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Andres Gimeno v Rod Laver: stats compared | Lineball
Laver wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Gimeno 362 matches, Laver 695 matches.
Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Gimeno’s 12 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Laver has 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Gimeno’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Laver averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Gimeno’s 1.0.
Winners’ edge: Laver’s team won 80%, Gimeno’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Laver has 695 matches across 12 seasons, Gimeno 362 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.012 total · best 1Titlesper game0.170 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
14.95,407 total · best 34Games wonper game15.110,489 total · best 76
62.4Sets won %72.5
54.9Games won %58.1
0.125 total · best 1Finalsper game0.296 total · best 1
Head to head
621 matches since 196815
Clay · 8 matchesGimeno 4Laver 4
Hard · 6 matchesGimeno 2Laver 4
Carpet · 5 matchesGimeno 0Laver 5
Grass · 2 matchesGimeno 0Laver 2
Grand Slams · 2 matchesGimeno 0Laver 2
Finals · 5 matchesGimeno 1Laver 4
Last meetings
4 Oct 1971 · Vancouver WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetLaver won 6-2 4-6 6-2
16 Nov 1970 · Wembley · Round of 16 · CarpetLaver won 6-1 4-6 9-8
19 Aug 1970 · Fort Worth · Semifinal · HardLaver won 6-4 6-4
16 July 1970 · Champions Classic · Round robin · CarpetLaver won 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-2
12 Feb 1970 · Miami · Semifinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.7606 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.91,330 total · best 3
1.0366 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7504 total · best 3
12.34,445 total · best 35Games lostper game · lower is better10.97,568 total · best 47
0.143 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2122 total · best 2
0.149 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.170 total · best 1
0.13 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.19 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game–
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.01 total · best 1
Gimeno won 4-6 11-9 7-5
7 Nov 1969 · Barcelona 2 · Final · ClayGimeno won 10-8 2-6 3-6 6-4 6-1
6 Oct 1969 · Las Vegas · Round of 16 · HardLaver won 4-6 8-6 6-2
21 Aug 1969 · Baltimore · Round robin · GrassLaver won 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1
28 May 1969 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayLaver won 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
22 May 1969 · Amsterdam · Round robin · ClayGimeno won 6-3 6-2