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Jimmy Connors#1 def. John McEnroe#13

6-2 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-2 7-5
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	26	19
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,373	1,995
Career W-L	1,262–294	833–189
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 3 – 0 John McEnroe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Adriano Panatta	4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Pat Dupre	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Steve Docherty	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Tom Gullikson	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1978	F	Bjorn Borg	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1978	QF	Butch Walts	6-1 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Colin Dowdeswell	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Peter Fleming	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Sherwood Stewart	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data