Head to head
3
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
1
5
Carpet
1
Arthur Ashe's wins on the left · Roscoe Tanner's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (13)
| 1979 | Memphis | Carpet | SF | Arthur Ashe | 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1978 | San Jose | Carpet | SF | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 5-7 7-6 |
| 1976 | Palm Springs | Hard | SF | Roscoe Tanner | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1975 | Los Angeles | Carpet | F | Arthur Ashe | 3-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Roscoe Tanner | 7-5 6-3 8-9 6-3 |
| 1974 | Denver WCT | Carpet | F | Roscoe Tanner | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1974 | Sao Paulo WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 5-7 6-4 6-2 |
| 1973 | Boston | Hard | QF | Arthur Ashe | 4-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 1973 | Las Vegas | Hard | SF | Arthur Ashe | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1973 | Houston WCT | Clay | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-7 7-6 7-6 |
| 1973 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1970 | US Open | Grass | R64 | Arthur Ashe | 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970 | Sacramento | Hard | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-2 |
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.