R16 Philadelphia Wct 1978

Jimmy Connors #1 def. Buster C Mottram #17

6-1 6-4

Jimmy Connors defeated Buster C Mottram 6-1 6-4 in the 1978 Philadelphia Wct round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1978*
Tournament: Philadelphia Wct
Edition: 1978
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Buster C Mottram
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Apr 25, 1955
Age	25	22
Height	177 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,341	1,920
Current career W-L	1,266–298	271–174
Current career earnings	$8,641,040	$14,500

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors #1 2 – 0 Buster C Mottram #17

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Adriano Panatta #24	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1978	R32
Cliff Drysdale #22	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1978	R64

Jimmy Connors's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Raul Ramirez #9	6-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1978	QF

Buster C Mottram's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Gullikson	1-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jan 26, 1978	R32