# Rod Laver vs Stan Smith — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/rod-laver-vs-stan-smith?player1_id=4585744&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100126
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- Rod Laver: 9 wins
- Stan Smith: 7 wins
- Total meetings: 16

## By surface
- Hard: Rod Laver 1 - 1 Stan Smith
- Clay: Rod Laver 3 - 1 Stan Smith
- Grass: Rod Laver 2 - 0 Stan Smith
- Carpet: Rod Laver 3 - 5 Stan Smith

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Rod Laver 5 - 6 Stan Smith
- Masters 1000: Rod Laver 1 - 0 Stan Smith
- ATP Finals: Rod Laver 0 - 1 Stan Smith
- Grand Slam: Rod Laver 3 - 0 Stan Smith

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1974-05-13 | Dallas Wct | QF | Carpet | Stan Smith | 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 7-5 |
| 1974-03-07 | Hartford | RR | Carpet | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1973-09-16 | World Invitational Classic | F | Carpet | Rod Laver | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1973-05-14 | Dallas Wct | SF | Carpet | Stan Smith | 4-6 6-4 7-6(2) 7-5 |
| 1973-04-15 | Brussels Wct | F | Carpet | Stan Smith | 6-2 6-4 6-1 |
| 1973-04-01 | St. Louis Wct | F | Carpet | Stan Smith | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1973-03-25 | Atlanta Wct | F | Clay | Stan Smith | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1973-03-18 | Hilton Head | F | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1973-02-16 | Toronto Wct | SF | Carpet | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 1971-05-09 | Rome | QF | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-1 2-6 6-2 |
| 1970-12-17 | Masters | F | Carpet | Stan Smith | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970-09-24 | Los Angeles | QF | Hard | Rod Laver | 6-3 4-6 6-1 |
| 1969-10-11 | Las Vegas | QF | Hard | Stan Smith | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1969-07-02 | Wimbledon | R16 | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 6-3 |
| 1969-06-06 | Roland Garros | R16 | Clay | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 1968-06-28 | Wimbledon | R64 | Grass | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)