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Tom Gorman def. Jimmy Connors

7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1971*
Tournament	New York
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Tom Gorman
Score	7-6 6-1
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Gorman	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	18
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,574
Career W-L	418–293	1,262–294
Career earnings	$10,000	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gorman 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1971	R32	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gorman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1971	QF	Ilie Nastase	7-6 6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1971	R32	Ingo Buding	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data