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J. Connors#1 def. R. Tanner#25

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	R. Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 15, 1951
Age	25	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,300	1,999
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 10 – 2 R. Tanner

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	SF	B. Gottfried	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	R. Ramirez	6-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	B. Mottram	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	A. Panatta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	C. Drysdale	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	SF	E. Dibbs	7-6 5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	B. Borg	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	I. Nastase	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	Z. Franulovic	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	S. Ball	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data