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Arthur Ashe #7 def. Jimmy Connors #1

6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1975*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Sep 2, 1952
Age	31	22
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,191	2,276
Career W-L	800–258	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 3 Jimmy Connors

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1975	SF	Tony Roche	5-7 6-4 7-5 8-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1975	QF	Bjorn Borg	2-6 6-4 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1975	R16	Graham Stilwell	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1975	R32	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1975	R64	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1975	R128	Bob Hewitt	7-5 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1975	SF	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1975	QF	Raul Ramirez	6-4 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1975	R16	Phil Dent	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1975	R32	Mark Cox	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1975	R64	Vijay Amritraj	9-8 6-0 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1975	R128	John Lloyd	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data