John McEnroe #2 def. Jimmy Connors #3

7-6 7-6

John McEnroe defeated Jimmy Connors 7-6 7-6 in the 1980 Memphis final on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 2, 1980*
Tournament: Memphis
Edition: 1980
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	27
Height	180 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,294	2,342
Current career W-L	835–191	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #2 3 – 7 Jimmy Connors #3

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bernie Mitton #59	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1980	SF
Bob Lutz	2-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1980	QF
Brian Gottfried #25	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 29, 1980	R16
Ferdi Taygan #89	0-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1980	R32
Byron Bertram	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 1980	R64

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Harold Solomon #9	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1980	SF
John Sadri #21	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1980	QF
Ivan Lendl #24	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 29, 1980	R16
Peter Mcnamara	6-7 7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data	Feb 28, 1980	R32