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J. Connors #1 def. A. Panatta #24

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	A. Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	A. Panatta
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 9, 1950
Age	25	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,274	1,908
Career W-L	1,262–294	379–226
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 5 – 2 A. Panatta

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	C. Drysdale	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	B. Mottram	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's path

No prior matches in this tournament.