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J. Connors#1 def. B. Scanlon#63

6-3 4-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-3 4-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	B. Scanlon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	B. Scanlon
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Nov 13, 1956
Age	26	22
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	63
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,315	1,798
Career W-L	1,262–294	307–259
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,427,007

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 3 – 0 B. Scanlon

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	M. Cox	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	J. Kriek	6-4 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	M. Riessen	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	J. Caujolle	6-2 6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1979	SF	B. Borg	2-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

B. Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	B. Drewett	6-4 6-4 6-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Andrew Pattison	7-6 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	F. Gonzalez	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	R. Drysdale	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data