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Ivan Lendl#3 def. J. Connors#2

7-5 6-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 1985*
Tournament	Masters
Category	ATP Finals
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	7-5 6-7 7-5
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	24	32
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,227	2,257
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 6 – 12 J. Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1985	QF	J. Nystrom	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1985	F	John McEnroe	5-7 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1985	QF	E. Teltscher	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data