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John McEnroe#3 def. Jimmy Connors#2

6-3 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 6-3 7-5
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	20	27
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,277	2,314
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 6 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	Eddie Dibbs	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Tom Gorman	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	John Lloyd	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	Ilie Nastase	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Pavel Slozil	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1979	F	Vitas Gerulaitis	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1979	QF	Pat Dupre	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	Brian Gottfried	6-2 1-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Bruce Manson	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	Vijay Amritraj	7-6 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Anand Amritraj	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data