Head to head
0
Hard
3
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
1
Carpet
2
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Robert Lutz's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1978 | Palm Springs | Hard | R64 | Robert Lutz | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1976 | Memphis WCT | Carpet | QF | Robert Lutz | 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 |
| 1975 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | Robert Lutz | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1974 | New Orleans WCT | Carpet | QF | John Newcombe | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1972 | Rome WCT | Carpet | QF | Robert Lutz | 6-7 7-6 6-3 |
| 1972 | Boston WCT | Hard | R32 | Robert Lutz | 4-6 6-1 7-6 |
| 1971 | Rome WCT | Clay | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1970 | Melbourne | Grass | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-3 2-6 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.