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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Van Winitsky#164

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1978*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Van Winitsky

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Van Winitsky
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 12, 1959
Age	25	18
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	164
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,311	1,655
Career W-L	1,262–294	106–133
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$408,120

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Van Winitsky

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1978	R32	Peter Fleming	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1978	QF	Nick Saviano	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Van Winitsky's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1978	R32	Marcello Lara	7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data