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Miloslav Mecir#61 def. Jimmy Connors#2

5-7 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1985*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Miloslav Mecir
Score	5-7 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Miloslav Mecir	Jimmy Connors
Country	SVK	USA
Birth date	May 19, 1964	Sep 2, 1952
Age	20	32
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,750	2,245
Career W-L	232–108	1,262–294
Career earnings	$2,632,538	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Miloslav Mecir 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Miloslav Mecir's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1985	QF	Joao Soares	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1985	R16	Ramesh Krishnan	7-5 7-6	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1985	R32	Joakim Nystrom	6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1985	R64	Thierry Tulasne	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Miloslav Mecir's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1985	F	John McEnroe	6-3 7-6 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1985	QF	Mel Purcell	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1985	R16	Stefan Edberg	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1985	R32	Leif Shiras	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data