Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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3
Grass
4
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Carpet
2
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Ken Rosewall's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (22)
| 1974 | Tokyo-2 | Clay | F | John Newcombe | 3-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1974 | US Open | Grass | SF | Ken Rosewall | 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3 |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Ken Rosewall | 6-1 1-6 6-0 7-5 |
| 1973 | Tokyo | Clay | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1973 | US Open | Grass | SF | John Newcombe | 6-4 7-6 6-3 |
| 1972 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | F | John Newcombe | 5-7 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Las Vegas WCT | Hard | QF | John Newcombe | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1972 | Charlotte WCT | Clay | R16 | Ken Rosewall | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1972 | Hilton Head WCT | Clay | F | Ken Rosewall | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1971 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | Ken Rosewall | 7-5 6-2 5-7 6-3 |
| 1971 | Toronto WCT | Clay | SF | John Newcombe | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-1 6-3 |
| 1971 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | SF | John Newcombe | 7-6 7-5 |
| 1970 | US Open | Grass | SF | Ken Rosewall | 6-3 6-4 6-3 |
| 1970 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Ken Rosewall | 5-6 6-5 6-1 6-2 |
| 1970 | Newport-1 | Grass | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | Grass | F | John Newcombe | 5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 |
| 1970 | St. Louis | Hard | QF | Ken Rosewall | 8-6 7-5 |
| 1970 | Atlanta | Hard | 3rd/4th | John Newcombe | 8-5 |
| 1970 | Corpus Christi | Hard | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1968 | Wembley-3 | Hard | F | Ken Rosewall | 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1968 | Paris-2 | Clay | QF | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-1 5-7 1-6 6-4 |
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.