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Jimmy Connors#2 def. John Newcombe#71

6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 9, 1979*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-0 6-2
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 23, 1944
Age	27	35
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	71
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,291	1,834
Career W-L	1,262–294	556–224
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 3 – 2 John Newcombe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Tony Graham	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	QF	Butch Walts	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Matt Mitchell	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data