TENNISGOAT

Head to head

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Rivalry summary

Phil Dent and John McEnroe met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1977 and 1982. John McEnroe leads the head-to-head 4–2 against Phil Dent. By surface, Dent leads 2–1 on clay; McEnroe leads 2–0 on grass. They contested 1 finals, with Dent winning 0 of them.

🇦🇺 Phil Dent

2

3 titles · 0 Slams

🇺🇸 John McEnroe

4

79 titles · 7 Slams

2
Clay
1
0
Grass
2
0
Carpet
1

Phil Dent's wins on the left · John McEnroe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Phil Dent leads ↑ John McEnroe leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (6)

1982 Tokyo-2 Carpet R16 John McEnroe 6-1 7-5
1980 Brisbane Grass F John McEnroe 6-3 6-4
1977 Indianapolis Clay QF Phil Dent 6-4 7-6
1977 Cincinnati Clay R16 John McEnroe 6-4 6-4
1977 Wimbledon Grass QF John McEnroe 6-4 8-9 4-6 6-3 6-4
1977 Roland Garros Clay R64 Phil Dent 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3
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.