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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Roscoe Tanner#21

7-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1974*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 15, 1951
Age	22	22
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	21
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,243	2,003
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	Alex Metreveli	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Jan Kodes	7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	John Alexander	6-1 7-5 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Ove Bengtson	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Jeff Borowiak	6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1974	F	Ken Rosewall	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	Stan Smith	7-6 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-7 7-5 6-7 7-6	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	Ilie Nastase	4-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Roger Taylor	3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Mike Estep	6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data