Head to head
3
Hard
0
3
Grass
0
3
Carpet
0
John McEnroe's wins on the left · Tom Gullikson's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1985 | Houston | Carpet | R16 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1981 | Sydney-1 | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1981 | US Open | Hard | R64 | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-1 6-3 |
| 1981 | Wimbledon | Grass | R128 | John McEnroe | 7-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1979 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-4 7-6 |
| 1979 | Rancho Mirage | Hard | R64 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1978 | Queen's Club | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 4-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1978 | Washington-1 | Carpet | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1978 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-4 3-6 7-6 |
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.