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Ivan Lendl#1 def. Jimmy Connors#8

3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1987*
Tournament	Key Biscayne
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	26	34
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,331	2,051
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 15 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1987	QF	Jay Berger	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1987	R16	Brad Gilbert	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1987	R32	Thomas Muster	3-6 6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1987	R64	Paul Annacone	5-7 7-6 4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1987	R128	Ricardo Acuna	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1987	F	Miloslav Mecir	7-5 6-2 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1987	QF	Derrick Rostagno	6-4 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1987	R16	Johan Carlsson	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1987	R32	Darren Cahill	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1987	R64	Peter Lundgren	2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1987	R128	Ben Testerman	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data