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Jimmy Connors def. Paul Gerken

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1973*
Tournament	Baltimore
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Paul Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 15, 1950
Age	20	22
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,946	1,664
Career W-L	1,262–294	124–129
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Paul Gerken

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	R16	John Paish	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1973	SF	Clark Graebner	3-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	R16	Tito Vazquez	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data