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John McEnroe #1 def. Jimmy Connors #2

(w/o)

Match Information

Date	Apr 7, 1985*
Tournament	Chicago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	(w/o)
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	26	32
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,491	2,198
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 17 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1985	SF	Scott Davis	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1985	QF	Paul Annacone	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1985	R16	Mike Leach	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1985	R32	Peter Doohan	6-0 6-1	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
Apr 6, 1985	SF	Andres Gomez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1985	QF	Brad Gilbert	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1985	R16	David Pate	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1985	R32	Jay Lapidus	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data