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John McEnroe #3 def. Jimmy Connors #1

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 1982*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-3
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	23	30
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,216	2,313
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 8 – 11 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1982	SF	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1982	QF	Johan Kriek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1982	R16	Richard Lewis	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1982	R32	Morris Skip Strode	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1982	SF	Sandy Mayer	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1982	QF	Jimmy Arias	7-5 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1982	R16	Vincent Van Patten	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 23, 1982	R32	Tim Gullikson	7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data