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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Terry Rocavert#115

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1978*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Terry Rocavert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Terry Rocavert
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 21, 1955
Age	25	22
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	115
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,325	1,468
Career W-L	1,262–294	37–61
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Terry Rocavert

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	John Marks	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1978	R16	John Alexander	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Terry Rocavert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	Peter Pearson	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data