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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Bill 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 4-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	Bill Scanlon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bill 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

Jimmy Connors 3 – 0 Bill Scanlon

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

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

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Bill Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Brad 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	Francisco Gonzalez	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Robin Drysdale	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data