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Ivan Lendl#1 def. Jimmy Connors#5

6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1987*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	27	35
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,345	2,080
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 18 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1987	QF	John McEnroe	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1987	R16	Anders Jarryd	6-2 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1987	R32	Jim Pugh	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1987	R64	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1987	R128	Barry Moir	6-0 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1987	F	Mats Wilander	6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1987	QF	Brad Gilbert	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0	W	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