Head to head
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Grass
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4
Carpet
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Rod Laver's wins on the left · Earl Butch Buchholz's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1969 | Japanese Championships | Carpet | 3rd/4th | Rod Laver | 5-6 6-2 6-5 |
| 1969 | Philadelphia | Carpet | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1968 | Nashville | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 6-3 8-6 |
| 1968 | New York-3 | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1968 | Queen's Club | Grass | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-2 8-6 |
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.