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J. Connors#2 def. John McEnroe#3

6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1980*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	27	20
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,303	2,303
Career W-L	1,262–294	833–189
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 6 – 3 John McEnroe

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	SF	G. Mayer	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	W. Fibak	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	R. Ramirez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	Tom Gullikson	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	SF	J. Sadri	7-6 4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1980	QF	J. Clerc	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1980	R16	Tim Gullikson	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1980	R32	B. Mottram	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1980	R64	B. Teacher	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data