Rod Laver career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former professional tennis player Rod Laver whose career ran from 1956 through 1977.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 17 finals (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1959	Wimbledon	Grass	Alex Olmedo	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1960	Australian Championships	Grass	Neale Fraser	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
Runner-up	1960	Wimbledon	Grass	Neale Fraser	4–6, 6–3, 7–9, 5–7
Runner-up	1960	U.S. Championships	Grass	Neale Fraser	4–6, 4–6, 7–9
Runner-up	1961	Australian Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Chuck McKinley	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1961	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	5–7, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	1962	Australian Championships (2)	Grass	Roy Emerson	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1962	French Championships	Clay	Roy Emerson	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
Winner	1962	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Marty Mulligan	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	1962	U.S. Championships	Grass	Roy Emerson	6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
↓ Open Era ↓
Runner-up	1968	French Open	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	1968	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1969	Australian Open (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	1969	French Open (2)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1969	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	1969	US Open (2)	Grass	Tony Roche	7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 12 finals (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1959	Australian Championships	Robert Mark	Don Candy Bob Howe	9–7, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1959	Wimbledon Championships	Robert Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	6–8, 3–6, 16–14, 7–9
Winner	1960	Australian Championships	Robert Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1960	US National Championships	Bob Mark	Roy Emerson Neale Fraser	7–9, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1961	Australian Championships	Robert Mark	Roy Emerson Martin Mulligan	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 9–11, 6–2
Winner	1961	French Championships	Roy Emerson	Bob Howe Bob Mark	3-6, 6-1, 6-4
↓ Open Era ↓
Runner-up	1968	French Championships	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	1969	Australian Open	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1969	French Championships	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1970	US Open	Roy Emerson	Pierre Barthes Nikola Pilić	3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	1971	Wimbledon	Roy Emerson	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1973	US Open	Ken Rosewall	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 3 finals (3 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1959	Wimbledon Championships	Darlene Hard	Neale Fraser Maria Bueno	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1960	Wimbledon Championships	Darlene Hard	Robert Howe Maria Bueno	13–11, 3–6, 8–6
Winner	1961	French Championships	Darlene Hard	Věra Suková Jiří Javorský	0–6, 6–2, 3–6

Pro Slam finals

• Before the Open Era.

Singles * : 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1963	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	8–6, 4–6, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	1963	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1964	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	1964	Wembley Championship	Wood	Ken Rosewall	7–5, 4–6, 5–7, 8–6, 8–6
Winner	1964	U.S. Championship	Grass	Pancho Gonzales	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1965	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	1965	Wembley Pro	Wood	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1965	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1966	French Championship	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 2–6, 12–14
Winner	1966	Wembley Championship	Wood	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	1966	U.S. Championship	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
Winner	1967	French Championship	Wood (i)	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 8–6, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	1967	Wembley Championship	Wood	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 6–2
Winner	1967	U.S. Championship	Grass	Andrés Gimeno	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	1967	Wimbledon Pro *	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2, 12–10

• * other events (Wimbledon Pro - 1 title)

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.

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.

Tournament	Amateur career							Professional career					Open career										Titles / Played	Career W-L	Career Win%
	'56	'57	'58	'59	'60	'61	'62	'63	'64	'65	'66	'67	'68	'69	'70	'71	'72	'73	'74	'75	'76	'77
Grand Slam Tournaments																							11 / 40	142–29	83.04
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	3R	W	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	3 / 9	23–6	79.31
French Open	1R	A	2R	3R	3R	SF	W	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2 / 8	25–6	80.65
Wimbledon	1R	A	3R	F	F	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	W	W	4R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	2R	4 / 11	50–7	87.72
US Open	1R	A	4R	QF	F	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	4R	W	4R	A	4R	3R	A	4R	A	A	2 / 12	44–10	81.48
Pro Slam Tournaments																							8 / 15	38–7	84.44
U.S. Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	F	W	W	not a Major										3 / 5	14–2	87.50
French Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	F	F	F	W	not a Major										1 / 5	12–4	75.00
Wembley Pro	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	W	W	W	not a Major										4 / 5	12–1	92.31
Total:																							19 / 55	180–36	83.33
other events
Wimbledon Pro	not held											W	not held										1 / 1	3–0	100

Season-ending championships (3 runners-up)

Masters Grand Prix year-end championships singles (1 runner-up)

