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Brian Teacher#38 def. Jimmy Connors#1

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 4, 1978*
Tournament	Tokyo Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Brian Teacher
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Teacher	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Sep 2, 1952
Age	23	26
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,844	2,410
Career W-L	338–237	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,426,514	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Brian Teacher 0 – 3 Jimmy Connors

Path

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1978	R32	Jeff Borowiak	6-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1978	QF	Arthur Ashe	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1978	R32	Tony Roche	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data