Head to head
3
Hard
2
1
Clay
0
0
Grass
2
3
Carpet
6
Marty Riessen'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 (17)
| 1974 | Las Vegas | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1972 | Cleveland WCT | Carpet | R16 | Marty Riessen | 7-6 3-6 6-2 |
| 1972 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 |
| 1972 | Las Vegas WCT | Hard | QF | Marty Riessen | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1972 | Denver WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1972 | Quebec WCT | Carpet | F | Marty Riessen | 7-5 6-2 7-5 |
| 1971 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | F | Rod Laver | 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1971 | Boston WCT | Hard | QF | Marty Riessen | 1-6 6-4 7-6 |
| 1971 | Bristol WCT | Grass | QF | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1971 | Tehran WCT | Clay | QF | Marty Riessen | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Dallas WCT | Carpet | R16 | Marty Riessen | 6-1 7-6 |
| 1969 | Wembley | Carpet | R32 | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Cologne | Hard | QF | Marty Riessen | 6-4 10-12 9-7 |
| 1969 | New York-2 | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 8-4 |
| 1969 | Japanese Championships | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-2 5-6 6-3 |
| 1969 | Los Angeles-1 | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-4 10-8 |
| 1968 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Rod Laver | 6-4 3-6 7-5 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.