Head to head
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Clay
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Carpet
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Jose-Luis Clerc's wins on the left · John McEnroe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 1984 | Davis Cup WG QF: USA vs ARG | Carpet | RR | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-0 6-2 |
| 1984 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1983 | Davis Cup WG R1: ARG vs USA | Clay | RR | Jose-Luis Clerc | 6-4 6-0 3-6 4-6 7-5 |
| 1983 | Masters | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1981 | Davis Cup WG F: USA vs ARG | Carpet | RR | John McEnroe | 7-5 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 1981 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Jose-Luis Clerc | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1980 | South Orange | Clay | F | Jose-Luis Clerc | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1980 | Davis Cup AME F: ARG vs USA | Clay | RR | Jose-Luis Clerc | 6-3 6-2 4-6 13-11 |
| 1980 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-2 4-6 6-1 |
| 1979 | Davis Cup AME F: USA vs ARG | Carpet | RR | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1978 | South Orange | Clay | SF | Jose-Luis Clerc | 6-2 4-6 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.