Rod Laver career statistics

Last updated March 05, 2024

This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Rod Laver whose playing career ran from 1956 until 1977. He played as an amateur from 1956 until the end of 1962 when he joined Jack Kramer's professional circuit. As a professional he was banned from playing the Grand Slam tournaments as well as other tournaments organized by the national associations of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). In 1968, with the advent of the Open Era, the distinction between amateurs and professionals disappeared and Laver was again able to compete in most^{[lower-alpha 1]} Grand Slam events until the end of his career in 1977. During his career he won eleven Grand Slam tournaments, eight Pro Slam tournaments and five Davis Cup titles.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 17 finals (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1959	Wimbledon	Grass	Alex Olmedo	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1960	Australian Championships	Grass	Neale Fraser	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
Loss	1960	Wimbledon	Grass	Neale Fraser	4–6, 6–3, 7–9, 5–7
Loss	1960	U.S. Championships	Grass	Neale Fraser	4–6, 4–6, 7–9
Loss	1961	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Chuck McKinley	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1961	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	5–7, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1962	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1962	French Championships	Clay	Roy Emerson	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
Win	1962	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Marty Mulligan	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Win	1962	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1968	French Open	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	1968	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Win	1969	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Win	1969	French Open (2)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1969	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1969	US Open (2)	Grass	Tony Roche	7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 12 finals (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1959	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Mark	Don Candy Bob Howe	9–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1959	Wimbledon	Grass	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	6–8, 3–6, 16–14, 7–9
Win	1960	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1960	US National Championships	Grass	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	7–9, 2–6, 4–6
Win	1961	Australian Championships	Grass	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Martin Mulligan	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 9–11, 6–2
Win	1961	French Championships	Clay	Roy Emerson	Bob Howe Bob Mark	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1968	French Open	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1969	Australian Open	Grass	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1969	French Open	Clay	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1970	US Open	Grass	Roy Emerson	Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić	3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	1971	Wimbledon	Grass	Roy Emerson	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1973	US Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 5 finals (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1959	Australian Championships	Grass	Renée Schuurman	Sandra Reynolds Bob Mark	6–4, 11–13, 1–6
Loss	1959	French Championships	Clay	Renée Schuurman	Yola Ramírez Billy Knight	4–6, 4–6
Win	1959	Wimbledon	Grass	Darlene Hard	Neale Fraser Maria Bueno	4–6, 3–6
Win	1960	Wimbledon	Grass	Darlene Hard	Robert Howe Maria Bueno	13–11, 3–6, 8–6
Win	1961	French Championships	Clay	Darlene Hard	Věra Suková Jiří Javorský	0–6, 6–2, 3–6

Pro Slam finals

Before the Open Era.

Singles * : 14 (8 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1963	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	8–6, 4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1963	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1964	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1964	Wembley Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	7–5, 4–6, 5–7, 8–6, 8–6
Win	1964	U.S. Championship	Grass	Pancho Gonzales	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	1965	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	1965	Wembley Pro	Wood (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1965	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1966	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 2–6, 12–14
Win	1966	Wembley Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Win	1966	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
Win	1967	French Championship	Wood (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 8–6, 4–6, 6–2
Win	1967	Wembley Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 6–2
Win	1967	U.S. Championship	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5

Performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Laver joined Professional tennis in 1963 and was unable to compete in the Grand Slams until the start of the Open Era at the 1968 French Open.

Tournament	Amateur career							Professional career					Open career										Titles / played	Career W–L	Career win%
Tournament	'56	'57	'58	'59	'60	'61	'62	'63	'64	'65	'66	'67	'68	'69	'70	'71	'72	'73	'74	'75	'76	'77	Titles / played	Career W–L	Career win%
Grand Slam Tournaments																							11 / 40	141–29	82.94
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	3R	W	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	3 / 9	22–6	78.57
French Open	1R	A	2R	3R	3R	SF	W	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2 / 8	25–6	80.65
Wimbledon	1R	A	3R	F	F	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	4R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	2R	4 / 11	50–7	87.72
US Open	1R	A	4R	QF	F	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	4R	W	4R	A	4R	3R	A	4R	A	A	2 / 12	44–10	81.48
Pro Slam Tournaments																							8 / 15	38–7	84.44
U.S. Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	F	W	W	not a Major										3 / 5	14–2	87.50
French Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	F	F	F	W	not a Major										1 / 5	12–4	75.00
Wembley Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	W	W	W	not a Major										4 / 5	12–1	92.31
Total:																							19 / 55	179–36	83.26
other events
Wimbledon Pro	not held											W	not held										1 / 1	3–0	100

