Head to head
2
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
3
Grass
1
2
Carpet
0
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Phil Dent's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (10)
| 1978 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-1 1-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1977 | Sydney-1 | Hard | R16 | Phil Dent | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1974 | Sydney-3 | Grass | QF | Phil Dent | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1973 | Sydney-2 | Hard | SF | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1973 | London / Queen's Club | Grass | R32 | John Newcombe | 8-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1972 | Louisville WCT | Clay | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1972 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Boston WCT | Hard | R16 | John Newcombe | 4-6 6-2 6-1 |
| 1970 | Australian Open | Grass | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-2 6-3 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.