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John McEnroe #3 def. Jimmy Connors #2

6-1 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 6, 1979*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	20	26
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,228	2,366
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 6 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1979	QF	John Alexander	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1979	F	Bjorn Borg	7-5 4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1979	QF	Gene Mayer	6-7 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data