Head to head
10
Hard
1
4
Clay
4
1
Grass
0
9
Carpet
3
Rod Laver's wins on the left · Ken Rosewall's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (32)
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Hard | RR | Ken Rosewall | 6-4 6-1 6-3 |
| 1976 | Houston WCT | Clay | R16 | Ken Rosewall | 3-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1973 | Sydney-2 | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-4 3-6 8-6 |
| 1973 | WCT Finals | Carpet | 3rd/4th | Ken Rosewall | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1972 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | Ken Rosewall | 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-7 7-6(5) |
| 1972 | Houston WCT | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1972 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1972 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 |
| 1971 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-4 1-6 7-6 7-6 |
| 1971 | Berkeley WCT | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 7-6 |
| 1971 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | QF | Rod Laver | 7-5 5-7 6-2 |
| 1971 | Washington WCT | Clay | R16 | Ken Rosewall | 5-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 6-5 |
| 1970 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 5-6 6-3 6-5 |
| 1970 | Louisville | Clay | SF | Rod Laver | 6-4 1-6 6-1 |
| 1970 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 6-3 |
| 1970 | St. Louis | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1970 | Sydney | Grass | F | Rod Laver | 3-6 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1969 | Fort Worth | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1969 | Boston-1 | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3 |
| 1969 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 1969 | Amsterdam | Clay | RR | Rod Laver | 6-2 1-6 6-3 |
| 1969 | London-2 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 8-6 6-0 |
| 1969 | Oakland | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1969 | Philadelphia | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1968 | Nashville | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1968 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-0 6-0 |
| 1968 | Roland Garros | Clay | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 |
| 1968 | New York NTL | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 9-7 6-4 |
| 1968 | Wembley NTL-2 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-0 6-1 6-0 |
| 1968 | Bournemouth | Clay | F | Ken Rosewall | 3-6 6-2 6-0 6-3 |
| 1968 | Wembley NTL-1 | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 10-8 |
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.