Head to head
1
Hard
1
0
Clay
3
0
Grass
2
6
Carpet
4
Stan Smith'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 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | Stan Smith | 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 7-5 |
| 1974 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1973 | Davis Cup WG F: USA vs AUS | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1973 | World Invitational Tennis Classic | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1973 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Stan Smith | 4-6 6-4 7-6(2) 7-5 |
| 1973 | Brussels WCT | Carpet | F | Stan Smith | 6-2 6-4 6-1 |
| 1973 | St. Louis WCT | Carpet | F | Stan Smith | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1973 | Atlanta WCT | Carpet | F | Stan Smith | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1973 | Hilton Head WCT | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1973 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 1971 | Rome WCT | Clay | QF | Rod Laver | 6-1 2-6 6-2 |
| 1970 | Masters | Carpet | F | Stan Smith | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | QF | Rod Laver | 6-3 4-6 6-1 |
| 1969 | Las Vegas | Hard | QF | Stan Smith | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 6-3 |
| 1969 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 1968 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
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.