# John Newcombe vs Nikola Pilic — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-nikola-pilic?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4590088
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- John Newcombe: 20 wins
- Nikola Pilic: 6 wins
- Total meetings: 26

## By surface
- Carpet: John Newcombe 8 - 2 Nikola Pilic
- Grass: John Newcombe 5 - 3 Nikola Pilic
- Clay: John Newcombe 4 - 1 Nikola Pilic
- Hard: John Newcombe 3 - 0 Nikola Pilic

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: John Newcombe 17 - 6 Nikola Pilic
- Grand Slam: John Newcombe 2 - 0 Nikola Pilic
- Masters 1000: John Newcombe 1 - 0 Nikola Pilic

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1974-06-30 | Wimbledon | R32 | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-2 7-5 7-5 |
| 1973-08-25 | Toronto | R16 | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1973-08-10 | Louisville | QF | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-4 4-6 6-1 |
| 1972-11-03 | Essen Wct | QF | Carpet | Nikola Pilic | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1972-07-07 | St. Louis Wct | F | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1971-06-10 | Bristol | R32 | Grass | Nikola Pilic | 9-8 6-4 |
| 1971-05-01 | Chicago Wct | R32 | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1970-07-10 | Newport | SF | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1970-06-13 | Bristol | SF | Grass | Nikola Pilic | 4-6 14-12 8-6 |
| 1970-06-12 | Casablanca Wct | SF | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-2 7-9 8-6 6-0 |
| 1970-06-07 | St. Louis Wct | R16 | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1970-01-04 | Australian Round Robin | RR | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1969-06-25 | Wimbledon | R128 | Grass | John Newcombe | 12-10 6-4 4-6 7-5 |
| 1968-10-14 | East London Wct | SF | Hard | John Newcombe | 11-9 |
| 1968-10-01 | Pretoria Wct | QF | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1968-08-18 | Hamburg | SF | Clay | John Newcombe | 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 |
| 1968-08-12 | Newport Wct | RR | Grass | Nikola Pilic | 21-14 21-16 |
| 1968-08-12 | Newport Wct | BR | Grass | John Newcombe | 21-13 12-21 21-19 |
| 1968-08-06 | Cannes Wct | QF | Hard | John Newcombe | 13-11 6-3 |
| 1968-07-26 | Bastad Wct | RR | Clay | Nikola Pilic | 6-1 6-4 1-6 6-4 |

(+6 earlier meetings — see canonical URL)

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-nikola-pilic?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4590088
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)