Head to head
0
Hard
1
0
Clay
1
1
Grass
0
2
Carpet
0
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Bjorn Borg's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1978 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | QF | John Newcombe | 6-0 1-0 RET |
| 1977 | World Invitational Tennis Classic | Clay | SF | Bjorn Borg | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Hard | RR | Bjorn Borg | 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-2 |
| 1974 | Masters | Grass | RR | John Newcombe | 7-6 7-6 |
| 1974 | WCT Finals | Carpet | F | John Newcombe | 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 |
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.