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John McEnroe#2 def. J. Connors#3

7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 1980*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	7-6 7-6
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	27
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,306	2,314
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 7 J. Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	SF	B. Mitton	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	QF	Bob Lutz	2-6 6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Feb 29, 1980	R16	B. Gottfried	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1980	R32	F. Taygan	0-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1980	R64	B. Bertram	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	SF	H. Solomon	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1980	QF	J. Sadri	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 1980	R16	Ivan Lendl	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1980	R32	Peter Mcnamara	6-7 7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data