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J. Connors #1 def. D. Crealy #71

6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 3, 1975*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	D. Crealy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	D. Crealy
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Sep 18, 1944
Age	22	30
Height	177	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	71
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,306	1,796
Career W-L	1,262–294	335–317
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 2 – 0 D. Crealy

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	K. Warwick	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	G. Reid	6-2 6-3 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	U. Pinner	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	C. Kachel	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1975	F	J. Newcombe	5-7 6-3 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

D. Crealy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	J. Alexander	6-3 4-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	John Andrews	6-2 6-4 4-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	R. Ruffels	6-3 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	J. Kuki	7-5 2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data