Head to head
Rivalry summary
Jimmy Connors and John Newcombe met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1973 and 1979. Jimmy Connors leads the head-to-head 4–2 against John Newcombe. By surface, Connors leads 2–0 on hard; Newcombe leads 2–0 on grass; Connors leads 2–0 on carpet. They contested 1 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with Connors winning 0 of them.
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1979 | Hong Kong | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1978 | Sydney-1 | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1978 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1976 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1974 | Australian Open | Grass | F | John Newcombe | 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6 |
| 1973 | US Open | Grass | QF | John Newcombe | 6-4 7-6 7-6 |
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.