Head to head
Rivalry summary
Tom Leonard and John Newcombe met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1968 and 1972. John Newcombe leads the head-to-head 4–1 against Tom Leonard. By surface, Newcombe leads 3–0 on carpet.
1
Hard
0
0
Clay
1
0
Carpet
3
Tom Leonard's wins on the left · John Newcombe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1972 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1972 | Gothenburg WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1972 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Newcombe | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1972 | Hollywood WCT | Clay | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1968 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | R32 | Tom Leonard | 1-6 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.