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J. Connors#1 def. B. Borg#6

7-5 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1975*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-5 7-5 7-5
Loser	B. Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	B. Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	23	19
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,267	2,208
Career W-L	1,262–294	608–143
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 1 – 1 B. Borg

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	Andrew Pattison	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	H. Solomon	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	G. Goven	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	R. Taylor	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	G. Masters	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1975	F	M. Orantes	4-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1975	QF	E. Dibbs	7-6 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1975	R16	R. Laver	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1975	R32	R. Case	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1975	R64	M. Estep	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1975	R128	S. Mayer	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data