H2H data updated: 2026-09-04 00:00 UTC

Dick Crealy vs Rod Laver H2H: 1-5

Rod Laver holds a 5–1 lead over Dick Crealy in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Rod Laver leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Dick Crealy won the 1973 Las Vegas round of 32 6-4 6-7 6-0.

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Dick Crealy

AUS Age 81 Right-Handed 191 cm / 6'3"

H2H

1 – 5

6 main draw meetings

Rod Laver

AUS Age 88 Left-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Dick Crealy	6-4 6-7 6-0	Rod Laver	Match data	May 17, 1973*	R32	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	6-1 6-1	Dick Crealy	Match data	Aug 11, 1971*	R32	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	6-2 6-1	Dick Crealy	Match data	May 4, 1971*	R32	Dallas Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	6-2 6-4	Dick Crealy	Match data	Apr 8, 1971*	R16	Miami Open	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	6-1 6-4	Dick Crealy	Match data	Jun 20, 1970*	QF	Queen's Club Championships	ATP 250	Grass
Rod Laver	3-6 7-9 6-2 6-2 6-4	Dick Crealy	Match data	Jun 1, 1969*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Dick Crealy	#509	#33	0	1,903	338	317	51.6%	0	0	0	0	2	2
Rod Laver	#662	#3	0	2,303	570	145	79.7%	5	0	0	0	64	69

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Dick Crealy							Rod Laver
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
23	1968	31–16	66.0%	—	1,646	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1969	30–23	56.6%	—	1,639	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1970	32–21	60.4%	—	1,700	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1971	10–23	30.3%	—	1,598	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1972	18–14	56.2%	—	1,716	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1973	31–33	48.4%	#51	1,623	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1974	41–39	51.2%	#71	1,719	0	1	1968	73–19	79.3%	—	1,879	1	10
30	1975	41–37	52.6%	#56	1,738	0	2	1969	97–14	87.4%	—	2,162	5	26
31	1976	49–35	58.3%	#38	1,783	0	2	1970	89–15	85.6%	—	2,216	5	39
32	1977	31–30	50.8%	#67	1,672	0	2	1971	85–20	81.0%	—	2,158	5	46
33	1978	19–33	36.5%	#131	1,567	0	2	1972	50–16	75.8%	—	2,018	5	51
34	1979	1–10	9.1%	#274	1,498	0	2	1973	67–16	80.7%	#8	2,103	5	58
35	1980	3–2	60.0%	#309	1,511	0	2	1974	42–9	82.4%	#4	2,124	5	64
36	1981	1–1	50.0%	—	1,509	0	2	1975	49–12	80.3%	#10	2,100	5	69
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	9–11	45.0%	#73	2,006	5	69
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	5–9	35.7%	#106	1,937	5	69
39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	4–3	57.1%	#216	1,926	5	69
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	0–1	0.0%	#662	1,909	5	69