Tokyo 1970

Standings

Player	RR W-L	Sets W-L	Games W-L	Standings
Stan Smith	4–1	9–3	71–53	1
Rod Laver	4–1	9–3	69–55	2
Ken Rosewall	3–2	6–4	59–51	3
Arthur Ashe	3–2	6–7	58–53	4
Željko Franulović	1–4	5–9	55–70	5
Jan Kodeš	0–5	2–10	47–67	6

WCT year end championship singles finals: (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1971	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	1972	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–7

Singles titles (200)

Overview

Amateur (54)							Professional (72)						Open Era (74)									Total
1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
1	2	3	1	9	16	22	6	11	17	16	19	3	10	18	15	7	5	7	6	5	1	200

Amateur career: 1956 through 1962 (54 titles)

Including 6 listed by the ATP website.

No.	Week of	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1956	Queensland Metropolitan Brisbane	Grass	?	?
2.	2 March 1957	Queensland Bay, Redcliffe	Grass	B. Green	6–1, 6–4
3.	19 April 1957	Queensland Central, Rockhampton	Grass	Ken Fletcher	7–5, 6–3
4.	1 March 1958	Queensland Bay, Redcliffe	Grass	G. Gaydon	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	4 May 1958	Maroochy Championships, Nambour	Grass	Mal Anderson	6–3, 6–2
6.	5 October 1958	South Coast Championships, Southport	Grass	Neil Gibson	7–9, 6–3, 6–4
7.	27 March 1959	Queensland Central, Rockhampton	Grass	Frank Gorman	6–1, 6–2
8.	18 January 1960	*Australian Championships, Brisbane	Grass	Neale Fraser	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 8–6
9.	2 April 1960	Queensland Championships, Wynnum	Grass	Neil Gibson	6–3, 6–0
10.	30 April 1960	Maroochy Championships Nambour	Grass	Ken Fletcher	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
11.	30 May 1960	Vaud International Championships, Lausanne Switzerland	Clay	Ronald Barnes	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
12.	25 July 1960	Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships, Haverford, U.S.	Grass	Ronald Holmberg	9–7, 8–6, 6–3
13.	1 August 1960	Southamptom Meadow Club Invitational, New York, U.S.	Grass	Ronald Holmberg (2)	12–10, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3
14.	8 August 1960	Eastern Grass Court Championships, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Grass	Donald Dell	6–1, 10–8, 6–4
15.	15 August 1960	Newport Casino Invitational, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Butch Buchholz	6–1, 6–8, 6–1, 6–2
16.	18 October 1960	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Kingaroy, Australia	Clay	Neil Gibson	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	9 January 1961	South Australian Championships, Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Mike Sangster	11–9, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–3
18.	6 February 1961	New Zealand Championships, Auckland	Grass	Roy Emerson (2)	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
19.	20 February 1961	Saint Andrews Invitational, Kingston, Jamaica	Grass	Roy Emerson (3)	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
20.	27 February 1961	Altamira Invitational, Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Luis Ayala	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
21.	10 April 1961	River Oaks Championships, Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson (4)	7–5, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
22.	26 June 1961	*Wimbledon, London	Grass	Chuck McKinley	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
23.	25 July 1961	Centennial Cup, Deauville, France	Clay	Jaroslav Drobný	6–2, 6–4
24.	25 July 1961	Colonel Kuntz Cup, Deauville, France	Clay	Michel Leclercq	6–2, 6–3
25.	31 July 1961	International Tournament, Bad Neuenahr, West Germany	Clay	Luis Ayala (2)	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
26.	7 August 1961	German Championships, Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Luis Ayala (3)	6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
27.	21 August 1961	Austrian Championships, Poertschach, Austria	Clay	Roy Emerson (5)	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
28.	9 October 1961	New South Wales Metropolitan, Sydney	Grass	Bob Hewitt	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
29.	23 October 1961	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Gladstone, Australia (2)	Clay	Roy Emerson (6)	7–5, 6–3
30.	30 October 1961	Queensland Championships, Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Roy Emerson (7)	4–6, 4–6, 6–0, 8–6, 6–3
31.	4 December 1961	Victorian Championships, Melbourne	Grass	Roy Emerson (8)	4–6, 8–6, 9–7, 6–3
32.	18 December 1961	New South Wales Championships, Sydney	Grass	Roy Emerson (9)	8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
33.	25 December 1961	Manly Seaside Championships, Sydney	Grass	Bob Hewitt (2)	6–3, 6–3
34.	1 January 1962	*Australian Championships, Sydney (2)	Grass	Roy Emerson (10)	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
35.	22 January 1962	Tasmanian Championships, Hobart, Australia	Grass	Neale Fraser (3)	7–5, 0–6, 0–6, 6–1, 6–2
36.	19 March 1962	Altamira Invitational, Caracas, Venezuela (2)	Hard	Roy Emerson (11)	9–7, 6–2, 6–0
37.	9 April 1962	River Oaks Championships, Houston, Texas, U.S. (2)	Clay	Roy Emerson (12)	6–1, 7–5, 7–5
38.	16 April 1962	Rothmans Connaught Champs., Chingford, England	Clay	Martin Mulligan	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
39.	23 April 1962	British Hard Court Championships, Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Ian Crookenden	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
40.	30 April 1962	Torneo Internazionale, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Neale Fraser (4)	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
41.	7 May 1962	Italian Championships, Rome	Clay	Roy Emerson (13)	6–2, 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
42.	14 May 1962	Swiss International Tennis Tournament, Lugano	Clay	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–2
43.	21 May 1962	*French Championships, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson (14)	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
44.	4 June 1962	International Hard Court Championships, Oslo, Norway	Clay	Jan-Erik Lundquist	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
45.	18 June 1962	Queen's Club Championships, London	Grass	Roy Emerson (15)	6–4, 7–5
46.	25 June 1962	*Wimbledon, London (2)	Grass	Martin Mulligan	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
47.	9 July 1962	Irish Championships, Dublin	Grass	Robert Wilson	Walkover
48.	16 July 1962	Swiss Championships, Gstaad	Clay	Neale Fraser (5)	6–4, 6–4, 8–6
49.	23 July 1962	Dutch Championships, Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Ramanathan Krishnan (2)	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
50.	30 July 1962	German Championships, Hamburg, West Germany (2)	Clay	Manuel Santana	8–6, 7–5, 6–4
51.	27 August 1962	*U.S. Championships, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson (16)	6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
52.	8 October 1962	Queensland Hard Court Championships, Warwick, Australia (3)	Clay	Ken Fletcher	8–6, 6–3
53.	15 October 1962	Australian Hard Court Championships, Sydney	Clay	Fred Stolle	6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
54.	17 December 1962	Victorian Championships, Melbourne (2)	Grass	Neale Fraser (6)	3–6, 9–7, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0

