TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇦🇺 John Newcombe

14

41 titles · 5 Slams

🇿🇦 Cliff Drysdale

5

8 titles · 0 Slams

5
Hard
1
3
Clay
1
1
Grass
0
5
Carpet
3

John Newcombe's wins on the left · Cliff Drysdale's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

John Newcombe leads ↑ Cliff Drysdale leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (19)

1976 Palm Springs Hard R16 John Newcombe 6-2 7-6
1972 Alamo WCT Hard F John Newcombe 6-1 6-1 7-5
1972 Las Vegas WCT Hard F John Newcombe 6-3 6-4
1972 Denver WCT Carpet R16 John Newcombe 6-3 6-7 7-5
1972 Hilton Head WCT Clay SF John Newcombe 6-4 6-2
1972 Richmond WCT Carpet SF Cliff Drysdale 4-6 6-4 6-3
1971 Boston WCT Hard SF Cliff Drysdale 6-3 1-6 5-7 6-4 6-4
1971 Philadelphia WCT Carpet SF John Newcombe 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)
1970 Louisville Clay QF John Newcombe 6-3 6-4
1968 East London WCT Hard F John Newcombe 10-6
1968 Johannesburg WCT Hard 3rd/4th John Newcombe 6-3 3-6 6-1
1968 Newport WCT Grass RR John Newcombe 16-21 21-19 21-17
1968 Hamburg Clay F John Newcombe 6-3 6-2 6-4
1968 Gstaad Clay SF Cliff Drysdale 6-3 0-6 6-3 4-6 6-3
1968 Buffalo WCT Carpet QF Cliff Drysdale 31-29 27-31 5-2
1968 Bakersfield WCT Carpet F John Newcombe 31-12 31-22
1968 New Orleans WCT Carpet F Cliff Drysdale 31-28
1968 WCT World Cup Carpet RR John Newcombe 31-30 25-31 5-2
1968 Sydney WCT Carpet RR John Newcombe 74-72
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.