Head to head
0
Hard
3
0
Clay
1
3
Grass
0
3
Carpet
4
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Earl Butch Buchholz's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (14)
| 1975 | Jackson | Carpet | SF | Earl Butch Buchholz | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1970 | Philadelphia | Carpet | QF | John Newcombe | 8-6 3-6 8-6 |
| 1969 | Atlanta | Hard | F | Earl Butch Buchholz | 6-4 5-7 6-4 5-7 6-2 |
| 1969 | Toronto | Clay | SF | Earl Butch Buchholz | 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-0 |
| 1969 | Queen's Club | Grass | R32 | John Newcombe | 8-10 6-0 10-8 |
| 1968 | Johannesburg WCT | Hard | SF | Earl Butch Buchholz | 6-4 3-6 12-10 |
| 1968 | Newport WCT | Grass | Fs | John Newcombe | 21-13 20-21 21-20 |
| 1968 | Boston-1 | Grass | QF | John Newcombe | 11-9 6-3 6-4 |
| 1968 | New Orleans WCT | Carpet | RR | John Newcombe | 31-23 31-20 |
| 1968 | Houston WCT | Carpet | RR | Earl Butch Buchholz | 31-26 31-19 |
| 1968 | Miami WCT | Carpet | QF | Earl Butch Buchholz | 31-27 31-26 |
| 1968 | Shreveport WCT | Hard | SF | Earl Butch Buchholz | 31-29 |
| 1968 | WCT World Cup | Carpet | RR | Earl Butch Buchholz | 31-29 31-30 |
| 1968 | Sydney WCT | Carpet | RR | John Newcombe | 83-69 |
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.