• * 6 titles listed by the ATP Website

Professional career: 1963 through April 21, 1968, before the open era (72 titles)

No. (open era)	No. (total)	Start date	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	55.	5 August 1963	Kitzbühel Professional Championships, Austria	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
2.	56.	12 August 1963	Cannes Professional Championships, France	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall (2)	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
3.	57.	19 August 1963	Dutch Professional Championships, Noordwijk-on-Sea, Netherlands	Clay	Butch Buchholz	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
4.	58.	?? October 1963	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa	Hard	Michael Davies	4–6, 8–6, 6–2
5.	59.	5 October 1963	Salisbury Rhodesian Professional Championships	Hard	Alex Olmedo	6–3, 10-8
6.	60.	21 October 1963	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Alex Olmedo	6–0, 6–4
7.	61.	3–5 January 1964	Western Australian Professional Championships (4-man round robin), Perth	Grass	Ken Rosewall (finished 2nd)	6–2, 6–1
8.	62.	15 June 1964	Monterey Professional Championships, California, U.S.	?	Alex Olmedo (2)	10–8, 6–1
9.	63.	6 July 1964	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.	Grass	Pancho Gonzales	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
10.	64.	3 August 1964	Biarritz Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Lew Hoad	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
11.	65.	24 August 1964	Geneva Professional Championships, Switzerland	Clay (?)	Pancho Gonzales (2)	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
12.	66.	14 September 1964	London Indoor Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (3)	7–5, 5-7, 4–6, 8–6, 8-6
13.	67.	?? October 1964	Rhodesian Professional Championships, Salisbury	?	Butch Buchholz (2)	6–3, 4–6, 10–8
14.	68.	?? October 1964	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa (2)	Hard	Lew Hoad (2)	10–8, 6–3
15.	69.	?? October 1964	Eastern Cape Province Professional Championships, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	?	Frank Sedgman	8–6 (pro set)
16.	70.	9 November 1964	Egyptian Professional Championships (4-man), Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	6–3, 6–3
17.	71.	?? November 1964	Marseille Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Butch Buchholz (3)	6–2, 6–4
18.	72.	25 January 1965	South Australian Professional Championships, Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Ken Rosewall (4)	6–3, 6–4
19.	73.	1 February 1965	Western Australian Professional Championships, Perth (2)	Grass	Pancho Gonzales (3)	7–5, 11–9
20.	74.	8 February 1965	Victorian Professional Championships, Melbourne	Grass	Ken Rosewall (5)	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
21.	75.	15 February 1965	Tasmanian Professional Championships (4-man), Hobart, Australia	Grass	Lew Hoad (3)	3–6, 8–6, 7–5
22.	76.	19 April 1965	Oklahoma City Professional Championships (4-man), Oklahoma, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales (4)	6–3, 6–4
23.	77.	26 April 1965	U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, New York City	Indoor	Pancho Gonzales (5)	6–3, 6–2
24.	78.	17 May 1965	Los Angeles Professional Championships (round robin), U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales (6)	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
25.	79.	24 May 1965	Peacock Gap Professional Championships, San Rafael, California, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales (7)	6–1, 6–4
26.	80.	14 June 1965	Tahoe Racquet Club Professional Championships, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales (8)	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
27.	81.	5 July 1965	Newport Professional Championships (round robin), Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Ken Rosewall (finished 2nd)	N/A
28.	82.	26–27 July 1965	Belfast Professional Championships (4-man), United Kingdom	?	Andrés Gimeno (2)	6–4, 6–4
29.	83.	23 August 1965	Cannes Professional Championships, France (2)	Wood (i) ?	Andrés Gimeno (3)	7–5, 7–5, 6–3
30.	84.	13 September 1965	London Indoor Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (2)	Indoor	Andrés Gimeno (4)	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
31.	85.	?? October 1965	Nairobi Professional Championships, Kenya	?	Ken Rosewall (6)	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
32.	86.	?? October 1965	Rhodesian Professional Championships, Salisbury (2)	?	Ken Rosewall (7)	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
33.	87.	?? October 1965	Durban Natal Professional Championships, South Africa	?	Ken Rosewall (8)	6–2, 8–6
34.	88.	1 November 1965	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa (2)	?	Ken Rosewall (9)	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
35.	89.	19 January 1966 (final)	Queensland Professional Championships, Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Andrés Gimeno (5)	6–3, 6–4
