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Ivan Lendl #1 def. Jimmy Connors #4

6-2 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1985*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-2 6-3 7-5
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	25	33
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,300	2,158
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 11 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Yannick Noah	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Jaime Yzaga	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Horacio de la Pena	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Bill Scanlon	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Jay Lapidus	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1985	F	John McEnroe	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1985	QF	Heinz Gunthardt	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1985	R16	Stefan Edberg	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1985	R32	Thierry Tulasne	7-5 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1985	R64	Hank Pfister	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1985	R128	Gary Muller	6-4 6-3 4-6 6-2	W	—	Match data