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Jimmy Connors#2 def. Gene Mayer#12

6-4 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1980*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-0 6-2
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Gene Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Apr 11, 1956
Age	27	23
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,296	2,005
Career W-L	1,262–294	311–159
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	Raul Ramirez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	Tom Gullikson	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1980	F	John McEnroe	6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	Bill Scanlon	6-2 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	Heinz Gunthardt	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	Richard Meyer	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1980	R64	Vincent Van Patten	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data