Roche v Laver
ATP Tour career
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Rod Laver takes it, 8–1 on categories
Laver wins on titles. Roche’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Roche 537 matches, Laver 695 matches.
- Laver has 70 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Roche’s 20 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Roche averages 17.7 games won a match to Laver’s 15.1 (17% more).
- Laver averages 10.9 games lost a match to Roche’s 15.1.
- Winners’ edge: Laver’s team won 80%, Roche’s team won 67% 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.
- 0.120 total · best 1Titlesper game0.170 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 17.79,493 total · best 97Games wonper game15.110,489 total · best 76
- 64.1Sets won %72.5
- 54.0Games won %58.1
- 0.140 total · best 1Finalsper game0.296 total · best 1
Head to head
919 matches
since 196810
since 196810
- Carpet · 9 matchesRoche 2Laver 7
- Grass · 6 matchesRoche 3Laver 3
- Hard · 2 matchesRoche 2Laver 0
- Clay · 2 matchesRoche 2Laver 0
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesRoche 0Laver 3
- Finals · 11 matchesRoche 6Laver 5
Last meetings
- 26 June 1972 · St. Louis WCT · Round of 32 · HardRoche won 6-4 4-6 7-5
- 13 Mar 1972 · Chicago WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetLaver won 6-3 6-3
- 8 Feb 1972 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetLaver won 6-1 0-6 6-2
- 26 Feb 1971 · London Indoor · Semifinal · CarpetLaver won 6-3 7-5
- 9 Aug 1970 · Boston · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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