Season-ending championships

Masters Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

Tokyo 1970

Standings

Player	RR W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Stan Smith	4–1	9–3	71–53	1
Rod Laver	4–1	9–3	69–55	2
Ken Rosewall	3–2	6–4	59–51	3
Arthur Ashe	3–2	6–7	58–53	4
Željko Franulović	1–4	5–9	55–70	5
Jan Kodeš	0–5	2–10	47–67	6

WCT (2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1971	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	1972	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–7

Singles titles (198)

Overview

Amateur (53)							Professional (72)						Open Era (73)									Total
1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	Total
0	2	3	1	9	16	22	6	11	17	16	19	3	10	18	15	7	5	7	6	5	0	198

Amateur career (53 titles)

No.	Week of	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	2 Mar 1957	Queensland Bay, Redcliffe	Grass	Barry Green	6–1, 6–4
2.	19 Apr 1957	Queensland Central, Rockhampton	Grass	Ken Fletcher	7–5, 6–3
3.	1 Mar 1958	Queensland Bay, Redcliffe	Grass	G. Gaydon	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	4 May 1958	Maroochy Championships, Nambour	Grass	Mal Anderson	6–3, 6–2
6.	5 Oct 1958	South Coast Championships, Southport	Grass	Neil Gibson	7–9, 6–3, 6–4
7.	27 Mar 1959	Queensland Central, Rockhampton	Grass	Frank Gorman	6–1, 6–2
8.	18 Jan 1960	Australian Championships, Brisbane	Grass	Neale Fraser	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
9.	2 Apr 1960	Queensland Championships, Wynnum	Grass	Neil Gibson	6–3, 6–0
10.	30 Apr 1960	Maroochy Championships Nambour	Grass	Ken Fletcher	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
11.	30 May 1960	Vaud International Championships, Lausanne Switzerland	Clay	Ronald Barnes	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
12.	25 Jul 1960	Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships, Haverford, U.S.	Grass	Ronald Holmberg	9–7, 8–6, 6–3
13.	1 Aug 1960	Meadow Club Invitational, Southampton, U.S.	Grass	Ronald Holmberg (2)	12–10, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
14.	8 Aug 1960	Eastern Grass Court Championships, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Grass	Donald Dell	6–1, 10–8, 6–4
15.	15 Aug 1960	Newport Casino Invitational, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Butch Buchholz	6–1, 6–8, 6–1, 6–2
16.	18 Oct 1960	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Kingaroy, Australia	Clay	Neil Gibson	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	9 Jan 1961	South Australian Championships, Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mike Sangster	11–9, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–3
18.	6 Feb 1961	New Zealand Championships, Auckland	Grass	Roy Emerson (2)	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
19.	20 Feb 1961	St. Andrew International Invitation, Kingston, Jamaica	Grass	Roy Emerson (3)	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
20.	27 Feb 1961	Altamira Invitational, Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Luis Ayala	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
21.	10 Apr 1961	River Oaks Championships, Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson (4)	7–5, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
22.	26 Jun 1961	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Chuck McKinley	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
23.	25 Jul 1961	Centennial Cup, Deauville, France	Clay	Jaroslav Drobný	6–2, 6–4
24.	25 Jul 1961	Colonel Kuntz Cup, Deauville, France	Clay	Michel Leclercq	6–2, 6–3
25.	31 Jul 1961	Bad Neuenahr International, Bad Neuenahr, West Germany	Clay	Luis Ayala (2)	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
26.	7 Aug 1961	German Championships, Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Luis Ayala (3)	6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
27.	21 Aug 1961	Austrian Championships, Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Roy Emerson (5)	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
28.	9 Oct 1961	New South Wales Metropolitan, Sydney	Grass	Bob Hewitt	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
29.	23 Oct 1961	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Gladstone, Australia (2)	Clay	Roy Emerson (6)	7–5, 6–3
30.	30 Oct 1961	Queensland Championships, Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Roy Emerson (7)	4–6, 4–6, 6–0, 8–6, 6–3
31.	4 Dec 1961	Victorian Championships, Melbourne	Grass	Roy Emerson (8)	4–6, 8–6, 9–7, 6–3
32.	18 Dec 1961	New South Wales Championships, Sydney	Grass	Roy Emerson (9)	8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
33.	25 Dec 1961	Manly Seaside Championships, Sydney	Grass	Bob Hewitt (2)	6–3, 6–3
34.	1 Jan 1962	Australian Championships, Sydney (2)	Grass	Roy Emerson (10)	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
35.	22 Jan 1962	Tasmanian Championships, Hobart, Australia	Grass	Neale Fraser (3)	7–5, 0–6, 0–6, 6–1, 6–2
36.	19 Mar 1962	Altamira Invitational, Caracas, Venezuela (2)	Hard	Roy Emerson (11)	9–7, 6–2, 6–0
37.	9 Apr 1962	River Oaks Championships, Houston, Texas, U.S. (2)	Clay	Roy Emerson (12)	6–1, 7–5, 7–5
38.	16 Apr 1962	Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships, Chingford, England	Clay	Martin Mulligan	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
39.	23 Apr 1962	British Hard Court Championships, Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Ian Crookenden	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
40.	30 Apr 1962	Sicilian International Championships, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Neale Fraser (4)	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
41.	7 May 1962	Italian Championships, Rome	Clay	Roy Emerson (13)	6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
42.	14 May 1962	Swiss International Championships, Lugano	Clay	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–2
43.	21 May 1962	French Championships, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson (14)	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
44.	4 Jun 1962	International Hard Court Championships, Oslo, Norway	Clay	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
45.	18 Jun 1962	London Grass Court Championships, London	Grass	Roy Emerson (15)	6–4, 7–5
46.	25 Jun 1962	Wimbledon Championships, London (2)	Grass	Martin Mulligan	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
47.	9 Jul 1962	Irish Championships, Dublin	Grass	Robert Wilson	Walkover
48.	16 Jul 1962	Gstaad International, Gstaad	Clay	Neale Fraser (5)	6–4, 6–4, 8–6
49.	23 Jul 1962	Dutch Championships, Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Ramanathan Krishnan (2)	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
50.	30 Jul 1962	German Championships, Hamburg, West Germany (2)	Clay	Manuel Santana	8–6, 7–5, 6–4
51.	27 Aug 1962	U.S. Championships, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson (16)	6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
52.	8 Oct 1962	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Warwick, Australia (3)	Clay	Ken Fletcher	8–6, 6–3
53.	15 Oct 1962	Australian Hard Court Championships, Sydney	Clay	Fred Stolle	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
53.	17 Dec 1962	Victorian Championships, Melbourne (2)	Grass	Neale Fraser (6)	3–6, 9–7, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0

