Head to head
0
Hard
2
1
Grass
2
0
Carpet
4
Kevin Curren'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 (9)
| 1986 | Scottsdale | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 3-6 6-2 |
| 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Kevin Curren | 6-2 6-2 6-4 |
| 1985 | Houston | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 7-5 6-1 7-6 |
| 1984 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 6-4 |
| 1984 | Madrid | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1983 | San Francisco | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-7 6-2 6-4 |
| 1983 | Queen's Club | Grass | SF | John McEnroe | 7-5 7-6 |
| 1981 | US Open | Hard | R16 | John McEnroe | 7-5 6-0 6-1 |
| 1980 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | John McEnroe | 7-5 7-6 7-6 |
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.