Head to head
2
Hard
1
1
Clay
3
1
Grass
1
3
Carpet
1
John McEnroe's wins on the left · Mats Wilander's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (13)
| 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | John McEnroe | 7-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1987 | Rome | Clay | SF | Mats Wilander | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1987 | Brussels | Carpet | F | Mats Wilander | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1985 | US Open | Hard | SF | John McEnroe | 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1985 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Mats Wilander | 6-1 7-5 7-5 |
| 1985 | Masters | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-1 |
| 1984 | Davis Cup WG F: SWE vs USA | Clay | RR | John McEnroe | 6-3 5-7 6-3 |
| 1984 | Stockholm | Hard | F | John McEnroe | 6-2 3-6 6-2 |
| 1984 | Masters | Carpet | SF | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1983 | Australian Open | Grass | SF | Mats Wilander | 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3 |
| 1983 | Cincinnati | Hard | F | Mats Wilander | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1983 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Mats Wilander | 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-0 |
| 1982 | Davis Cup WG QF: USA vs SWE | Carpet | RR | John McEnroe | 9-7 6-2 15-17 3-6 8-6 |
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.