Head to head
Rivalry summary
David Carter and John James met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1978 and 1982. John James leads the head-to-head 2–1 against David Carter. By surface, James leads 2–1 on grass.
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Grass
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David Carter's wins on the left · John James's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1982 | Adelaide | Grass | QF | John James | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1978 | Australian Open | Grass | R64 | John James | 6-4 6-0 6-7 4-6 6-2 |
| 1978 | Birmingham-2 | Grass | R64 | David Carter | 6-3 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.