.	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TEH	TOR	TOR	TUS	VAN	VAN	WEM	WEM	WEM	WEM	WOR
1968	29	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	RR	SF	—	—	W	—	F	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	W	—
1969	30	—	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	RR	W	W	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	RR	W	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—
1970	31	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—
1971	32	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—
1972	33	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	RR	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—
1973	34	F	—	R16	—	SF	—	W	—	QF	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	W	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W
1974	35	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
1975	36	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	R64	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F
1976	37	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
1977	38	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Finals

Season	Age	MAS
1970	31	F

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

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 ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
John Newcombe	AUS	1	2,201	5	41	780	556	224	71.3%	1968-1981	Match log
Ken Rosewall	AUS	2	2,231	4	40	736	541	195	73.5%	1968-1980	Match log
John Alexander	AUS	8	2,067	0	9	1,001	579	422	57.8%	1968-1985	Match log
Jimmy Connors	USA	1	2,410	8	109	1,556	1,262	294	81.1%	1969-1996	Match log
Guillermo Vilas	ARG	2	2,338	4	63	1,180	898	282	76.1%	1968-1992	Match log
Ilie Nastase	ROU	1	2,260	2	64	1,190	859	331	72.2%	1968-1985	Match log
John McEnroe	USA	1	2,496	7	76	1,022	833	189	81.5%	1976-1994	Match log
Arthur Ashe	USA	2	2,255	3	49	1,058	800	258	75.6%	1968-1979	Match log
Manuel Orantes	ESP	2	2,229	1	38	982	696	286	70.9%	1968-1984	Match log
Brian Gottfried	USA	3	2,237	0	25	1,017	695	322	68.3%	1970-1984	Match log
Tom Okker	NED	3	2,198	0	37	951	672	279	70.7%	1968-1981	Match log
Bjorn Borg	SWE	1	2,497	11	61	751	608	143	81.0%	1971-1993	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Rod Laver?: Rod Laver is 87 years old, born on August 9, 1938.
Which country is Rod Laver from?: Rod Laver is from Australia.
How tall is Rod Laver?: Rod Laver is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Rod Laver left-handed or right-handed?: Rod Laver plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Rod Laver won?: Rod Laver has won 5 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Wimbledon in 1969.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Rod Laver won?: Rod Laver has won 2 Masters 1000 titles. The most recent was Rome in 1971.
How many ATP titles has Rod Laver won?: Rod Laver has won 72 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Sao Paulo Wct in 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 a career ATP singles record of 576 wins and 147 losses (79.7%).
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.
When did Rod Laver play professional tennis?: Rod Laver turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1979.
What is Rod Laver's best surface?: Rod Laver's best surface is grass court with a 84.6% win rate (88W-16L).
Who is Rod Laver's biggest rival?: Rod Laver's most frequent opponent is Roy Emerson, with a head-to-head record of 26–6 across 32 meetings.