36.	90.	22 January 1966 (final)	Victorian Professional Championships, Melbourne (2)	Grass	Ken Rosewall (10)	6–3, 6–0
37.	91.	24 January 1966	Western Australian Professional Championships, Perth (3)	Grass	Ken Rosewall (11)	6–2, 10–8
38.	92.	4 April 1966 (final)	Nancy Professional Championships (4-man), France	?	Andrés Gimeno (6)	7–5, 6–3
39.	93.	10 April 1966 (final)	Cannes Professional Championships (4-man), France (3)	Wood (i) ?	Andrés Gimeno (7)	7–5, 6–3
40.	94.	6 June 1966	Forest Hills Professional Championships (round robin), New York City	Grass	Ken Rosewall (12)	31–29
41.	95.	11 July 1966	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. (2)	Grass	Ken Rosewall (13)	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
42.	96.	?? July 1966	Binghamton Professional Championships (round robin), New York, U.S.	?	Pancho Segura	31–18, 31–18
43.	97.	15 August 1966	Oporto Professional Championships, Portugal	?	Pierre Barthes	6–4, 8–6
44.	98.	12 September 1966	London Indoor Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (3)	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (14)	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
45.	99.	3 October 1966	Milan Professional Championships (4-man), Italy	?	Andrés Gimeno (8)	4–6, 6–1, 9–7
46.	100.	10 October 1966	South African Professional Championships, Johannesburg (3)	Hard	Andrés Gimeno (9)	6–4, 6–2
47.	101.	17 October 1966	Western Cape Province Professional Championships, Cape Town, South Africa (3)	?	Ken Rosewall (15)	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
48.	102.	28 October 1966 (final)	Natal Professional Championships, Durban, South Africa	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–1 6–3
49.	103.	10 November 1966 (final)	Abidjan Professional Championships (4-man), Ivory Coast	?	Andrés Gimeno (10)	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
50.	104.	14 November 1966 (final)	Dakar Professional Championships (4-man), Senegal	?	Andrés Gimeno (11)	2–6, 6–1, 9–7
51.	105.	27 February 1967	U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, New York City (2)	Indoor	Pancho Gonzales (9)	7–5, 14–16, 7–5, 6–2
52.	106.	6 March 1967	San Juan Professional Championships, Puerto Rico	?	Andrés Gimeno (12)	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
53.	107.	13 March 1967	Orlando Professional Championships, Florida, U.S.	?	Pancho Gonzales (10)	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
54.	108.	20 March 1967	Planters Professional Challenge, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	?	Andrés Gimeno (13)	6–3, 6–3
55.	109.	27 March 1967	Boston Garden Professional Championships, Massachusetts, U.S.	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (16)	6–4, 6–0
56.	110.	30 March 1967	Montreal Canadian Professional Championships, Canada	?	Dennis Ralston	17–15 6–0
57.	111.	3 April 1967	Paris Professional Championships, France	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (17)	6–0, 10–8, 10–8
58.	112.	?? April 1967	Marseille Professional Championships (4-man), France (2)	?	Dennis Ralston	6–4, 6–3
59.	113.	8 May 1967	Pacific Professional Championships, San Diego, California, U.S.	?	Dennis Ralston (2)	6–4, 12–10
60.	114.	5 June 1967	Madison Square Garden Professional Championships, New York City, U.S.	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (18)	6–4, 6–4
61.	115.	26 June 1967	World Professional Championships, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. (2)	?	Ken Rosewall (19)	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
62.	116.	10 July 1967	U.S. Professional Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno (14)	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
63.	117.	17 July 1967	Newport Professional Championships (round robin), Rhode Island, U.S. (2)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno (finished 2nd)	N/A
64.	118.	24 July 1967	Binghamton Professional Championships, New York, U.S. (2)	?	Andrés Gimeno (15)	6–1, 6–3
65.	119.	7 August 1967	Colonial Professional Championships, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	?	Dennis Ralston (3)	8–6, 6–0
66.	120.	21 August 1967	Wimbledon World Professional Championships, London	Grass	Ken Rosewall (20)	6–2, 6–2, 12–10
67.	121.	18 September 1967	Johannesburg Professional Championships, South Africa (4)	Hard	Ken Rosewall (21)	6–1, 8–6
68.	122.	9 October 1967	French Professional Championships, Paris	Indoor	Andrés Gimeno (16)	6–4, 8–6, 4–6, 6–2
69.	123.	23 October 1967	London Indoor Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London (4)	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall (22)	2–6, 6–1, 1–6, 8–6, 6-2
70.	124	19–21 March 1968	NTL 4 man event São Paulo, Brazil	?	Pancho Gonzales	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
71.	125.	22–24 March 1968	South American Professional Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina	?	Pancho Gonzales	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
72.	126.	15 April 1968	BBC–2 World Invitational Tournament (4-man), London	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 10–8