Professional career: before the Open Era (72 titles)

No. (pro era)	No. (total)	Start date	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	54.	5 Aug 1963	Kitzbühel Professional Championships, Austria	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
2.	55.	12 Aug 1963	Cannes Professional Championships, France	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
3.	56.	19 Aug 1963	Dutch Professional Championships, Noordwijk-on-Sea, Netherlands	Clay	Butch Buchholz	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
4.	57.	14 Oct 1963	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa	Hard	Michael Davies	4–6, 8–6, 6–2
5.	58.	5 Oct 1963	Salisbury Rhodesian Professional Championships	Hard	Alex Olmedo	6–3, 10–8
6.	59.	21 Oct 1963	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Alex Olmedo	6–0, 6–4
7.	60.	3–5 Jan 1964	Western Australian Professional Championships (4-man round robin), Perth	Grass	Ken Rosewall (2nd)	6–2, 6–1
8.	61.	15 Jun 1964	Monterey Professional Championships, California, U.S.	?	Alex Olmedo	10–8, 6–1
9.	62.	6 Jul 1964	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.	Grass	Pancho Gonzales	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
10.	63.	3 Aug 1964	Biarritz Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Lew Hoad	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
11.	64.	24 Aug 1964	Geneva Professional Championships, Switzerland	Clay (?)	Pancho Gonzales	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
12.	65.	14 Sep 1964	London Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	7–5, 5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 8–6
13.	66.	10 Oct 1964	Rhodesian Professional Championships, Salisbury	?	Butch Buchholz	6–3, 4–6, 10–8
14.	67.	14 Oct 1964	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa (2)	Hard	Lew Hoad	10–8, 6–3
15.	68.	28 Oct 1964	Eastern Cape Province Professional Championships, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	?	Frank Sedgman	8–6 (pro set)
16.	69.	9 Nov 1964	Egyptian Professional Championships (4-man), Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–3
17.	70.	18 Nov 1964	Marseille Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Butch Buchholz	6–2, 6–4
18.	71.	25 Jan 1965	South Australian Professional Championships, Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4
19.	72.	1 Feb 1965	Western Australian Professional Championships, Perth (2)	Grass	Pancho Gonzales	7–5, 11–9
20.	73.	8 Feb 1965	Victorian Professional Championships, Melbourne	Grass	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
21.	74.	15 Feb 1965	Tasmanian Professional Championships (4-man), Hobart, Australia	Grass	Lew Hoad	3–6, 8–6, 7–5
22.	75.	19 Apr 1965	Oklahoma City Professional Championships (4-man), Oklahoma, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 6–4
23.	76.	26 Apr 1965	U.S. Professional ? Championships, New York City	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 6–2
24.	77.	17 May 1965	Los Angeles Professional Championships (round robin), U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
25.	78.	24 May 1965	Peacock Gap Professional Championships, San Rafael, California, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–1, 6–4
26.	79.	14 Jun 1965	Tahoe Racquet Club Professional Championships, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
27.	80.	5 Jul 1965	Newport Professional Championships (round robin), Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Ken Rosewall (2nd)	N/A
28.	81.	26–27 Jul 1965	Belfast Professional Championships (4-man), United Kingdom	?	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–4
29.	82.	23 Aug 1965	Cannes Professional Championships, France (2)	Wood (i) ?	Andrés Gimeno	7–5, 7–5, 6–3
30.	83.	13 Sep 1965	London Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (2)	Wood (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
31.	84.	11 Oct 1965	Nairobi Professional Championships, Kenya	?	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
32.	85.	15 Oct 1965	Rhodesian Professional Championships, Salisbury (2)	?	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
33.	86.	26 Oct 1965	Durban Natal Professional Championships, South Africa	?	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 8–6
34.	87.	1 Nov 1965	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa (2)	?	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
35.	88.	19 Jan 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Queensland Professional Championships, Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–4
36.	89.	22 Jan 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Victorian Professional Championships, Melbourne (2)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–0
