This is prime Connors playing an over-the-hill Laver. Pretty competitive. You can imagine Laver beating Connors at his peak.

Love this Serve and volley grass court game.Today's tennis is boring. First shot to last shot same. Vijay with his talent should have won at least one Wimbledon. I saw him in calcutta in 1974 Davis Cup against Australia. India won.vijay had the best chance to win Wimbledon but he lost a close match to eventual winner Kodes.

Bb has matured into a great narrator instead.

Always backlash

Laver’s shirt is exquisite.

This is like watching the G.O.A.T Novak and the young champion Carlos Alcaraz today. The changing of the guards. Rod was at the end of his career and Borg was at the start of his career.

Rod is so iconic. Wonderful to watch their game style and to see them playing a sport they love and excelled at. Certainly the greats of the sport that they help advance to be what it is today. An incredible sport.

It looks like a changing of the guard from the old school elegant old school with skill, grace and talent to the monotonous two handed back hand top spin crowd we have today.

Belle qualité d'image. Toujours intéressant de voir à quoi ressemblait le tennis à cette époque. Ne jamais oublier que ces joueurs jouaient et ont appris à jouer avec une raquette en bois. On ne peut absolument pas en attendre une technique similaire à celle d'aujourd'hui ni le même niveau de jeu.

The 'Bublik' and 'Rublev' of a different era!

never forget, Laver past his prime and Borg in his prime.

I don't know what was the point of so many aces at the end the pay check went to Okker having been the winner Arthur didn't get any money it all went to the looser That why Okker didn't bother to try to return them

Noone but no one can persuade me that there is somebody who played or plays one hand backhand better than Ivan Lendl.......👏👏👏👏👏🥁

These guys are great. Playing with wooden rackets and moving the ball like they do. Awesome talents and players.

Never forget,Connors was at his peak and Laver was the aging player at the end of his career.

Connors era un soberbio y ese día le toco beber fernet sin coca.

To everyone out 'there'; Does anyone have any matches from the 1975 US Open Mens Doubles, where Borg teamed up with Rod Laver? Cheers.

It was such a game of skill and Grace..Now look at the sport, where grown men have to use two hands like little girls.

Roche best backhand volley ever Rosewall best slice backhand ever

That time Rod Laver smacked Borg on the bum with his tennis racket.

Old tennis is so elegant. They had beautiful strokes. The game now lacks this beauty.

1:43 SABR?

Muncea f greu. Ne-a Ilie. Pe teren. Mai scapa cité una. Munca grea fraților.

Haa. Ilie. Eram puști. 10 ani. Urmăream jocul. Fii sănătos ne-a ilie.

Immense athleticism but elegance too. We rarely see this today, unfortunately.

I've never seen anything like those backhand passing shots by Laver! Breathtaking

Roche with a modern day racquet would have been near unbeatable.

Ken was arguably the best player never to win Wimbledon.

Why is it cut short.

Alter stage media

Nastase was the first bad boy in tennis, Connors and Mac drew inspiration from Nasty

I've never seen footage of Borg playing doubles before! Thanx. 👍

the last one is a lob with spin, Vilas did it fabulous!

Laver superior to Connors hands down

C'est marrant parce que, autant les revers, services, et tout le jeu au filet est vraiment semblable à ceux de nos jours (les raquettes étant plus difficiles à jouer), autant le coup droit me semble totalement désuet, joué de face, alors qu'aujourd'hui c'est une force d'attaque de base.

Même chose pour moi, première fois que je vois Rod Laver jouer. Je suis très impressionné : ça va vite, les détentes au filet sont dingues; ce gars aurait définitivement fait un carton aujourd'hui!

What a serve at 5'7" and with a wooden racket to boot!

Un om sportiv minunat❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hard to believe an old short man with ancient small racquet could play tremendous serve and volley

Why their game seems so slow compared to the tennis nowadays?

If next gen players were champions they would have done to the older Big Three what Connors (and Borg) did to Laver. Routinely, young champions beat old champions. But if you're just a young journeyman, you get schooled.

It was a completely different sport.

I never knew how good Laver was until I saw this video. This is Laver at the end of his career and Conners at his beginning. Laver had such amazing court presence and shot making ability. He had all the shots and a great touch. Not one unforced error in this short clip. I truly believe a player with the skills of Laver today would dominate tennis just like Laver did in the 1960s.

wow...Ashe/Laver vs Borg/Nastase

Nastase was a lovable piece of shit, wasn't he?

It is our misfortune that tennis did not stay with the wood racquet. Baseball was wiser. It stayed with the wooden bat.

I sat next to Rod Laver at Wimbledon two year ago. It was a real honour. We were watching Sinner v Djokovic. I asked him what he thought they'd be like if they were playing with wooden racquets. He said he'd give them a run for their money in his prime but their fitness was on another level. Connors was arguably the first of the truly fit modern era players. At 37 Laver was 14 years older than Connors when this game was played. Often matches of this era seem slow when we watch them on the screen. Not this one. These two were two of the greats. I don't think they'd have stood a chance against Novak or Roger. But we will never know.

Rosewall at his peak ,could slice and dice opponents with a stunning array of effortless shot making. No one painted the line like him. Only Federer is his equal in that department .

Serve and volley. Real tennis. Exciting tennis. Who is responsible for destroying this ?

So Good Connors ❤😮😊