Head to head
2
Hard
3
1
Grass
0
2
Carpet
1
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Roy Emerson's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1974 | Carlsbad WCT | Hard | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1972 | Gothenburg WCT | Carpet | F | John Newcombe | 6-0 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | Vancouver WCT | Carpet | QF | John Newcombe | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1972 | Montreal WCT | Carpet | QF | Roy Emerson | 6-4 4-6 7-6 |
| 1971 | Miami WCT | Hard | QF | Roy Emerson | 6-1 7-6 |
| 1970 | Fort Worth | Hard | SF | Roy Emerson | 8-6 7-5 |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | John Newcombe | 6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9 |
| 1970 | Las Vegas | Hard | QF | Roy Emerson | 1-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1970 | Atlanta | Hard | QF | John Newcombe | 12-10 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.