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J. Connors #1 def. G. Vilas #3

6-4 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1976*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-4 6-2 6-1
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Aug 17, 1952
Age	24	24
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,341	2,182
Career W-L	1,262–294	898–282
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 1 – 0 G. Vilas

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1976	QF	J. Kodes	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	V. Gerulaitis	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	Fred Mcnair	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	P. Fleming	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	B. Hewitt	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1976	F	B. Borg	6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1976	QF	E. Dibbs	6-1 2-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Teimuraz Kakulia	7-5 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	K. Johansson	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	R. Case	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	D. Schneider	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data