Head to head
1
Hard
1
0
Clay
2
0
Carpet
3
Bob Carmichael's wins on the left · Arthur Ashe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 1973 | Denver WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 3-6 6-3 |
| 1973 | Charlotte WCT | Clay | QF | Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1973 | London WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-7 6-3 |
| 1972 | Alamo WCT | Hard | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | R16 | Bob Carmichael | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 1971 | Tehran WCT | Clay | R32 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1971 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-4 |
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.