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Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in the US Open second round, 1992 on hard court Lendl would go onto lose in the quarter-final to eventual champion Stefan Edberg. This was the fifth and last time the two players met at the event. This was the 40-year old Connors’ last Slam match...

Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1982 on grass It was Connors’ second and last title at the event and his first Slam title since 1978. He would go onto win the upcoming US Open also. McEnroe was the defending champion. The two had recently...

Jimmy Connors beat Miloslav Mecir 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami semi-final, 1988 on hard court The second seeded Connors would go onto lose the final to top seed and recently crowned Australian Open champion Mats Wilander. Mecir, the defending champion, was seeded third. The tournament...

Kevin Curren beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1985 on grass Curren would go onto lose to Boris Becker in his only final at the event. He’d beaten defending champion John McEnroe and soon to Australian Open champion Stefan Edberg among others in earlier rounds...

Jimmy Connors beat Dick Stockton 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the Wimbledon first round, 1981 on grass Connors would go reach the semi-final where he would lose to 5 time defending champion Bjorn Borg for the fourth time in 5 years. He would go onto win the title the following year. The two had previously...

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Jimmy Connors beat Robert Seguso 6-3, 6-4 in the Queen’s Club semi-final, 1986 on grass Connors, the number 1 seed, would go onto lose the final to Tim Mayotte, who beat Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg in previous rounds, via retirement. Seguso would beat Connors in the first round at Wimbledon...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the Tokyo Indoor final, 1984 on carpet Connors wouldn’t win another title for 4 years and Lendl was the defending champion. The result took the head-to-head to 13-5 in Connors’ favour. He would lose the pair’s remaining 17 matches to end the...

Stefan Edberg beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 7-5 in the Basel semi-final, 1989 on indoor hard court Edberg would go onto lose the final to Jim Courier. Connors had won the pair’s most recent meeting at the US Open in straight sets shortly before. Connors would win his next two tournaments in Toulouse...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in the Philadelphia final, 1982 on carpet It was McEnroe’s first title at the event and he would go onto win the next 3 also. Connors had previously won it 4 times, most recently in 1980 by beating McEnroe in a 5-set final. The 2 would go onto play...

Jimmy Connors beat Mats Wilander 6-4, 6-0 in the Suntory Cup Invitational final, 1986 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan It was the last edition of the event and Connors’ record extending fourth title. Wilander was making his first appearance. Ivan Lendl (who had lost to Wilander in the semis) beat...

Mats Wilander beat Jimmy Connors 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Miami final, 1988 on hard court The tournament was 7 full rounds, all matches best of 5 sets. Wilander was seeded first, Connors second. Wilander had recently won the Australian Open. Connors hadn’t won a title for 4 years Wilander won...

Boris Becker beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Becker would go onto lose to Mats Wilander in the next round in the first of his eventual 3 semi-finals at the event. This would turn out to be the last of Connors’ 8 quarter-finals at the event Becker...

Jimmy Connors beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2, 6-4 in the Boca Raton semi-final, 1978 on green clay Connors would go onto lose the final to Bjorn Borg and Gerulaitis would go onto lose the third place play-off match to Brian Gottfried Connors won 61 points, Gerulaitis 45 Gerulaitis serve-volleyed...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3 in the Boca Raton final, 1979 on green clay This was the third successive year with this final and result. Borg would win the title the follow year also. Borg won $150,000 for the result, Connors half that. John McEnroe (who had lost to Connors in the...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Masters (Year End Championship) final, 1977 on carpet in New York, USA The tournament was being held in New York for the first time and would remain there until 1989. This would be Connors’ only title at the event, he had earlier also won the...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-3 in the San Francisco final, 1982 on carpet It was McEnroe’s third title at the event, and his second of the year (the first having come 8 months earlier in January). Connors had recently won the US Open. The two had played the Wimbledon final earlier in...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-1 in the Masters (Year End Championship) semi-final, 1982 on carpet in New York, USA Lendl, the defending champion, would go onto win the title, beating John McEnroe in the final. The two had met at the most recent US Open final, with Connors winning Lendl...

Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn Borg 6-3, 6-4 in the Suntory Cup Invitational final, 1983 on carpet in Tokyo, Japan Borg was the defending champion. Connors had previously won the event in 1981 and 1982 and would go onto win it again in 1986. The two had met in the inaugural final in 1978, with Borg...

Stefan Edberg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3 in the Cincinnati semi-final, 1987 on hard court Edberg would go onto win the title, beating Boris Becker in the final. Connors had recently reached the semi-final of Wimbledon and would do so at the US Open, both times losing to the eventual winner...

Jimmy Connors beat Roscoe Tanner 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the Wembley final, 1976 on carpet It was the first time the tournament was held since 1971. Connors had recently won the US Open. The two players had met at Wimbledon in the quarter-final earlier in the year with Tanner winning Connors won...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1981 on grass Borg would go onto lose the final to John McEnroe. This was Borg’s record 41st straight win at the event, which remains a Slam record. The two had previously played finals in ’77 and ’78 and a...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1979 on grass Borg would go onto win the title for the 4th year in a row, beating Roscoe Tanner in the final. Connors had lost to Borg in the final the previous two years Borg won 98 points, Connors 69 Serve Stats...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1980 on grass McEnroe would go onto lose the final to Bjorn Borg. The two would meet in the US Open semi shortly after, with McEnroe again winning McEnroe won 137 points, Connors 128 McEnroe...

Jimmy Connors played Guillermo Vilas to 5-5 (0-15, Vilas serving) abandoned in the Monte Carlo final, 1981 on clay The match was called off due to incessant rain. It was Connors' only final at the event. Vilas had been runner-up the previous year and would go onto win the following year...

Pat Cash beat Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1987 on grass Cash would go onto win the title, beating Ivan Lendl in the final. This would turn out to be Connors 11th and last semi at the event. The two had recently met in the Queen's Club semi, with Connors...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1984 on grass Connors would go onto lose to John McEnroe in what would turn out to be his last Slam final. Lendl had recently won his first Slam at the French Open. The two had met at the previous years US Open...

Bjorn Borg beat Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1977 on grass Borg was the defending champion and he would go onto to win the next 3 editions also, including with wins over Connors in the following years final and the semi the year after Borg won 155 points...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 7-6(6), 6-3 in the San Francisco final, 1986 on carpet It was McEnroe's 12 straight win over Connors. Connors would go onto win the next 2 McEnroe won 77 points, Connors 66 McEnroe serve-volleyed off all 1st serves and about half his 2nds (Note: I'm...

Jimmy Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open final, 1982 on hard court It was Connors' Open Era record 4th title at the event and he would go onto add a 5th the following year, a mark that has yet to be passed. He had recently won Wimbledon. Lendl was playing the first of...