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J. Connors#1 def. M. Edmondson#61

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1978*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	M. Edmondson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	M. Edmondson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 24, 1954
Age	26	24
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	61
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,405	1,710
Career W-L	1,262–294	244–231
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,451,680

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 M. Edmondson

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	C. Dibley	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	QF	J. Newcombe	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

M. Edmondson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	B. Giltinan	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data