Head to head
3
Hard
0
3
Clay
2
4
Grass
1
4
Carpet
1
Rod Laver's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (18)
| 1973 | Sydney-2 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 3-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1973 | Tehran | Clay | SF | John Newcombe | 7-6 6-3 |
| 1973 | World Invitational Tennis Classic | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1972 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Hilton Head WCT | Clay | QF | John Newcombe | 1-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1971 | Hilton Head | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 4-6 5-6 6-4 |
| 1971 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | F | John Newcombe | 7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-4 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-4 7-6 |
| 1970 | Louisville | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1970 | Queen's Club | Grass | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1969 | Boston-1 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-1 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Queen's Club | Grass | SF | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Los Angeles-1 | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1969 | Sydney | Grass | SF | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-3 7-5 |
| 1968 | Paris-2 | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-2 6-3 |
| 1968 | Boston-1 | Grass | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 9-7 |
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.