Professional career: April 22, 1968 through 1976, during the open era (74 titles)

Including 46 listed by the ATP website.

No. (open era)	No. (total)	Start date	Tournament Name and Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	127.	29 April 1968	National Tennis League Professional Championships, Wembley Arena, London	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (2)	6–0, 6–1, 6–0
2.	128.	13 May 1968	Madison Square Garden Professional Championships, New York City (2)	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (3)	4–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–4
3.	129.	10 June 1968 [lower-alpha 1]	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. (4)	Grass	John Newcombe	6–4, 6–4, 9–7
4.	130.	24 June 1968	*Wimbledon, London (3)	Grass	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
5.	131.	8 July 1968	French Professional Championships, Roland Garros, Paris (2)	Clay	John Newcombe (2)	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
6.	132.	16 September 1968	*Pacific Southwest Open, Los Angeles	Hard	Ken Rosewall (4)	4–6, 6–0, 6–0
7.	133.	6 October 1968[2]	South Texas Invitational Professional Championships, Corpus Christi, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–4
8.	134.	?? November 1968	São Paulo, Brazil (4-man round robin)	?	Round-robin[lower-alpha 2]	Laver won RR 3–0
9.	135.	?? November 1968	La Paz, Bolivia (4-man round robin)	?	Round-robin[lower-alpha 2]	Laver won RR 3–0
10.	136.	10 December 1968[3]	Dixie Tennis Classic, Vanderbuilt University, Nashville (4-man)	Wood (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–3
11.	137.	20 January 1969	*Australian Open, Brisbane (3)	Grass	Andrés Gimeno (2)	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
12.	138.	3 February 1969	*U.S. Professional Indoor, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Tony Roche (2)	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
13.	139.	10 February 1969	Orlando Professional Championships, Florida, U.S. (2)	?	Ken Rosewall (5)	6–3, 6–2
14.	140.	3 March 1969	Los Angeles Professional Championships, U.S. (2)	?	Marty Riessen	6–4, 10–8
15.	141.	31 March 1969	*South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Tom Okker	6–3, 10–8, 6–3
16.	142.	21 April 1969	Anaheim Professional Championships, California, U.S.	?	Ronald Holmberg	31–16, 31–28
17.	143.	12 May 1969	Madison Square Garden Invitational, New York City (3)	Indoor	Roy Emerson	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
18.	144.	19 May 1969	BBC2 World Professional Championship, Wembley Arena, London	Carpet	Ken Rosewall (6)	8–6, 6–0
19.	145.	26 May 1969	*French Open, Paris (2)	Clay	Ken Rosewall (7)	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
20.	146.	23 June 1969	*Wimbledon, London (4)	Grass	John Newcombe (3)	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
21.	147.	7 July 1969	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, Chestnut Hill, MA, U.S. (5)	Hard	John Newcombe (4)	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
22.	148.	?? August 1969	Saint Louis Professional Championships, Missouri, U.S.	?	Fred Stolle	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
23.	149.	11 August 1969	Fort Worth Professional Championships, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (2)	Hard	Ken Rosewall (8)	6–3, 6–2
24.	150.	?? August 1969	Binghamton Professional Championships, New York, U.S. (3)	?	Pancho Gonzales (2)	6–1, 6–2
25.	151.	18 August 1969	Baltimore Professional Championships, Maryland, U.S. (3)	Grass	Pancho Gonzales (3)	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
26.	152.	25 August 1969	*US Open, New York City (2)	Grass	Tony Roche (3)	7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
27.	153.	17 November 1969	*British Covered Court Championships, London (2)	Indoor	Tony Roche (4)	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
28.	154.	1 December 1969	Madrid Professional Championships, Spain	?	Roger Taylor	6–3, 6–2
29.	155.	2 February 1970	*Philadelphia Indoor Open WCT, Pennsylvania, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Tony Roche (5)	6–3, 8–6, 6–2
30.	156.	16 March 1970	*Dunlop Slazenger International WCT, Sydney	Carpet	Ken Rosewall (9)	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
31.	157.	30 March 1970	*South African Open, Johannesburg (2)	Hard	Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
32.	158.	25 May 1970	*Rawlings Classic WCT, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. (2)	Carpet	Ken Rosewall (10)	6–1, 6–4
33.	159.	15 June 1970	*Rothman's Open, Queen's Club, London (2)	Grass	John Newcombe (5)	6–4, 6–3
34.	160.	16 July 1970 (final)	Tennis Champions Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York (final)	Indoor	Ken Rosewall (11)	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
