Head to head
2
Hard
8
3
Clay
3
0
Grass
2
1
Carpet
13
Roy Emerson's wins on the left · Rod Laver's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (32)
| 1975 | Sao Paulo WCT | Carpet | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1973 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 7-5 |
| 1973 | Brussels WCT | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-4 6-1 |
| 1973 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1973 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1973 | Miami WCT | Hard | QF | Rod Laver | 1-6 6-3 7-6(2) |
| 1971 | Berkeley WCT | Hard | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-7 6-4 6-0 |
| 1971 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1971 | Quebec WCT | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 3-6 7-6 7-6 |
| 1971 | Miami WCT | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 2-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | Fs | Rod Laver | 6-3 5-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-3 6-5 |
| 1970 | Vancouver | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-1 6-2 |
| 1970 | Fort Worth | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1970 | St. Louis | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 4-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1970 | Las Vegas | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 3-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 |
| 1970 | Philadelphia | Carpet | R16 | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1969 | US Open | Grass | QF | Rod Laver | 4-6 8-6 13-11 6-4 |
| 1969 | New York-2 | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 4-6 6-1 |
| 1969 | Japanese Championships | Carpet | RR | Roy Emerson | 6-4 6-5 |
| 1969 | Hollywood | Clay | QF | Rod Laver | 5-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1969 | Australian Open | Grass | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 3-6 9-7 |
| 1968 | Wembley-3 | Hard | R16 | Roy Emerson | 6-3 9-7 |
| 1968 | Buenos Aires-2 | Clay | F | Roy Emerson | 9-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1968 | Lima NTL | Clay | RR | Roy Emerson | 8-6 6-4 |
| 1968 | La Paz NTL | Clay | RR | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1968 | Sao Paulo NTL-2 | Clay | RR | Rod Laver | 6-1 10-8 |
| 1968 | Midland NTL | Hard | SF | Roy Emerson | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1968 | Los Angeles NTL | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1968 | New York NTL | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1968 | Paris NTL | Hard | QF | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1968 | Hollywood NTL | Clay | SF | Roy Emerson | 6-4 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.