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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Roscoe Tanner#11

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 15, 1951
Age	26	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,349	1,982
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 12 – 2 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

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

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Roscoe Tanner's path

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