Head to head
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Hard
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Carpet
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John McEnroe's wins on the left · Boris Becker's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (10)
| 1992 | Paris Masters | Carpet | R32 | Boris Becker | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1992 | Rotterdam | Carpet | SF | Boris Becker | 6-2 7-6(1) |
| 1992 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-3 7-5 |
| 1989 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Boris Becker | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1989 | Paris | Carpet | SF | Boris Becker | 7-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 1989 | Milan | Carpet | SF | Boris Becker | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1988 | Indianapolis | Hard | F | Boris Becker | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1987 | Davis Cup WG PO: USA vs FRG | Carpet | RR | Boris Becker | 4-6 15-13 8-10 6-2 6-2 |
| 1986 | Stratton Mountain | Hard | SF | Boris Becker | 3-6 7-5 7-6 |
| 1985 | Milan | Carpet | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-4 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.