# John Newcombe vs Rod Laver — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-rod-laver?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4585744
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- John Newcombe: 4 wins
- Rod Laver: 15 wins
- Total meetings: 19

## By surface
- Carpet: John Newcombe 1 - 5 Rod Laver
- Grass: John Newcombe 1 - 4 Rod Laver
- Clay: John Newcombe 2 - 2 Rod Laver
- Hard: John Newcombe 0 - 4 Rod Laver

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: John Newcombe 4 - 14 Rod Laver
- Grand Slam: John Newcombe 0 - 1 Rod Laver

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1973-11-17 | Sydney Indoor | F | Hard | Rod Laver | 3-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1973-11-02 | Tehran | SF | Clay | John Newcombe | 7-6 6-3 |
| 1973-09-15 | World Invitational Classic | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1972-05-15 | Dallas Wct | QF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972-03-26 | Hilton Head | QF | Clay | John Newcombe | 1-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1971-09-02 | Hilton Head | F | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1971-03-27 | London | QF | Hard | Rod Laver | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1971-03-19 | Champions Classic | RR | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 4-6 5-6 6-4 |
| 1971-02-15 | Philadelphia Wct | F | Carpet | John Newcombe | 7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-4 |
| 1970-09-25 | Los Angeles | F | Hard | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-4 7-6 |
| 1970-08-08 | Louisville | F | Hard | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1970-06-21 | London / Queen's Club | F | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1969-07-15 | Boston | F | Carpet | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-1 |
| 1969-07-07 | Wimbledon | F | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969-06-21 | London / Queen's Club | SF | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969-03-08 | Los Angeles 1 | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1969-01-18 | Sydney | SF | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-3 7-5 |
| 1968-07-13 | Paris 2 | F | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-2 6-3 |
| 1968-06-18 | Boston 1 | F | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 9-7 |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)