Head to head
1
Grass
0
0
Carpet
1
John James's wins on the left · Ilie Nastase's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (2)
| 1979 | Sarasota | Carpet | R32 | Ilie Nastase | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1978 | Queen's Club | Grass | R64 | John James | 8-6 9-8 |
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.