H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Marty Riessen vs Rod Laver H2H: 7-10

Rod Laver holds a 10–7 lead over Marty Riessen in their ATP head-to-head. Across 17 main-draw meetings, Rod Laver leads 6–2 on carpet, while Marty Riessen leads 4–2 on hard courts. Most recently, Rod Laver won the 1974 Las Vegas final 6-2 6-2.

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Marty Riessen

USA Age 84 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H

7 – 10

17 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
Rod Laver #6	6-2 6-2	Marty Riessen #20	Match data	May 19, 1974*	F	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	7-6 3-6 6-2	Rod Laver	Match data	Aug 17, 1972*	R16	Cleveland Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0	Marty Riessen	Match data	May 15, 1972*	SF	Dallas Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	4-6 6-3 6-4	Marty Riessen	Match data	May 6, 1972*	F	Denver Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Marty Riessen	6-2 6-4	Rod Laver	Match data	May 6, 1972*	QF	Las Vegas Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	7-5 6-2 7-5	Rod Laver	Match data	Apr 22, 1972*	F	Quebec Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	2-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Aug 28, 1971*	F	Fort Worth Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	1-6 6-4 7-6	Rod Laver	Match data	Aug 13, 1971*	QF	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	4-6 6-3 6-2	Marty Riessen	Match data	Jun 12, 1971*	QF	Bristol	ATP 250	Grass
Marty Riessen	6-4 6-4	Rod Laver	Match data	May 20, 1971*	QF	Tehran Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Riessen	6-1 7-6	Rod Laver	Match data	May 5, 1971*	R16	Dallas Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	6-4 6-4	Marty Riessen	Match data	Nov 20, 1969*	R32	Wembley	ATP 250	Carpet
Marty Riessen	6-4 10-12 9-7	Rod Laver	Match data	Oct 23, 1969*	QF	Cologne	ATP 250	Hard
Rod Laver	8-4	Marty Riessen	Match data	May 15, 1969	RR	New York 2	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	6-2 5-6 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	May 1, 1969	RR	Japanese Championships	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	6-4 10-8	Marty Riessen	Match data	Mar 9, 1969*	F	Los Angeles 1	ATP 250	Carpet
Rod Laver	6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Jun 30, 1968*	R32	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

