Laver v Ashe
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst9–0
Rod Laver takes it, 9–0 on categories
Laver wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Laver 695 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
- Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Ashe’s 48 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Laver has 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Ashe’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Laver averages 15.1 games won a match to Ashe’s 14.3 (5% more).
- Longevity: Ashe has 1,065 matches across 12 seasons, Laver 695 in 12 — 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.
- 0.170 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
- 0.05 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
- 15.110,489 total · best 76Games wonper game14.315,265 total · best 44
- 72.5Sets won %69.2
- 58.1Games won %56.1
- 0.296 total · best 1Finalsper game0.189 total · best 1
Head to head
1619 matches
since 19683
since 19683
- Carpet · 10 matchesLaver 8Ashe 2
- Clay · 3 matchesLaver 3Ashe 0
- Hard · 3 matchesLaver 2Ashe 1
- Grass · 3 matchesLaver 3Ashe 0
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesLaver 3Ashe 0
- Finals · 3 matchesLaver 3Ashe 0
Last meetings
- 23 Feb 1976 · Rotterdam WCT · Semifinal · CarpetAshe won 5-7 7-5 6-2
- 6 Mar 1975 · WCT Aetna World Cup · Round robin · CarpetLaver won 6-2 7-6
- 13 Jan 1975 · San Juan WCT · Final · ClayLaver won 6-3 7-5
- 25 Mar 1974 · Palm Desert WCT · Semifinal · HardLaver won 6-7(6) 7-6(6) 6-2
- 18 Mar 1974 · Tuscon · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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