TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe

5

45 titles · 3 Slams

🇦🇺 John Newcombe

11

41 titles · 5 Slams

2
Hard
1
1
Clay
2
1
Grass
2
1
Carpet
6

Arthur Ashe's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Arthur Ashe leads ↑ John Newcombe leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (16)

1976 WCT Challenge Cup Hard RR Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-2 6-3 7-5
1976 Palm Springs Hard QF Arthur Ashe 7-6 4-6 6-4
1976 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-4
1975 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR John Newcombe 6-7 6-4 6-2
1974 US Open Grass QF John Newcombe 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-4
1974 Tucson Hard F John Newcombe 6-3 7-6
1974 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR John Newcombe 6-2 5-7 6-4
1972 Louisville WCT Clay SF Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4
1972 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR John Newcombe 4-6 6-3 7-5
1971 Hilton Head Clay SF John Newcombe 6-4 7-5
1971 Dallas WCT Carpet F John Newcombe 7-6 6-4
1971 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR John Newcombe 6-4 3-6 6-3
1971 Chicago WCT Carpet F John Newcombe 4-6 7-6 6-2 6-3
1970 US Open Grass QF John Newcombe 6-1 7-6 5-7 7-6
1969 Monte-Carlo Clay QF John Newcombe 8-6 6-3
1968 Wimbledon Grass R16 Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3
Methodology

Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.