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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Geoff 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-0 6-0 6-4
Loser	Geoff Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Geoff 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

Jimmy Connors 5 – 0 Geoff Masters

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	SF	Pat Dupre	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	QF	John Newcombe	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R16	Mark Edmondson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	Colin Dibley	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Geoff Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1978	QF	Terry Rocavert	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1978	R32	Chris Kachel	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data