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Although Connors's tour record against McEnroe was 14–20 [51] McEnroe is 6½ years younger than Connors and had a losing record against Connors until he won 12 out of their last 14 meetings. Head to head in major championship finals, they split their two meetings, Connors winning the 1982 Wimbledon in five sets, and McEnroe winning the 1984 ...
This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Jimmy Connors. Jimmy Connors spent a total of 268 weeks at number 1, including 160 consecutive weeks. Grand Slam tournament finals
Jimmy Connors Martina Navratilova (x6) Peter McNamara Paul McNamee Anne Smith Kevin Curren: 1983: John McEnroe (x2) Peter Fleming John McEnroe (x2) Wendy Turnbull John Lloyd (x2) 1984: 1985: Boris Becker (x2) Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy: Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie: Martina Navratilova Paul McNamee: 1986: Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander ...
Wimbledon Record 12: Roger Federer: 8–4 10: Novak Djokovic: 7–3 7: Pete Sampras: 7–0 Boris Becker: ... Jimmy Connors 15: 1972–89 Ivan Lendl 14: 1980–93 Andy ...
Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his first Wimbledon title and second major title overall. Rosewall was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam. Jan Kodeš was the defending champion, but lost in the ...
The 1974 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1974. [ 3 ]
The men who have reached the final at least five times during the open era are Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. [2] Connors reached the final six times between 1974 and 1984 but won only two titles. [2]
The Borg–Connors rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors. They met 23 times during their careers, [ 1 ] and 42 times including invitational and exhibition tournaments. Borg leads 15–8 in their official head-to-head, 8–5 in finals, 5–3 in Grand Slam meetings and they are 2–2 in Grand Slam finals.