35.	161.	29 July 1970	*First National Classic, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Clay	John Newcombe (6)	6–3, 6–3
36.	162.	10 August 1970	Bretton Woods (4 man), U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson (2)	6–3, 6–3
37.	163.	10 August 1970	*Rothman's Canadian Open, Toronto	Clay	Roger Taylor (2)	6–0, 4–6, 6–3
38.	164.	17 August 1970	*National Invitation Tournament WCT, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (3)	Hard	Roy Emerson (3)	6–3, 7–5
39.	165.	24 August 1970	*Marlboro Open, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. (2)	Grass	Bob Carmichael	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
40.	166.	21 September 1970	*Pepsi Pacific Southwest Open, Los Angeles, U.S. (2)	Hard	John Newcombe (7)	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
41.	167.	28 September 1970	*Rothman's International WCT, Vancouver, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson (4)	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
42.	168.	?? October 1970	Invitational Round Robin (4-man), Berlin, Bonn, & Saarbrücken, West Germany	Carpet	Tom Okker (finished 2nd)	N/A
43.	169.	16 November 1970	*Embassy British Indoor Championships, Wembley Arena, London (5)	Carpet	Cliff Richey	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
44.	170.	22 February 1971	*Rothman's International, London	Hard (i)	Nikola Pilić	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
45.	171.	19 March 1971 (final)	Tennis Champions Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York (final) (2)	Indoor	Tom Okker (2)	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
46.	172.	3 May 1971	*Italian Open, Rome (2)	Clay	Jan Kodeš	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
47.	173.	16 August 1971	*Colonial Championships WCT, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. (4)	Hard	Marty Riessen (2)	2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
48.	174.	23 August 1971	CBS Classic (4-man), Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	John Newcombe (8)	6–2, 7–5
49.	175.	27 September 1971	*Redwood Bank Pacific Coast Open, Berkeley, California, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall (12)	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
50.	176.	7 November 1971	*Rothman's Open WCT, Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
51.	177.	2 February 1972	*Richmond WCT, Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
52.	178.	7 February 1972	*Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall (13)	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
53.	179.	14 February 1972	*Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Ken Rosewall (14)	6–4, 6–1
54.	180.	3 April 1972	*Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall (15)	6–2, 6–4
55.	181.	24 April 1972	*Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
56.	182.	15 January 1973	*Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Dick Stockton	7–6, 6–3, 7–5
57.	183.	30 January 1973	*Richmond WCT, Richmond, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson (5)	6–4, 6–3
58.	184.	11 February 1973	*Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson (6)	6–3, 6–4
59.	185.	?? March 1973	Hilton Head CBS Classic, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	6–2, 6–4
60.	186.	?? September 1973	Hilton Head World Invitational Tennis Classic (4-man), U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	7–6, 7–5
61.	187.	29 October 1973	*Hong Kong	Hard	Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
62.	188.	4 November 1973	*Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Newcombe	3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
63.	189.	21 January 1974	*Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
64.	190.	25 March 1974	*Palm Desert WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
65.	191.	8 April 1974	*Tokyo WCT, Japan	Hard	Juan Gisbert	5–7, 6–2, 6–0
66.	192.	15 April 1974	*Houston, U.S.	Clay	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–2
67.	193.	13 May 1974	*Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Marty Riessen	6–2, 6–2
68.	194.	11 August 1974	*Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	6–4, 6–3
69.	195.	13 January 1975	San Juan CBS Classic, Porto Rico	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 7–5
70.	196.	17 February 1975	*La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Allan Stone	6–2, 6–2
71.	197.	10 March 1975	*São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–4
72.	198.	17 March 1975	*Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–2
73.	199.	24 March 1975	*Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–4
74.	200.	23 January 1976	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Mark Cox	6–3, 6–4

