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Jimmy Connors #3 def. John McEnroe #1

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1982*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	3-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	29	23
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,232	2,249
Career W-L	1,262–294	833–189
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 10 – 8 John McEnroe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1982	SF	Mark Edmondson	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1982	QF	Gene Mayer	6-1 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1982	R16	Paul Mcnamee	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1982	R32	Drew Gitlin	6-2 6-7 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1982	R64	John Alexander	6-3 4-6 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1982	R128	Mike Myburg	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy 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
Jul 4, 1982	SF	Tim Mayotte	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1982	QF	Johan Kriek	4-6 6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1982	R16	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1982	R32	Lloyd Bourne	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1982	R64	Eddie Edwards	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1982	R128	Van Winitsky	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data