Arthur Ashe #7 def. Jimmy Connors #1

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

Arthur Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4 in the 1975 Wimbledon final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 1975*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1975
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Sep 2, 1952
Age	31	22
Height	185 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,200	2,352
Current career W-L	792–256	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$1,584,909	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe #7 0 – 3 Jimmy Connors #1

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tony Roche #12	5-7 6-4 7-5 8-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1975	SF
Bjorn Borg #5	2-6 6-4 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1975	QF
Graham Stilwell	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1975	R16
Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1975	R32
Jun Kamiwazumi	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1975	R64
Bob Hewitt	7-5 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1975	R128

Arthur Ashe'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
Roscoe Tanner #11	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1975	SF
Raul Ramirez #14	6-4 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1975	QF
Phil Dent #30	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1975	R16
Mark Cox	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1975	R32
Vijay Amritraj	9-8 6-0 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1975	R64
John Lloyd	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data	Jun 25, 1975	R128