37.	90.	24 Jan 1966	Western Australian Professional Championships, Perth (3)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 10–8
38.	91.	4 Apr 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Nancy Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Andrés Gimeno	7–5, 6–3
39.	92.	10 Apr 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Cannes Professional Championships (4-man), France (3)	Wood (i) ?	Andrés Gimeno	7–5, 6–3
40.	93.	6 Jun 1966	Forest Hills Professional Championships (round robin), New York City	Grass	Ken Rosewall	31–29
41.	94.	11 Jul 1966	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. (2)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
42.	95.	?? Jul 1966	Binghamton Professional Championships (round robin), New York, U.S.	?	Pancho Segura	31–18, 31–18
43.	96.	15 Aug 1966	Oporto Professional Championships, Portugal	?	Pierre Barthès	6–4, 8–6
44.	97.	12 Sep 1966	London Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (3)	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
45.	98.	3 Oct 1966	Milan Professional Championships (4-man), Italy	?	Andrés Gimeno	4–6, 6–1, 9–7
46.	99.	10 Oct 1966	South African Professional Championships, Johannesburg (3)	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–2
47.	100.	17 Oct 1966	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa (3)	?	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
48.	101.	28 Oct 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Natal Professional Championships, Durban, South Africa	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–1 6–3
49.	102.	10 Nov 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Abidjan Professional Championships (4-man), Ivory Coast	?	Andrés Gimeno	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
50.	103.	14 Nov 1966^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Dakar Professional Championships (4-man), Senegal	?	Andrés Gimeno	2–6, 6–1, 9–7
51.	104.	1 Mar 1967	New York Pro Championships,^[1] New York City (2)	Wood (i)	Pancho Gonzales	7–5, 14–16, 7–5, 6–2
52.	105.	6 Mar 1967	San Juan Pro Championships, Puerto Rico	?	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
53.	106.	13 Mar 1967	Orlando Professional Championships, Florida, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
54.	107.	20 Mar 1967	Planters Pro Challenge Cup, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–3
55.	108.	27 Mar 1967	Boston Garden Pro Championships, Boston, U.S.	Uniturf (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–0
56.	109.	30 Mar 1967	Montreal Canadian Professional Championships, Canada	?	Dennis Ralston	17–15 6–0
57.	110.	3 Apr 1967	Paris Pro Championships, France	?	Ken Rosewall	6–0, 10–8, 10–8
58.	111.	18 Apr 1967	Marseille Professional Championships (4-man), France (2)	?	Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–3
59.	112.	8 May 1967	Pacific Professional Championships, San Diego, California, U.S.	?	Dennis Ralston	6–4, 12–10
60.	113.	5 Jun 1967	Madison Square Garden Professional Championships, New York City, U.S.	?	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–4
61.	114.	26 Jun 1967	World Professional Championships, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. (2)	?	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
62.	115.	10 Jul 1967	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
63.	116.	17 Jul 1967	Newport Professional Championships (round robin), Rhode Island, U.S. (2)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno (2nd)	N/A
64.	117.	24 Jul 1967	Binghamton Pro Championships, Binghamton, U.S. (2)	?	Andrés Gimeno	6–1, 6–3
65.	118.	7 Aug 1967	Colonial Professional Championships, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	?	Dennis Ralston	8–6, 6–0
66.	119.	21 Aug 1967	Wimbledon World Professional Championships, London	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 12–10
67.	120.	18 Sep 1967	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa (4)	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 8–6
68.	121.	9 Oct 1967	French Professional Championships, Paris	?	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 8–6, 4–6, 6–2
69.	122.	23 Oct 1967	London Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (4)	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 6-2
70.	123	18–20 Mar 1968	*NTL Sao Paulo Pro Championships, Brazil	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
71.	124.	23–25Mar 1968	NTL Buenos Aires Pro Championships, Argentina	?	Pancho Gonzales	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
72.	125.	15 Apr 1968	*BBC2 World Pro Invitation Championships (4-man), London	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 10–8