• * 46 Open Era titles listed by the ATP Website^[4]

Notes and sources for this section

This list of 200 singles titles from 1956 through 1976 may be incomplete. The last count by tennis historian Robert Geist, which is still unpublished, is 188 singles titles. Nevertheless, Laver won far more titles than the "official" open era record of Jimmy Connors with 109 singles titles.

• Association of Tennis Professionals
• 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.
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• Sutter, Michel (1992). Vainqueurs-Winners 1946–1991. Paris. (forewords by Arthur Ashe and Mark Miles).

Singles runners-up during the Open Era (22)

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1968	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 2–6, 0–6, 3–6
2.	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6
3.	1968	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Roy Emerson	7–9, 4–6, 4–6
4.	1969	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Tony Roche	4–6, 6–4, 7–9, 10–12
5.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Tony Roche	1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
6.	1970	Los Angeles WCT, U.S.		Dennis Ralston	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
7.	1970	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	1–6, 5–7, 7–5, 3–6
8.	1970	Bristol, U.K.	Grass	Nikola Pilić	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
9.	1970	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Tony Roche	3–6, 1–6
10.	1970	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
11.	1970	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Santana	4–6, 3–6, 4–6
12.	1970	Masters, Tokyo	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
13.	1971	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–7, 4–6
14.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	2–6, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
15.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Tom Okker	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 1–6
16.	1971	Wembley, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
17.	1971	Dallas, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
18.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Marty Riessen	5–7, 2–6, 5–7
19.	1972	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
20.	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
21.	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
22.	1973	Brussels WCT, Belgium	Carpet	Stan Smith	2–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles finals during the Open Era (42)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1968	French Open, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	3–6, 2–6, 8–10
Winner	1.	1968	Bournemouth, England	Grass	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno Pancho Gonzales	8–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	1969	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1969	French Open, Paris	Clay	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 7–5, 7–9, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1969	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno Fred Stolle	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	1970	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Andrés Gimeno John Newcombe	4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	1970	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Ismail El Shafei Torben Ulrich	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–8, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1970	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gimeno	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	1970	US Open, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson	Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	8.	1971	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	1971	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Roy Emerson	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	1971	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	1971	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	1971	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	Roy Emerson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 7–6
Winner	10.	1972	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–4, 7–6
Winner	11.	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1972	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	1972	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up	12.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Roy Emerson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	1972	US Open, New York City	Grass	Roy Emerson	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Winner	12.	1973	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	6–4, 6–4
Winner	13.	1973	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	14.	1973	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	15.	1973	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Clay	Roy Emerson	Robert Maud Andrew Pattison	7–6, 6–3
Winner	16.	1973	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Nikola Pilić Allan Stone	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	17.	1973	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Fred Stolle	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	18.	1973	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7–5, 7–6
Winner	19.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	John Newcombe	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–2
Winner	20.	1973	Hong Kong	Hard	Colin Dibley	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
Winner	21.	1973	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John Newcombe	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	7–6, 6–2
Winner	22.	1974	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Colin Dibley	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	23.	1974	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Hard	Roy Emerson	Frew McMillan John Newcombe	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	24.	1974	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Jeff Borowiak	Georges Goven François Jauffret	6–3, 6–2
Winner	25.	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roy Emerson	Bob Carmichael Allan Stone	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	26.	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dennis Ralston	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–6, 7–6
Winner	27.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	28.	1976	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	Charlie Pasarell Allan Stone	6–4, 6–2

