Head to head
0
Clay
2
1
Grass
4
0
Carpet
3
Brian Fairlie's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (10)
| 1976 | Davis Cup EUR F: AUS vs NZL | Grass | RR | John Newcombe | 8-6 5-7 11-9 6-3 |
| 1975 | Davis Cup EUR F: NZL vs AUS | Grass | RR | John Newcombe | 7-5 6-3 7-5 |
| 1974 | St. Louis WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3 |
| 1974 | Charlotte WCT | Clay | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-2 5-7 6-2 |
| 1974 | Long Island WCT | Carpet | SF | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Charlotte WCT | Clay | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1971 | Dallas WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Grass | R64 | John Newcombe | 7-5 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Bristol | Grass | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1969 | Auckland | Grass | QF | Brian Fairlie | 5-7 4-6 10-8 6-0 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.