Head to head
1
Clay
2
0
Carpet
2
Bill Bowrey's wins on the left · Rod Laver's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1972 | Quebec WCT | Carpet | R32 | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1972 | Houston WCT | Clay | QF | Rod Laver | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1971 | Cologne WCT | Carpet | R32 | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1971 | Louisville WCT | Clay | R32 | Bill Bowrey | 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970 | Toronto | Clay | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-1 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.