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Jimmy Connors #3 def. Bob Carmichael #78

7-5 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 1, 1973*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-5 6-4 6-2
Loser	Bob Carmichael

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bob Carmichael
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 4, 1940
Age	21	33
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	78
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,115	1,600
Career W-L	1,262–294	215–256
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$414

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 1 Bob Carmichael

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 30, 1973	R32	Rauty Krog	6-0 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1973	QF	Mark Cox	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bob Carmichael's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 30, 1973	R32	Ian Fletcher	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data