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Jimmy Connors#3 def. Bernie Mitton#55

7-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Sep 4, 1980*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Jimmy Connors
Score7-6 6-4 6-4
Loser Bernie Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJimmy ConnorsBernie Mitton
Country USA RSA
Birth dateSep 2, 1952Nov 9, 1954
Age2825
Height177188
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)355
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,2111,758
Career W-L1,262–294206–223
Career earnings$8,641,040
Pre-match H2H
Jimmy Connors 5 0 Bernie Mitton

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1980R32 Terry Moor 6-4 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1980R64 Butch Walts 6-3 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 28, 1980R128 Marcel Freeman 6-2 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Jimmy Connors's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1980QF Eliot Teltscher 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Bernie Mitton's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1980R32 Sammy Giammalva Jr 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-3WMatch data
Aug 30, 1980R64 Juan Carlos Ayala 6-3 6-1 6-3WMatch data
Aug 28, 1980R128 Jose Luis Clerc 6-3 6-2 4-6 2-6 7-5WH2HMatch data