Head to head
2
Clay
1
0
Grass
2
0
Carpet
1
Phil Dent'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 (6)
| 1982 | Tokyo-2 | Carpet | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1980 | Brisbane | Grass | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1977 | Indianapolis | Clay | QF | Phil Dent | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1977 | Cincinnati | Clay | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1977 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 6-4 8-9 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1977 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Phil Dent | 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 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.