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Dick Crealy																	Rod Laver
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
23	1968	—	—	—	—	15	9	24	62.5%	16	7	23	69.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1969	6	5	11	54.5%	15	8	23	65.2%	9	10	19	47.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1970	6	6	12	50.0%	10	5	15	66.7%	16	8	24	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1971	2	4	6	33.3%	5	10	15	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1972	2	2	4	50.0%	12	9	21	57.1%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1973	4	5	9	44.4%	6	10	16	37.5%	9	7	16	56.3%	12	11	23	52.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1974	7	10	17	41.2%	17	17	34	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	4	4	8	50.0%	1968	16	6	22	72.7%	31	9	40	77.5%	17	2	19	89.5%	9	2	11	81.8%
30	1975	5	8	13	38.5%	21	15	36	58.3%	9	5	14	64.3%	6	9	15	40.0%	1969	21	4	25	84.0%	12	4	16	75.0%	34	3	37	91.9%	30	3	33	90.9%
31	1976	12	4	16	75.0%	30	20	50	60.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	1970	33	3	36	91.7%	8	2	10	80.0%	21	4	25	84.0%	27	6	33	81.8%
32	1977	4	5	9	44.4%	19	16	35	54.3%	8	9	17	47.1%	—	—	—	—	1971	27	4	31	87.1%	14	6	20	70.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	34	7	41	82.9%
33	1978	2	5	7	28.6%	6	12	18	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	8	10	18	44.4%	1972	8	6	14	57.1%	9	4	13	69.2%	3	1	4	75.0%	30	5	35	85.7%
34	1979	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1973	18	3	21	85.7%	19	6	25	76.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	28	6	34	82.4%
35	1980	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1974	12	2	14	85.7%	15	0	15	100.0%	—	—	—	—	15	7	22	68.2%
36	1981	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	19	2	21	90.5%	21	7	28	75.0%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	4	3	7	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%
39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	53	58	111	47.7%	156	134	290	53.8%	97	76	173	56.1%	32	49	81	39.5%	—	160	36	196	81.6%	129	41	170	75.9%	88	16	104	84.6%	193	52	245	78.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Dick Crealy																Rod Laver
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
23	1968	1647	121.1	—	—	—	—	—	-10	+56	61.9%	+0.86	8–4 (67%)	—	—	+0.41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1969	1640	118.3	—	—	—	—	+10	+67	+26	55.6%	+0.27	5–8 (38%)	—	—	+1.20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1970	1700	134.6	—	—	—	—	-75	+134	+67	59.1%	+0.64	8–7 (53%)	6–4 (60%)	100.8	+0.35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1971	1598	133.0	—	—	—	—	-33	+84	+121	29.9%	-1.06	5–0 (100%)	2–3 (40%)	106.1	-4.26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1972	1717	124.1	—	—	—	—	-157	+50	+30	55.6%	+0.02	2–5 (29%)	4–1 (80%)	99.3	+1.63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1973	1624	127.7	—	—	—	—	+8	+31	+65	48.6%	+0.01	7–8 (47%)	8–10 (44%)	97.6	+0.24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1974	1719	137.0	—	—	—	—	-67	-18	+78	51.5%	+0.05	14–12 (54%)	14–17 (45%)	101.2	-0.63	1968	1880	130.3	—	—	—	—	+4	-6	+3	74.4%	+1.65	15–6 (71%)	—	—	-0.21
30	1975	1738	138.0	—	—	—	—	-69	+20	+95	50.8%	+0.12	16–8 (67%)	15–9 (63%)	110.1	-1.44	1969	2162	149.8	—	—	—	—	+114	-174	+143	76.7%	+1.93	22–7 (76%)	—	—	-1.40
31	1976	1783	142.6	—	—	—	—	-2	-8	+8	58.4%	+0.68	14–16 (47%)	12–17 (41%)	93.6	+2.69	1970	2216	155.8	—	—	—	—	+205	-202	+12	76.8%	+1.87	21–6 (78%)	6–2 (75%)	105.7	-1.22
32	1977	1673	127.5	—	—	—	—	+57	+18	+45	49.7%	-0.07	10–12 (45%)	10–7 (59%)	96.0	+1.90	1971	2158	162.7	—	—	—	—	+163	-164	0	71.8%	+1.59	26–7 (79%)	11–14 (44%)	99.7	-5.72
33	1978	1567	129.0	—	—	—	—	+98	+15	+91	40.5%	-0.56	11–14 (44%)	3–13 (19%)	89.9	-0.07	1972	2019	162.7	—	—	—	—	+114	-24	+111	69.6%	+1.41	13–11 (54%)	7–10 (41%)	89.2	-3.85
34	1979	1499	117.0	—	—	—	—	+99	+43	+128	22.2%	-1.18	0–3 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	93.2	-0.27	1973	2104	156.6	—	—	—	—	+129	-106	-11	73.5%	+1.55	18–7 (72%)	17–10 (63%)	102.6	-2.12
35	1980	1512	105.5	—	—	—	—	+100	—	—	50.0%	+0.60	1–1	0–1	—	+1.27	1974	2124	154.6	—	—	—	—	+39	+3	—	73.2%	+1.66	12–3 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	105.2	-0.96
36	1981	1510	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	1–1	—	+0.51	1975	2100	163.1	—	—	—	—	+102	-5	—	71.6%	+1.53	16–7 (70%)	14–11 (56%)	100.3	-2.95
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	2006	156.1	—	—	—	—	+89	+19	—	46.0%	-0.38	2–3 (40%)	6–2 (75%)	102.1	-2.11
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	1937	147.8	—	—	—	—	+74	—	+86	44.4%	-0.42	1–4 (20%)	—	—	-2.94
39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1926	125.9	—	—	—	—	+46	—	—	50.0%	0.00	2–0	1–1	—	-0.22
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1910	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.33	0–1	1–0	—	-0.31
Career	—	1904	135.4	—	—	—	—	-9	+24	+62	51.7%	+0.15	101–98 (51%)	76–88 (46%)	95.7	+0.54	—	2304	159.0	—	—	—	—	+120	-67	+61	72.3%	+1.57	148–62 (70%)	69–53 (57%)	102.7	-3.39

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Dick Crealy's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ross Case	3	7	10	Nov 23, 1978	H2H
Zeljko Franulovic	9	1	10	Mar 3, 1978	H2H
Bob Carmichael	5	5	10	Nov 26, 1976	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	2	7	9	Oct 18, 1979	H2H
Brian Fairlie	4	4	8	Jul 13, 1978	H2H

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