TENNISGOAT

Head to head

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Rivalry summary

Brian Gottfried and John Newcombe met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1973 and 1978. Their head-to-head is level at 3–3. By surface, Newcombe leads 3–1 on hard; Gottfried leads 2–0 on carpet.

🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried

3

25 titles · 0 Slams

🇦🇺 John Newcombe

3

41 titles · 5 Slams

1
Hard
3
2
Carpet
0

Brian Gottfried's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Brian Gottfried leads ↑ John Newcombe leads ↓

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

All meetings (6)

1978 Los Angeles Carpet R16 Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-3
1978 WCT Aetna World Cup Carpet RR Brian Gottfried 6-4 6-4
1975 Hong Kong Hard QF Brian Gottfried 6-3 4-6 6-3
1974 Tucson Hard QF John Newcombe 6-2 7-5
1974 Carlsbad WCT Hard QF John Newcombe 6-4 7-5
1973 Chicago-2 Hard QF John Newcombe 6-7 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.