# Cliff Drysdale vs Rod Laver — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/cliff-drysdale-vs-rod-laver?player1_id=4580220&player2_id=4585744
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- Cliff Drysdale: 4 wins
- Rod Laver: 13 wins
- Total meetings: 17

## By surface
- Carpet: Cliff Drysdale 1 - 6 Rod Laver
- Hard: Cliff Drysdale 1 - 3 Rod Laver
- Clay: Cliff Drysdale 1 - 2 Rod Laver
- Grass: Cliff Drysdale 1 - 2 Rod Laver

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Cliff Drysdale 3 - 11 Rod Laver
- Grand Slam: Cliff Drysdale 1 - 1 Rod Laver
- Masters 1000: Cliff Drysdale 0 - 1 Rod Laver

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1976-02-21 | Rome Wct | R16 | Clay | Cliff Drysdale | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1974-01-24 | Philadelphia Wct | R32 | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1973-04-14 | Brussels Wct | QF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1973-03-24 | Atlanta Wct | SF | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1972-04-21 | Quebec Wct | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1972-02-12 | Richmond Wct | F | Carpet | Rod Laver | 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-3 |
| 1971-11-06 | Wembley | QF | Hard | Rod Laver | 3-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1971-08-06 | Quebec Wct | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1971-04-10 | Miami Wct | F | Hard | Cliff Drysdale | 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1970-11-21 | Wembley | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1970-08-18 | Montreal / Toronto | SF | Clay | Rod Laver | 3-6 12-10 6-1 |
| 1970-08-14 | Boston | SF | Hard | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-0 6-1 |
| 1970-06-13 | Bristol | QF | Grass | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1970-04-25 | Dallas | R16 | Carpet | Cliff Drysdale | 4-5 RET |
| 1969-07-04 | Wimbledon | QF | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 6-3 |
| 1969-04-09 | Johannesburg | SF | Hard | Rod Laver | 6-1 1-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 1968-09-07 | US Open | R16 | Grass | Cliff Drysdale | 4-6 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-1 |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)