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J. Connors #1 def. G. Masters #53

6-0 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1978*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-0 6-0 6-4
Loser	G. Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	G. Masters
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Sep 19, 1950
Age	26	28
Height	177	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	53
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,408	1,748
Career W-L	1,262–294	238–255
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 5 – 0 G. Masters

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	SF	P. Dupre	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	QF	J. Newcombe	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R16	M. Edmondson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	C. Dibley	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	SF	K. Rosewall	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	QF	T. Rocavert	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R16	H. Pfister	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	C. Kachel	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data