Head to head
3
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
2
Grass
0
6
Carpet
4
John McEnroe's wins on the left · Johan Kriek's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (17)
| 1988 | San Francisco | Carpet | SF | Johan Kriek | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1987 | Memphis | Hard | R16 | Johan Kriek | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1985 | San Francisco | Carpet | QF | Johan Kriek | 7-6 3-6 6-1 |
| 1984 | Forest Hills WCT | Clay | QF | John McEnroe | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1984 | Brussels | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1984 | Masters | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1982 | San Francisco | Carpet | QF | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1982 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-3 |
| 1982 | Memphis | Carpet | F | Johan Kriek | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1981 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 6-1 7-5 6-1 |
| 1981 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 6-4 |
| 1980 | Sydney-1 | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1980 | San Francisco | Carpet | QF | Johan Kriek | 7-6 6-3 |
| 1980 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1979 | Las Vegas | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1978 | Cologne | Hard | QF | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1978 | Hartford | Carpet | F | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-4 |
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.