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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Stan Smith#27

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Dec 14, 1946
Age	26	32
Height	177	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,367	1,947
Career W-L	1,262–294	—
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 12 – 4 Stan Smith

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Tomas Smid	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	Sandy Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Adriano Panatta	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data