SF Philadelphia 1979

Jimmy Connors #1 def. Roscoe Tanner #11

6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1

Jimmy Connors defeated Roscoe Tanner 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 1979 Philadelphia semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament: Philadelphia
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 15, 1951
Age	26	27
Height	177 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,403	1,987
Current career W-L	1,266–298	592–294
Current career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors #1 12 – 2 Roscoe Tanner #11

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Geoff Masters #59	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1979	QF
Wojtek Fibak #20	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1979	R16
Erik Van Dillen	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32
Van Winitsky	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1979	R64

Jimmy Connors's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arthur Ashe #14	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1979	F

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John McEnroe #4	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 1979	QF
Eddie Dibbs #5	6-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1979	R16
Tom Leonard #78	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1979	R32
Vijay Amritraj #59	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1979	R64