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Ivan Lendl#1 def. Jimmy Connors#4

1-6 6-1 6-2 2-6 5-2 DEF

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1986*
Tournament	Boca West
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	1-6 6-1 6-2 2-6 5-2 DEF
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	33
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,383	2,130
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 12 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1986	QF	Joakim Nystrom	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1986	R16	Jimmy Arias	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1986	R32	Greg Holmes	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1986	R64	Christo Van Rensburg	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Feb 11, 1986	R128	John Sadri	6-2 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1986	F	Mats Wilander	3-6 6-1 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1986	QF	Yannick Noah	5-7 6-4 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1986	R16	Thierry Tulasne	6-1 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1986	R32	Mark Dickson	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1986	R64	Claudio Panatta	6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1986	R128	Steve Denton	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data