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Jimmy Connors #3 def. Roscoe Tanner #8

1-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1980*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	1-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2
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	27	28
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	8
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,262	2,044
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 15 – 3 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Sherwood Stewart	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Richard Lewis	6-0 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1980	SF	John McEnroe	3-6 6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Nick Saviano	7-6 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Paul Mcnamee	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	John Fitzgerald	6-1 3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Jiri Hrebec	6-2 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data