Davis Cup

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.

Zone	Round	Date	Opponents	Tie score	Location	Surface	Match	Opponent	W/L	Rubber score
1959 Davis Cup
NCA	SF	18–20 Jul 1959	Mexico	4–1	Mexico City	Clay	Singles 2	Mario Llamas	L	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
							Singles 4	Tony Palafox	W	6–3, 6–8, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
NCA	F	24–26 Jul 1959	Canada	5–0	Montreal	Grass	Singles 2	Robert Bedard	W	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
							Singles 5	Francois Godbout	W	7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
AIZ	F	31 Jul–2 Aug 1959	Cuba	5–0	Montreal	Grass	Doubles (Emerson)	Orlando Garrido Rey Garrido	W	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
IZ	SF	7–10 Jul 1959	Italy	4–1	Philadelphia	Grass	Singles 1	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
							Singles 4	Orlando Sirola	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
IZ	F	14–16 Aug 1959	India	4–1	Boston	Grass	Singles 1	Ramanathan Krishnan	L	1–6, 4–6, 10–8, 4–6
							Singles 4	Premjit Lall	W	6–2, 10–8, 6–4
CR	F	28–31 Aug 1959	United States	3–2	New York	Grass	Singles 1	Barry Mackay	L	5–7, 4–6, 1–6
							Singles 4	Alex Olmedo	L	7–9, 6–4, 8–10, 10–12
1960 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1960	Italy	4–1	Sydney	Grass	Singles 2	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	8–6, 6–4, 6–3
							Singles 4	Orlando Sirola	W	9–7, 6–2, 6–3
1961 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1961	Italy	5–0	Melbourne	Grass	Singles 2	Orlando Sirola	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
							Singles 4	Nicola Pietrangeli	W	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
1962 Davis Cup
CR	F	26–28 Dec 1962	Mexico	5–0	Brisbane	Grass	Singles 1	Rafael Osuna	W	6–2, 6–1, 7–5
							Doubles (Emerson)	Rafael Osuna Tony Palafox	W	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
							Singles 5	Tony Palafox	W	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1973 Davis Cup
IZ	SF	16–18 Nov 1973	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Melbourne	Grass	Singles 1	Jan Kodeš	W	6–3, 7–5, 7–5
							Doubles (Rosewall)	Jan Kodeš Vladimir Zednik	W	6–4, 14–12, 7–9, 8–6
							Singles 4	Jiri Hrebec	W	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
CR	F	30 Nov–2 Dec 1973	United States	5–0	Cleveland	Carpet (i)	Singles 2	Tom Gorman	W	8–10, 8–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–1
							Doubles (Newcombe)	Stan Smith Erik Van Dillen	W	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
							Singles 5	Stan Smith	W	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Notes

1. 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.^[1]
2. Andrés Gimeno, Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson finished tied for second

References

1. McKelvie, Roy (1986). The Queen's Club Story, 1886-1986. London: Stanley Paul. p. 148. ISBN 0091660602.
2. "Corpus Christi Caller, Oct 3, 1968". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
3. "Memorial Gym Hosted 1968 Pro Tennis". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
4. "Laver at the ATP". Retrieved 23 April 2014.

External links

• Rod Laver at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rod Laver at the International Tennis Federation
• Rod Laver at the International Tennis Hall of Fame