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Guillermo Vilas#4 def. Jimmy Connors#1

2-6 6-3 7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	2-6 6-3 7-6 6-0
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Jimmy Connors
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	25
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,266	2,260
Career W-L	898–282	1,262–294
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 0 – 2 Jimmy Connors

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1977	SF	Harold Solomon	6-2 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1977	QF	Raymond Moore	6-1 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1977	R16	Jose Higueras	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Victor Amaya	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1977	R64	Gene Mayer	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Manuel Santana	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1977	SF	Corrado Barazzutti	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1977	QF	Manuel Orantes	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1977	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Zan Guerry	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1977	R64	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Jasjit Singh	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data