Head to head
Rivalry summary
John Newcombe and Richard Pancho Gonzales met 5 times on the ATP tour between 1968 and 1970. John Newcombe leads the head-to-head 3–2 against Richard Pancho Gonzales. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; Newcombe leads 2–0 on grass.
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Hard
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Grass
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Carpet
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John Newcombe's wins on the left · Richard Pancho Gonzales's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1970 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | QF | John Newcombe | 6-7 6-3 6-2 |
| 1970 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Richard Pancho Gonzales | 6-4 6-4 6-2 |
| 1969 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | Richard Pancho Gonzales | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1969 | Sydney | Grass | QF | John Newcombe | 5-7 18-16 6-3 14-12 |
| 1968 | Boston-1 | Grass | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-4 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.