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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Steve Krulevitz#119

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Steve Krulevitz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Steve Krulevitz
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 30, 1951
Age	25	27
Height	177	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	119
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,297	1,630
Career W-L	1,262–294	122–202
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Steve Krulevitz

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Rod Frawley	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	David Carter	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Krulevitz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Terry Rocavert	8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data