Head to head
Rivalry summary
John McEnroe and Phil Dent 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 McEnroe winning 1 of them.
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Clay
2
2
Grass
0
1
Carpet
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John McEnroe's wins on the left · Phil Dent's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
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.