* 3 titles listed by the ATP website

Professional career: Open Era (73 titles)

No. (open era)	No. (total)	Start date	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	126.	29 Apr 1968	NTL Professional Championships, London	Hard (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–0, 6–1, 6–0
2.	127.	13 May 1968	Madison Square Garden Professional Championships, New York City (2)	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–4
3.	128.	10 Jun 1968 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (4)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 6–4, 9–7
4.	129.	24 Jun 1968	Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
5.	130.	8 Jul 1968	French Professional Championships, Paris (2)	Clay	John Newcombe	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
6.	131.	16 Sep 1968	Pacific Southwest Open, Los Angeles	Hard	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–0, 6–0
7.	132.	6 Oct 1968^[3]	NTL South Texas, Corpus Christi, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–4
8.	133.	?? Nov 1968	São Paulo, Brazil (4-man round robin)	Clay (i)	Round-robin^{[lower-alpha 4]}	won RR 3–0
9.	134.	?? Nov 1968	La Paz, Bolivia (4-man round robin)	Clay	Round-robin^{[lower-alpha 4]}	won RR 3–0
10.	135.	10 Dec 1968^[4]	Dixie Tennis Classic, Vanderbilt University, Nashville (4-man)	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–3
11.	136.	20 Jan 1969	Australian Open, Brisbane (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
12.	137.	3 Feb 1969	U.S. Professional Indoor, Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
13.	138.	10 Feb 1969	Orlando Professional Championships, Florida, U.S.^{[lower-alpha 5]}(2)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–2
14.	139.	3 Mar 1969	Los Angeles Professional Championships, U.S. (2)	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	6–4, 10–8
15.	140.	31 Mar 1969	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Tom Okker	6–3, 10–8, 6–3
16.	141.	21 Apr 1969	Anaheim Professional Championships, California, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Ronald Holmberg	31–16, 31–28
17.	142.	12 May 1969	Madison Square Garden Invitational, New York City (3)	Carpet (i)	Roy Emerson	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
18.	143.	19 May 1969	BBC2 World Professional Championship, Wembley Arena, London	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	8–6, 6–0
19.	144.	26 May 1969	French Open, Paris (2)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
20.	145.	23 Jun 1969	Wimbledon, London (4)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
21.	146.	7 Jul 1969	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (5)	Hard	John Newcombe	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
22.	147.	?? Aug 1969	Saint Louis Professional Championships, Missouri, U.S.	?	Fred Stolle	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
23.	148.	11 Aug 1969	Fort Worth Professional Championships, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (2)	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–2
24.	149.	?? Aug 1969	Binghamton Professional Championships, New York, U.S. (3)	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–1, 6–2
25.	150.	18 Aug 1969	Baltimore Professional Championships, Maryland, U.S. (3)	Carpet (i)	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
26.	151.	25 Aug 1969	US Open, New York City (2)	Grass	Tony Roche	7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
27.	152.	17 Nov 1969	British Covered Court Championships, London (2)	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
28.	153.	1 Dec 1969	Madrid Professional Championships, Spain^{[lower-alpha 5]}	?	Roger Taylor	6–3, 6–2
29.	154.	2 Feb 1970	U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Tony Roche	6–3, 8–6, 6–2
30.	155.	16 Mar 1970	Dunlop Slazenger International WCT, Sydney	Grass	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
31.	156.	30 Mar 1970	South African Open, Johannesburg (2)	Hard	Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
32.	157.	25 May 1970	Rawlings Classic WCT, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–4
33.	158.	15 Jun 1970	Rothman's Open, Queen's Club, London (2)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 6–3
34.	159.	16 Jul 1970^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Tennis Champions Classic, New York^{[lower-alpha 2]}	?	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
