The Laver–Rosewall rivalry was a tennis rivalry in the 1960s and 1970s between Australian players Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall, widely regarded as two of the greatest tennis players of all time.
[2] Including tournaments and single-night events, they played at least 165 matches with Laver leading 90–75.
They met in 13 individual years in that span, and in 9 of those 13 Laver had an edge, which can be explained considering that Laver faced an already declining Rosewall: in their first meeting ever, Rosewall was already 28 years of age.
[a] After their 1969 Roland Garros final, Laver said, "Ken has consistently been my toughest opponent, on any surface, and we've played each other, I don't know, well over 200 times.
"[3] Ken [Rosewall] pushed me around for about 20 years.The following is a breakdown of their documented head-to-head results:[4] (*) most probably canvas.