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John McEnroe#1 def. Jimmy Connors#3

6-4 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1984*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-3
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	25	32
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,416	2,256
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 16 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1984	QF	Gene Mayer	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1984	R16	Bob Green	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1984	R32	Kevin Moir	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1984	R64	Stefan Edberg	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1984	R128	Colin Dowdeswell	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1984	F	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1984	QF	John Lloyd	7-5 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1984	R16	Joakim Nystrom	7-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1984	R32	Henri Leconte	6-4 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1984	R64	Brian Gottfried	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1984	R128	Matt Mitchell	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data