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John McEnroe #1 def. Jimmy Connors #3

6-7 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 1983*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-7 6-1 6-4
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	24	30
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,296	2,216
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 9 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1983	QF	Jimmy Arias	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1983	R16	Thomas Hogstedt	6-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1983	R32	Nduka Odizor	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1983	R64	Sashi Menon	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1983	F	Mats Wilander	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1983	QF	Sandy Mayer	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1983	R16	Mel Purcell	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1983	R32	Anders Jarryd	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1983	R64	Tim Wilkison	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data