35.	160.	29 Jul 1970	First National Classic, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Clay	John Newcombe	6–3, 6–3
36.	161.	10 Aug 1970	Bretton Woods (4-man), U.S.^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Clay	Roy Emerson	6–3, 6–3
37.	162.	10 Aug 1970	Rothman's Canadian Open, Toronto	Clay	Roger Taylor	6–0, 4–6, 6–3
38.	163.	17 Aug 1970	National Invitation Tournament WCT, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (3)	Hard	Roy Emerson	6–3, 7–5
39.	164.	24 Aug 1970	Marlboro Open, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (2)	Grass	Bob Carmichael	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
40.	165.	21 Sep 1970	Pacific Southwest Open, Los Angeles, U.S. (2)	Hard	John Newcombe	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
41.	166.	28 Sep 1970	Rothman's International WCT, Vancouver, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
42.	167.	16 Oct 1970	Berlin, Bonn, West Germany (4-man round robin)^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Carpet	Tom Okker (2nd)	N/A
43.	168.	16 Nov 1970	Wembley Championships, London, U.K. (5)	Carpet	Cliff Richey	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
44.	169.	22 Feb 1971	Rothman's International, London	Hard (i)	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
45.	170.	19 Mar 1971^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Tennis Champions Classic, New York^{[lower-alpha 2]}(2)	?	Tom Okker	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
46.	171.	3 May 1971	Italian Open WCT, Rome (2)	Clay	Jan Kodeš	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
47.	172.	16 Aug 1971	Colonial Championships WCT, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (4)	Hard	Marty Riessen	2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
48.	173.	23 Aug 1971	CBS Classic (4-man), Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	John Newcombe	6–2, 7–5
49.	174.	27 Sep 1971	Redwood Bank Pacific Coast Open, Berkeley, California, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
50.	175.	7 Nov 1971	Rothman's Open WCT, Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
51.	176.	2 Feb 1972	Richmond WCT, Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
52.	177.	7 Feb 1972	U.S. Pro Indoor, Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
53.	178.	14 Feb 1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–1
54.	179.	3 Apr 1972	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–4
55.	180.	24 Apr 1972	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
56.	181.	15 Jan 1973	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Dick Stockton	7–6, 6–3, 7–5
57.	182.	30 Jan 1973	Richmond WCT, Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	6–4, 6–3
58.	183.	11 Feb 1973	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	6–3, 6–4
59.	184.	12 Mar 1973	Hilton Head CBS Classic, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	6–2, 6–4
60.	185.	?? Sep 1973	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic (4-man), U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	7–6, 7–5
61.	186.	29 Oct 1973	Hong Kong	Hard	Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
62.	187.	4 Nov 1973	Australian Indoor Championships, Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	John Newcombe	3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
63.	188.	21 Jan 1974	U.S. Pro Indoor, Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
64.	189.	25 Mar 1974	Palm Desert WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
65.	190.	8 Apr 1974	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Hard	Juan Gisbert	5–7, 6–2, 6–0
66.	191.	15 Apr 1974	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–2
67.	192.	13 May 1974	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Marty Riessen	6–2, 6–2
68.	193.	11 Aug 1974	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–3
69.	194.	13 Jan 1975	San Juan CBS Classic, Porto Rico	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 7–5
70.	195.	17 Feb 1975	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Allan Stone	6–2, 6–2
71.	196.	10 Mar 1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–4
72.	197.	17 Mar 1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–2
73.	198.	24 Mar 1975	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–4

Notes and sources for this section

This list of 198 singles titles from 1956 through 1976 may be incomplete.

