| R32 | L | John Alexander | 6-7 6-3 6-1 | H2H |
🇦🇺 AUS · Left-handed · 173 cm · b. 1938-08-09
Rod Laver
Active 1968–1979 · best rank seen: 2
576–146
72
5
0
99
38,355
Hard
152–32 (82.6%)
Clay
121–39 (75.6%)
Grass
95–17 (84.8%)
Carpet
208–58 (78.2%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson | 26–6 | 32 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall | 24–8 | 32 | Full H2H |
| 🇳🇱 Tom Okker | 21–3 | 24 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Fred Stolle | 20–4 | 24 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | 19–3 | 22 | Full H2H |
| 🇪🇸 Andres Gimeno | 15–6 | 21 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Tony Roche | 11–9 | 20 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 John Newcombe | 14–4 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇿🇦 Cliff Drysdale | 13–5 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen | 10–7 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Stan Smith | 10–7 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Dennis Ralston | 13–2 | 15 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | W | 4R | ||||||||
| Roland Garros | F | W | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | W | W | 4R | QF | 2R | |||||
| US Open | 4R | W | 4R | 4R | 3R | 4R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1968–1970).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2382.
Career titles (72)
- 1975 Orlando WCT Hard
- 1975 Caracas WCT Hard
- 1975 Sao Paulo WCT Carpet
- 1975 Carlsbad WCT Hard
- 1975 San Juan WCT Clay
- 1974 Bretton Woods Clay
- 1974 Las Vegas Hard
- 1974 Houston WCT Clay
- 1974 Tokyo WCT Hard
- 1974 Palm Desert WCT Hard
- 1974 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1973 Sydney-2 Hard
- 1973 Hong Kong Hard
- 1973 World Invitational Tennis Classic Carpet
- 1973 Hilton Head WCT Clay
- 1973 Toronto WCT Carpet
- 1973 Richmond WCT Carpet
- 1973 Miami WCT Hard
- 1972 Denver WCT Carpet
- 1972 Houston WCT Clay
- 1972 Toronto WCT Carpet
- 1972 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1972 Richmond WCT Carpet
- 1971 Bologna WCT Carpet
- 1971 Berkeley WCT Hard
- 1971 Hilton Head Clay
- 1971 Fort Worth WCT Hard
- 1971 Rome WCT Clay
- 1971 Tennis Champions Classic Carpet
- 1971 London-1 Carpet
- 1970 Wembley Carpet
- 1970 Vancouver Carpet
- 1970 Los Angeles-2 Hard
- 1970 South Orange Grass
- 1970 Fort Worth Hard
- 1970 Toronto Clay
- 1970 Louisville Clay
- 1970 Tennis Champions Classic Carpet
- 1970 Queen's Club Grass
- 1970 St. Louis Hard
- 1970 Johannesburg Hard
- 1970 Sydney Grass
- 1970 Philadelphia Carpet
- 1969 Wembley Carpet
- 1969 US Open Grass Slam
- 1969 Baltimore Grass
- 1969 Fort Worth Hard
- 1969 Binghamton Hard
- 1969 St. Louis Hard
- 1969 Boston-1 Hard
- 1969 Wimbledon Grass Slam
- 1969 Roland Garros Clay Slam
- 1969 London-2 Hard
- 1969 New York-2 Carpet
- 1969 Anaheim Carpet
- 1969 Johannesburg Hard
- 1969 Los Angeles-1 Carpet
- 1969 Philadelphia Carpet
- 1969 Australian Open Grass Slam
- 1968 Nashville Carpet
- 1968 La Paz NTL Clay
- 1968 Sao Paulo NTL-2 Clay
- 1968 Corpus Christi NTL Hard
- 1968 Los Angeles-2 Hard
- 1968 Paris-2 Clay
- 1968 Wimbledon Grass Slam
- 1968 Boston-1 Grass
- 1968 New York NTL Carpet
- 1968 Wembley NTL-2 Hard
- 1968 Wembley NTL-1 Hard
- 1968 Buenos Aires NTL Clay
- 1968 Sao Paulo NTL-1 Clay
Match results
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.