Head to head
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Grass
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Carpet
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John Newcombe's wins on the left · Alex Metreveli's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1974 | St. Louis WCT | Carpet | SF | Alex Metreveli | 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1974 | St. Petersburg WCT | Carpet | F | John Newcombe | 6-0 7-6(3) |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | John Newcombe | 9-8 6-3 4-6 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.