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Rod Laver career statistics

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Rod Laver career statistics

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 Grand Slam events until the end of his career in 1977. During his career he won eleven Grand Slam, nine Pro Slams and five Davis Cup titles.

Contents

Pro Slam finals

  • Before the Open Era.

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

  • * other events (Wimbledon Pro - 1 title)

    • Performance timeline

    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.

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

    Tokyo 1970

    Standings

    Amateur career: 1956 through 1962 (54 titles)

    Including 6 listed by the ATP website.

  • * 6 titles listed by the ATP Website

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

    Including 46 listed by the ATP website.

  • * 46 Open Era titles listed by the ATP Website

    • 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 The last count by tennis historian Robert Geist, which is still unpublished, is 188 singles titles.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. 
  • McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis. London.
  • 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.

    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.

    References

    Rod Laver career statistics Wikipedia
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