Association of Tennis Professionals website
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International Tennis Federation (1970). BP Yearbook of World Tennis 1970. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1971). World of Tennis '71. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1972). World of Tennis '72. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1973). World of Tennis '73. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1974). World of Tennis '74. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1975). World of Tennis '75. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
International Tennis Federation (1976). World of Tennis '76. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
Laver, Betty (2001). Rod Laver: The Red-headed Rocket from Rockhampton. Gladstone, Qld: Betty Laver. ISBN 0-9579932-0-X.
McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis. London.
Sutter, Michel (1992). Vainqueurs-Winners 1946–1991. Paris. (forewords by Arthur Ashe and Mark Miles).

Singles runner-ups during the Open Era (27)

As listed on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals.

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1968	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 2–6, 0–6, 3–6
2.	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6
3.	1968	Los Angeles NTL, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pancho Gonzales	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
4.	1968	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Roy Emerson	7–9, 4–6, 4–6
5.	1969	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Tony Roche	4–6, 6–4, 7–9, 10–12
6.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Tony Roche	1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
7.	1969	Hollywood, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	3–6, 7–9, 4–6
8.	1969	Oakland, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	6–4, 4–6, 9–11
9.	1969	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	8–10, 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
10.	1970	Los Angeles NTL, U.S.		Dennis Ralston	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
11.	1970	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	1–6, 5–7, 7–5, 3–6
12.	1970	Bristol, U.K.	Grass	Nikola Pilić	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
13.	1970	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Tony Roche	3–6, 1–6
14.	1970	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
15.	1970	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Santana	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
16.	1970	Masters, Tokyo	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
17.	1971	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Newcombe	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(1–7), 4–6
18.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	2–6, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
19.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 1–6
20.	1971	Wembley, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
21.	1971	Dallas, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
22.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	hard	Marty Riessen	5–7, 2–6, 5–7
23.	1972	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
24.	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
25.	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
26.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Stan Smith	2–6, 4–6, 1–6
27.	1973	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–7, 4–6

Doubles finals during the Open Era

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	3–6, 2–6, 8–10
Win	1–1	1968	Bournemouth, England	Grass	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno Pancho Gonzales	8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	1969	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–2	1969	French Open, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 7–5, 7–9, 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	1969	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	1970	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno John Newcombe	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	1970	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Ismail El Shafei Torben Ulrich	6–1, 7–6
Loss	4–4	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	4–5	1970	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	4–6	1970	US Open, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson	Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	4–7	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 6–7
Loss	4–8	1971	Cologne WCT, West Germany	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–8	1971	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Roy Emerson	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Win	6–8	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3
Win	7–8	1971	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–8	1971	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–8	1971	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	Roy Emerson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 7–6
Win	10–8	1972	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 7–6
Win	11–8	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	11–9	1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	11–10	1972	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	2–6, 4–6
Loss	11–11	1972	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	11–12	1973	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	11–13	1973	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–14	1972	US Open, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Win	12–14	1973	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–14	1973	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14–14	1973	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	15–14	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson	Robert Maud Andrew Pattison	7–6, 6–3
Win	16–14	1973	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	17–14	1973	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Fred Stolle	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	18–14	1973	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–5, 7–6
Win	19–14	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	John Newcombe	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–2
Win	20–14	1973	Hong Kong	Hard	Colin Dibley	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
Win	21–14	1973	Sydney ?, Australia	Hard (i)	John Newcombe	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	7–6, 6–2
Win	22–14	1974	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Colin Dibley	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	23–14	1974	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Frew McMillan John Newcombe	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	24–14	1974	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Jeff Borowiak	Georges Goven François Jauffret	6–3, 6–2
Win	25–14	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Bob Carmichael Allan Stone	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Win	26–14	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Dennis Ralston	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–3)
Win	27–14	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Win	28–14	1976	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone	6–4, 6–2

Davis Cup

Laver won 16 out of 20 Davis Cup singles matches and all four of his doubles. Laver was a member of the victorious Australian Davis Cup teams in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1973.

