Jimmy Connors #2 def. John McEnroe #3

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

Jimmy Connors defeated John McEnroe 6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1980 Philadelphia final on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1980*
Tournament: Philadelphia
Edition: 1980
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	27	20
Height	177 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,336	2,312
Current career W-L	1,266–298	835–191
Current career earnings	$8,641,040	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors #2 6 – 3 John McEnroe #3

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gene Mayer #12	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1980	SF
Wojtek Fibak #15	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1980	QF
Raul Ramirez #40	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1980	R16
Tom Gullikson	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jan 24, 1980	R32

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Sadri #29	7-6 4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1980	SF
Jose Luis Clerc #17	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1980	QF
Tim Gullikson	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jan 25, 1980	R16
Buster C Mottram #34	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1980	R32
Brian Teacher #54	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1980	R64