Head to head
0
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
2
Carpet
1
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Eddie Dibbs's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1978 | St. Louis WCT | Carpet | QF | Eddie Dibbs | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1978 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | SF | John Newcombe | 7-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 1976 | Washington WCT | Carpet | QF | John Newcombe | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1973 | Fort Worth | Hard | QF | Eddie Dibbs | 7-5 1-6 6-3 |
| 1973 | Louisville | Clay | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1972 | US Open | Grass | R64 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 6-3 |
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.