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Jimmy Connors#6 def. Brad Gilbert#15

4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1987*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0
Loser	Brad Gilbert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Brad Gilbert
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Aug 9, 1961
Age	35	26
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,062	1,982
Career W-L	1,262–294	502–275
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$5,507,973

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 4 – 1 Brad Gilbert

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1987	R16	Henri Leconte	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1987	R32	Jim Grabb	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1987	R64	Wayne Hearn	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1987	R128	Joey Rive	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1987	SF	Ivan Lendl	6-4 6-2 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Brad Gilbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1987	R16	Boris Becker	2-6 6-7 7-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1987	R32	Guy Forget	6-4 6-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1987	R64	Jay Berger	4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1987	R128	Peter Doohan	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data