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Rod Laver career statistics

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Rod Laver career statistics
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This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Rod Laver whose playing career ran from 1956 until 1977. He played as an amateur from 1956 until the end of 1962 when he joined Jack Kramer's professional circuit. As a professional he was banned from playing the Grand Slam tournaments as well as other tournaments organized by the national associations of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). In 1968, with the advent of the Open Era, the distinction between amateurs and professionals disappeared and Laver was again able to compete in most[a] Grand Slam events until the end of his career in 1977. During his career he won eleven Grand Slam tournaments, eight Pro Slam tournaments and five Davis Cup titles.

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Rod Laver in May 1969 at the Amsterdam Pro tournament
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Grand Slam finals

Singles: 17 finals (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Doubles: 12 finals (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Mixed doubles: 5 finals (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Pro Slam finals

  • Before the Open Era.

Singles * : 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Laver joined Professional tennis in 1963 and was unable to compete in the Grand Slams until the start of the Open Era at the 1968 French Open.

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Season-ending championships

Masters Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

Tokyo 1970

Standings

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WCT (2 runner-ups)

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Singles titles (200)

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Overview

Amateur (53) Professional (72) Open Era (75) Total
195619571958195919601961 196219631964196519661967196819681969197019711972 1973197419751976
0231916 22611171619310181585 7651200

Amateur career (53 titles)

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Professional career: before the Open Era (72 titles)

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  • * 3 titles listed by the ATP website

Professional career: Open Era (75 titles)

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Notes and sources for this section

This list of 198 singles titles from 1956 through 1976 may be incomplete.

  • Association of Tennis Professionals website
  • Collins, Bud; Laver, Rodney George (1973). The Education of a Tennis Player. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-21533-7.
  • International Tennis Federation (1970). BP Yearbook of World Tennis 1970. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1971). World of Tennis '71. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1972). World of Tennis '72. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1973). World of Tennis '73. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1974). World of Tennis '74. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1975). World of Tennis '75. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • International Tennis Federation (1976). World of Tennis '76. London. Edited by Barrett, John.
  • Laver, Betty (2001). Rod Laver: The Red-headed Rocket from Rockhampton. Gladstone, Qld: Betty Laver. ISBN 0-9579932-0-X.
  • McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis. London.
  • Sutter, Michel (1992). Vainqueurs-Winners 1946–1991. Paris. (forewords by Arthur Ashe and Mark Miles).
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Singles runner-ups during the Open Era (27)

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As listed on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals.

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Doubles finals during the Open Era

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Davis Cup

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Laver won 16 out of 20 Davis Cup singles matches and all four of his doubles. Laver was a member of the victorious Australian Davis Cup teams in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1973.

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Notes

  1. Power struggles between the ILTF and the commercial promoters National Tennis League (NTL) and World Championship Tennis (WCT) resulted in Laver missing a number of Grand Slam tournaments during the early 1970s.
  2. Final.
  3. The final was postponed due to rain and as the players had to leave for England to play tournaments, including Wimbledon, it was rescheduled and played on 10 September.[2]
  4. Andrés Gimeno, Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson finished tied for second
  5. Not listed by the ATP.
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