Head to head
0
Hard
1
0
Grass
3
1
Carpet
4
Brian Gottfried'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)
| 1983 | Queen's Club | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1982 | Wembley | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 6-4 |
| 1981 | Wembley | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1981 | Cincinnati | Hard | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1981 | Queen's Club | Grass | F | John McEnroe | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1981 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-4 6-1 |
| 1980 | Queen's Club | Grass | R16 | John McEnroe | 7-6 7-6 |
| 1980 | Memphis | Carpet | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1978 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | QF | Brian Gottfried | 6-1 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.