Head to head
2
Hard
1
1
Clay
1
1
Grass
0
4
Carpet
1
Rod Laver's wins on the left · John Alexander's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 1979 | Las Vegas | Hard | R32 | John Alexander | 6-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Hard | RR | Rod Laver | 6-1 1-6 7-6 6-2 |
| 1975 | WCT Finals | Carpet | 3rd/4th | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1974 | Bretton Woods | Clay | SF | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1973 | Gothenburg WCT | Carpet | SF | John Alexander | 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 1973 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 1972 | Washington WCT | Clay | R16 | John Alexander | 2-6 6-2 7-5 |
| 1972 | Las Vegas WCT | Hard | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-2 1-6 6-3 |
| 1972 | Denver WCT | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1971 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-3 6-3 |
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.