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
Marty Riessen	#382	#11	0	2,105	531	314	62.8%	0	0	0	0	11	11
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	Marty Riessen							Rod Laver
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
26	1968	95–36	72.5%	—	1,652	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	47–34	58.0%	—	1,806	0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1970	52–29	64.2%	—	1,944	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1971	68–31	68.7%	—	1,990	0	6	1968	73–19	79.3%	—	1,879	1	10
30	1972	55–28	66.3%	—	1,964	0	7	1969	97–14	87.4%	—	2,162	5	26
31	1973	46–25	64.8%	#13	1,858	0	8	1970	89–15	85.6%	—	2,216	5	39
32	1974	55–23	70.5%	#12	1,959	0	9	1971	85–20	81.0%	—	2,158	5	46
33	1975	21–15	58.3%	#24	1,895	0	10	1972	50–16	75.8%	—	2,018	5	51
34	1976	18–23	43.9%	#59	1,831	0	10	1973	67–16	80.7%	#8	2,103	5	58
35	1977	18–19	48.6%	#54	1,834	0	10	1974	42–9	82.4%	#4	2,124	5	64
36	1978	11–11	50.0%	#83	1,789	0	10	1975	49–12	80.3%	#10	2,100	5	69
37	1979	34–23	59.6%	#37	1,831	0	11	1976	9–11	45.0%	#73	2,006	5	69
38	1980	10–13	43.5%	#92	1,691	0	11	1977	5–9	35.7%	#106	1,937	5	69
39	1981	1–4	20.0%	#93	1,695	0	11	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	Marty Riessen																	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 %
26	1968	41	14	55	74.5%	34	14	48	70.8%	18	6	24	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	7	7	14	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	12	7	19	63.2%	15	12	27	55.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1970	16	11	27	59.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	17	7	24	70.8%	12	7	19	63.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1971	20	10	30	66.7%	24	8	32	75.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	1968	16	6	22	72.7%	31	9	40	77.5%	17	2	19	89.5%	9	2	11	81.8%
30	1972	16	8	24	66.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	28	14	42	66.7%	1969	21	4	25	84.0%	12	4	16	75.0%	34	3	37	91.9%	30	3	33	90.9%
31	1973	7	5	12	58.3%	11	7	18	61.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	27	11	38	71.1%	1970	33	3	36	91.7%	8	2	10	80.0%	21	4	25	84.0%	27	6	33	81.8%
32	1974	11	7	18	61.1%	20	5	25	80.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	16	8	24	66.7%	1971	27	4	31	87.1%	14	6	20	70.0%	10	3	13	76.9%	34	7	41	82.9%
33	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	1972	8	6	14	57.1%	9	4	13	69.2%	3	1	4	75.0%	30	5	35	85.7%
34	1976	4	7	11	36.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	1973	18	3	21	85.7%	19	6	25	76.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	28	6	34	82.4%
35	1977	9	7	16	56.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	5	10	50.0%	1974	12	2	14	85.7%	15	0	15	100.0%	—	—	—	—	15	7	22	68.2%
36	1978	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	1975	19	2	21	90.5%	21	7	28	75.0%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%
37	1979	6	6	12	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	23	13	36	63.9%	1976	4	3	7	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
38	1980	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1977	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%
39	1981	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	147	92	239	61.5%	128	65	193	66.3%	85	46	131	64.9%	171	111	282	60.6%	—	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	Marty Riessen																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
26	1968	1653	132.0	—	—	—	—	+69	+87	+61	68.5%	+1.54	20–8 (71%)	—	—	-0.80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	1807	136.9	—	—	—	—	-21	-43	-20	57.3%	+0.56	10–14 (42%)	—	—	-3.21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1970	1945	146.2	—	—	—	—	+35	-163	-65	60.8%	+0.91	14–8 (64%)	5–3 (63%)	—	-1.75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1971	1990	154.3	—	—	—	—	-35	-15	+39	59.4%	+0.60	26–10 (72%)	18–19 (49%)	—	-9.98	1968	1880	130.3	—	—	—	—	+4	-6	+3	74.4%	+1.65	15–6 (71%)	—	—	-0.21
30	1972	1965	158.1	—	—	—	—	+28	+23	+41	61.7%	+0.70	17–14 (55%)	16–16 (50%)	—	-8.28	1969	2162	149.8	—	—	—	—	+114	-174	+143	76.7%	+1.93	22–7 (76%)	—	—	-1.40
31	1973	1858	145.0	—	—	—	—	+69	+39	+86	58.6%	+0.64	17–6 (74%)	12–13 (48%)	—	-1.09	1970	2216	155.8	—	—	—	—	+205	-202	+12	76.8%	+1.87	21–6 (78%)	6–2 (75%)	—	-1.22
32	1974	1959	151.5	—	—	—	—	+21	+54	-7	67.7%	+0.98	11–12 (48%)	15–9 (63%)	—	-5.03	1971	2158	162.7	—	—	—	—	+163	-164	0	71.8%	+1.59	26–7 (79%)	11–14 (44%)	—	-5.72
33	1975	1895	140.7	—	—	—	—	+39	+26	+50	61.2%	+0.68	4–6 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	—	-1.19	1972	2019	162.7	—	—	—	—	+114	-24	+111	69.6%	+1.41	13–11 (54%)	7–10 (41%)	—	-3.85
34	1976	1832	149.5	—	—	—	—	+12	+33	+68	46.7%	-0.24	1–8 (11%)	5–2 (71%)	—	-5.35	1973	2104	156.6	—	—	—	—	+129	-106	-11	73.5%	+1.55	18–7 (72%)	17–10 (63%)	—	-2.12
35	1977	1835	151.7	—	—	—	—	+43	+2	+6	52.7%	+0.16	2–8 (20%)	8–3 (73%)	—	-3.73	1974	2124	154.6	—	—	—	—	+39	+3	—	73.2%	+1.66	12–3 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	—	-0.96
36	1978	1789	132.2	—	—	—	—	+28	—	+31	50.0%	+0.14	5–5 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	—	-0.07	1975	2100	163.1	—	—	—	—	+102	-5	—	71.6%	+1.53	16–7 (70%)	14–11 (56%)	—	-2.95
37	1979	1832	145.5	—	—	—	—	+16	+5	+8	57.4%	+0.12	10–8 (56%)	16–8 (67%)	—	-0.40	1976	2006	156.1	—	—	—	—	+89	+19	—	46.0%	-0.38	2–3 (40%)	6–2 (75%)	—	-2.11
38	1980	1691	124.0	—	—	—	—	+33	+84	—	48.1%	-0.33	1–4 (20%)	3–3 (50%)	—	+0.21	1977	1937	147.8	—	—	—	—	+74	—	+86	44.4%	-0.42	1–4 (20%)	—	—	-2.94
39	1981	1695	122.5	—	—	—	—	+17	—	—	30.0%	-0.80	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-0.89	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	—	2106	150.4	—	—	—	—	+26	+22	+11	60.0%	+0.69	139–112 (55%)	108–87 (55%)	102.2	-5.02	—	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.

Marty Riessen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	6	20	26	Jan 25, 1979	H2H
John Newcombe	13	11	24	May 18, 1974	H2H
Ken Rosewall	6	17	23	Jan 10, 1977	H2H
Tom Okker	6	14	20	Feb 8, 1976	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	8	10	18	Sep 30, 1976	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