connors

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-3 7-5 in the semi-final of the US Open, 1979 on hard court The result denied Connors a sixth successive appearance in the final, while McEnroe went on to defeat Vitas Gerulaitis in the title match to lift his first Slam trophy and what turned out to be the...

Bjorn Borg defeated Jimmy Connors 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the final of the Pepsi Grand Slam 1977 in Boca Raton on green clay/har tru surface Before this match, Borg had only beaten Connors once and had lost their last 6 encounters. After this match, Borg won 13 of the pairs last 15 clashes (Note: I'm...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-0 6-0, semi-final Forest Hills 1984 on har-tru/green clay surface (note: I'm missing 3 points on Lendl's serve. 2 were aces - almost certainly of first serves, which I've included in the aces and first serve percentage stats. The remaining point led to a rally...

Connors, Federer or Sampras? http://www.tennis-pulse.com/greatest-us-open-champions-1-pete-sampras/

Rosewall, Laver, Connors and Agassi are the best former players known for their longevity in the Open Era. So how Federer's 2017 season compare to theirs at the same age ? Thoughts ?

An obscure record - Slams won as a father Most Slams won as a Father Until fairly recently, I know the holder of the record was Jimmy Connors with 3 (Wim 82, US 82, 83) Novak Djokovic crossed it and is presently sitting at the top with 5 (Aus 15,16, Fre 16, Wim 15, US 15) Federer is up to 4...

@-NN- posted a thread 'How Jimmy Connors got solved' which prompted me to find more out about Arthur Ashe. I had a spurious knowledge, and a personal connection - my grandparents were in the Royal Box for the 1975 Wimbledon Final. But really knew little about the man, aside from my grandparents...