Head to head
Rivalry summary
Arthur Ashe and Tom Gorman met 8 times on the ATP tour between 1970 and 1976. Arthur Ashe leads the head-to-head 5–3 against Tom Gorman. By surface, Ashe leads 2–1 on hard; Gorman leads 2–1 on carpet.
2
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
1
Carpet
2
Arthur Ashe's wins on the left · Tom Gorman's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1976 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R16 | Tom Gorman | 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 1974 | Los Angeles | Hard | QF | Tom Gorman | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1973 | Washington-3 | Clay | SF | Arthur Ashe | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1973 | Vancouver WCT | Carpet | R16 | Tom Gorman | 6-1 4-6 6-4 |
| 1973 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | SF | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | 3rd/4th | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1970 | Sacramento | Hard | QF | Arthur Ashe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970 | Melbourne | Grass | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 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.