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Tom Gullikson def. Jimmy Connors#1

3-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1979*
Tournament	New Orleans
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Tom Gullikson
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Gullikson	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 8, 1951	Sep 2, 1952
Age	27	26
Height	—	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,775	2,386
Career W-L	—	1,262–294
Career earnings	$889,492	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gullikson 0 – 3 Jimmy Connors

Path

Tom Gullikson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	Jeff Borowiak	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Tom Gullikson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1979	QF	Roscoe Tanner	6-3 6-4	L	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1979	R32	John Sadri	5-7 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data