Zone	Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Location	Surface	Match	Opponent	W–L	Rubber score
1959 Davis Cup
NCA	SF	18–20 Jul 1959	Mexico	4–1	Mexico City	Clay	Singles 2	Mario Llamas	L	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
NCA	SF	18–20 Jul 1959	Mexico	4–1	Mexico City	Clay	Singles 4	Tony Palafox	W	6–3, 6–8, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
NCA	F	24–26 Jul 1959	Canada	5–0	Montreal	Grass	Singles 2	Robert Bedard	W	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
NCA	F	24–26 Jul 1959	Canada	5–0	Montreal	Grass	Singles 5	François Godbout	W	7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
AIZ	F	31 Jul–2 Aug 1959	Cuba	5–0	Montreal	Grass	Doubles (Emerson)	Orlando Garrido Reynaldo Garrido	W	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
IZ	SF	7–10 Jul 1959	Italy	4–1	Philadelphia	Grass	Singles 1	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
IZ	SF	7–10 Jul 1959	Italy	4–1	Philadelphia	Grass	Singles 4	Orlando Sirola	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
IZ	F	14–16 Aug 1959	India	4–1	Boston	Grass	Singles 1	Ramanathan Krishnan	L	1–6, 4–6, 10–8, 4–6
IZ	F	14–16 Aug 1959	India	4–1	Boston	Grass	Singles 4	Premjit Lall	W	6–2, 10–8, 6–4
CR	F	28–31 Aug 1959	United States	3–2	New York City	Grass	Singles 1	Barry MacKay	L	5–7, 4–6, 1–6
CR	F	28–31 Aug 1959	United States	3–2	New York City	Grass	Singles 4	Alex Olmedo	L	7–9, 6–4, 8–10, 10–12
1960 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1960	Italy	4–1	Sydney	Grass	Singles 2	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	8–6, 6–4, 6–3
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1960	Italy	4–1	Sydney	Grass	Singles 4	Orlando Sirola	W	9–7, 6–2, 6–3
1961 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1961	Italy	5–0	Melbourne	Grass	Singles 2	Orlando Sirola	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1961	Italy	5–0	Melbourne	Grass	Singles 4	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
1962 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1962	Mexico	5–0	Brisbane	Grass	Singles 1	Rafael Osuna	W	6–2, 6–1, 7–5
							Doubles (Emerson)	Rafael Osuna Tony Palafox	W	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
							Singles 5	Tony Palafox	W	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1973 Davis Cup
IZ	SF	16–18 Nov 1973	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Melbourne	Grass	Singles 1	Jan Kodeš	W	6–3, 7–5, 7–5
							Doubles (Rosewall)	Jan Kodeš Vladimir Zednik	W	6–4, 14–12, 7–9, 8–6
							Singles 4	Jiří Hřebec	W	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
CR	F	30 Nov–2 Dec 1973	United States	5–0	Cleveland	Carpet (i)	Singles 2	Tom Gorman	W	8–10, 8–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–1
							Doubles (Newcombe)	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	W	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
							Singles 5	Stan Smith	W	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Notes

↑ Power struggles between the ILTF and the commercial promoters National Tennis League (NTL) and World Championship Tennis (WCT) resulted in Laver missing a number of Grand Slam tournaments during the early 1970s.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final.
↑ The final was postponed due to rain and as the players had to leave for England to play tournaments, including Wimbledon, it was rescheduled and played on 10 September.^[2]
1 2 Andrés Gimeno, Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson finished tied for second
1 2 3 4 Not listed by the ATP.

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References

↑ McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis. Windsor, Berkshire, England: , Short Run Book Company. p. 245. ASIN B001EOVE56.
↑ McKelvie, Roy (1986). The Queen's Club Story, 1886-1986. London: Stanley Paul. p. 148. ISBN 0091660602.
↑ "Corpus Christi Caller, Oct 3, 1968" . Retrieved 13 July 2015.
↑ "Memorial Gym Hosted 1968 Pro Tennis" . Retrieved 13 July 2015.

External links

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Rod Laver at the International Tennis Federation
Rod Laver at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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[grandslam-1] Power struggles between the ILTF and the commercial promoters National Tennis League (NTL) and World Championship Tennis (WCT) resulted in Laver missing a number of Grand Slam tournaments during the early 1970s.

[final-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final.

[1968pro-5] The final was postponed due to rain and as the players had to leave for England to play tournaments, including Wimbledon, it was rescheduled and played on 10 September.^[2]

[1968sao_paulo-7] 1 2 Andrés Gimeno, Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson finished tied for second

[notlisted-9] 1 2 3 4 Not listed by the ATP.

[3] McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis. Windsor, Berkshire, England: , Short Run Book Company. p. 245. ASIN B001EOVE56.

[mckelvie-4] McKelvie, Roy (1986). The Queen's Club Story, 1886-1986. London: Stanley Paul. p. 148. ISBN 0091660602.

[6] "Corpus Christi Caller, Oct 3, 1968" . Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[8] "Memorial Gym Hosted 1968 Pro Tennis" . Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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