Rod Laver

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Rod Laver’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.

Insights

Peak dominance came in 1969

In the Open Era, 1969 was his only four-Slam sweep: he won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open all in the same year. That accounts for four of his five Open Era titles.

Amateur-era consistency was already elite

Before the Open Era, he won six Grand Slam titles and reached five more finals across 1959-1962. In that span, his only non-final result was a 1959 Wimbledon quarterfinal.

He won majors across both eras

His Grand Slam career spans 1959-1962, 1968-1973, 1975, and 1977, and his best results include 6 amateur-era titles plus 5 Open Era titles. That split shows major-winning success before and after the era change.

Late-career results fell sharply after age 32

After turning 32, his Grand Slam results were mostly early exits: R16 at the 1971 Australian Open, 1972 US Open, 1970 US Open, and 1970 Wimbledon, plus R32 at the 1973 US Open and R64 at Wimbledon in 1977. The lone exception was a 1971 Wimbledon quarterfinal.

His career record was overwhelmingly one-sided

Across 28 tournaments and 164 matches, he compiled a 147-17 record, which the data lists as 90% won. That level of efficiency is reinforced by the fact that his results include 11 titles and only one semifinal outside the final rounds.

Basics

Born	9 August 1938
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1959-1962, 1968-1973, 1975, 1977

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	28
Best results Open Era	5 x champion 1 x finalist 1 x quarterfinalist
Best results Amateur Era	6 x champion 5 x finalist 1 x semifinalist
Total matches	164
W/L-record	147-17 (90% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Rod Laver – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	38
1975	US Open	Open Era	R16	37
1973	US Open	Open Era	R32	35
1972	US Open	Open Era	R16	34
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	32
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	32
1970	US Open	Open Era	R16	32
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	31
1969	US Open	Open Era	W	31
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	30
1969	French Open	Open Era	W	30
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	W	30
1968	US Open	Open Era	R16	30
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	W	29
1968	French Open	Open Era	F	29
1962	US Open	Amateur Era	W	24
1962	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	23
1962	French Open	Amateur Era	W	23
1962	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	23
1961	US Open	Amateur Era	F	23
1961	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	W	22
1961	French Open	Amateur Era	S	22
1961	Australian Open	Amateur Era	F	22
1960	US Open	Amateur Era	F	22
1960	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	21
1960	Australian Open	Amateur Era	W	21
1959	US Open	Amateur Era	Q	21
1959	Wimbledon	Amateur Era	F	20