Laver v Emerson
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst8–0
Rod Laver takes it, 8–0 on categories
Laver wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Laver 695 matches, Emerson 431 matches.
- Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Emerson’s 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Laver averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Emerson’s 1.0.
- Laver averages 15.1 games won a match to Emerson’s 13.7 (10% more).
- Winners’ edge: Laver’s team won 80%, Emerson’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Laver has 695 matches across 12 seasons, Emerson 431 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, masters/1000 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.
- 0.170 total · best 1Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
- 0.05 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game–
- 15.110,489 total · best 76Games wonper game13.75,913 total · best 42
- 72.5Sets won %59.8
- 58.1Games won %53.3
- 0.296 total · best 1Finalsper game0.122 total · best 1
Head to head
2430 matches
since 19686
since 19686
- Carpet · 13 matchesLaver 12Emerson 1
- Hard · 9 matchesLaver 7Emerson 2
- Clay · 6 matchesLaver 3Emerson 3
- Grass · 2 matchesLaver 2Emerson 0
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesLaver 2Emerson 0
- Finals · 6 matchesLaver 5Emerson 1
Last meetings
- 10 Mar 1975 · Sao Paulo WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetLaver won 6-3 6-2
- 9 May 1973 · Dallas WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetLaver won 7-5 6-2 7-5
- 9 Apr 1973 · Brussels WCT · Semifinal · CarpetLaver won 4-6 6-4 6-1
- 12 Feb 1973 · Toronto WCT · Final · CarpetLaver won 6-3 6-4
- 29 Jan 1973 · Richmond WCT · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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