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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Jimmy Connors #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1983*
Tournament	Masters
Category	ATP Finals
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-3 6-1
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	22	30
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,335	2,276
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 1 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1983	QF	Yannick Noah	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1983	F	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1983	QF	Johan Kriek	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data