Head to head
Rivalry summary
Vincent Van Patten and John McEnroe met 6 times on the ATP tour between 1981 and 1985. John McEnroe leads the head-to-head 5–1 against Vincent Van Patten. By surface, McEnroe leads 2–0 on hard; McEnroe leads 2–0 on clay; they are level 1–1 on carpet.
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Hard
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Clay
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Carpet
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Vincent Van Patten's wins on the left · John McEnroe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 1985 | Forest Hills | Clay | R64 | John McEnroe | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1983 | Wembley | Carpet | R16 | John McEnroe | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1983 | US Open | Hard | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-1 6-2 6-1 |
| 1982 | US Open | Hard | R32 | John McEnroe | 6-3 6-2 6-3 |
| 1981 | Tokyo-2 | Carpet | SF | Vincent Van Patten | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1981 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | John McEnroe | 6-2 6-0 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.