Head to head
3
Hard
1
0
Clay
1
1
Grass
0
2
Carpet
0
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Cliff Richey's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1976 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | Cliff Richey | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1974 | Sydney-2 | Hard | F | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 1974 | New Orleans WCT | Carpet | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1974 | Atlanta WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 7-6(5) 7-6(6) |
| 1972 | Johannesburg WCT | Hard | SF | John Newcombe | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | Tokyo WCT | Hard | 3rd/4th | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Clay | RR | Cliff Richey | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1969 | Bristol | Grass | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-1 5-7 6-2 |
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.