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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Ilie Nastase #7

6-3 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 20, 1975*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 4-6 6-1
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 19, 1946
Age	23	29
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,277	2,110
Career W-L	1,262–294	859–331
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 11 Ilie Nastase

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 1975	QF	Bernie Mitton	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 1975	R16	Karl Meiler	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 1975	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Nov 17, 1975	R64	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 21, 1975	F	Eddie Dibbs	6-1 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 1975	QF	Haroon Rahim	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 1975	R16	Ismail El Shafei	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data
Nov 18, 1975	R32	Martin Robinson	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1975	R64	Erik Van Dillen	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data