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J. Connors#1 def. M. Riessen#43

6-7 6-3 7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 29, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-0
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	M. Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Dec 4, 1941
Age	26	37
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	43
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,307	1,845
Career W-L	1,262–294	533–316
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$465

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 4 – 0 M. Riessen

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	J. Caujolle	6-2 6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	J. Kriek	6-4 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	U. Eriksson	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data