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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Bjorn Borg #3

7-6(5) 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 1976*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-6(5) 6-4 6-0
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	23	19
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,286	2,187
Career W-L	1,262–294	608–143
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 3 – 1 Bjorn Borg

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1976	SF	Dick Stockton	3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1976	QF	Rod Laver	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1976	R16	Stan Smith	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jan 29, 1976	R32	Dennis Ralston	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1976	SF	Tom Okker	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1976	QF	Jan Kodes	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1976	R16	Mark Cox	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1976	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data