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Rod Laver v Ken Rosewall: stats compared | Lineball
Laver wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Laver 695 matches, Rosewall 730 matches.
Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Rosewall’s 40 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
Laver has 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Rosewall’s 4 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
Laver averages 15.1 games won a match to Rosewall’s 14.2 (7% more).
Winners’ edge: Laver’s team won 80%, Rosewall’s team won 74% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): 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.
0.170 total · best 1Titlesper game0.140 total · best 1
0.05 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
15.110,489 total · best 76Games wonper game14.210,336 total · best 35
72.5Sets won %69.4
58.1Games won %57.3
0.296 total · best 1Finalsper game0.169 total · best 1
Head to head
2330 matches since 19687
Carpet · 12 matchesLaver 10Rosewall 2
Hard · 10 matchesLaver 9Rosewall 1
Clay · 7 matchesLaver 3Rosewall 4
Grass · 1 matchLaver 1Rosewall 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesLaver 1Rosewall 1
Finals · 19 matchesLaver 15Rosewall 4
Last meetings
23 May 1976 · WCT Challenge Cup · Round robin · HardRosewall won 6-4 6-1 6-3
6 Apr 1976 · Houston WCT · Round of 16 · ClayRosewall won 3-6 6-4 6-3
5 Nov 1973 · Sydney Indoor · Semifinal · HardLaver won 6-4 3-6 8-6
10 May 1972 · Dallas WCT · Final · CarpetRosewall won 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-7 7-6(5)
3 Apr 1972 · Houston WCT · Final · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.91,330 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,302 total · best 3
0.7504 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8575 total · best 3
10.97,568 total · best 47Games lostper game · lower is better10.67,714 total · best 37
0.2122 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2132 total · best 2
0.170 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2111 total · best 1
0.19 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.111 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better–
Laver won 6-2 6-4
14 Feb 1972 · Toronto WCT · Final · CarpetLaver won 6-1 6-4
8 Feb 1972 · Philadelphia WCT · Final · CarpetLaver won 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2
18 Nov 1971 · Dallas WCT · Final · CarpetRosewall won 6-4 1-6 7-6 7-6
27 Sept 1971 · Berkeley WCT · Final · HardLaver won 6-4 6-4 7-6
16 Aug 1971 · Fort Worth WCT · Quarterfinal · HardLaver won 7-5 5-7 6-2