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John McEnroe #2 def. Jimmy Connors #3

6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1980*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	27
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,244	2,273
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 4 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Peter Fleming	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Kevin Curren	7-5 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Tom Okker	6-0 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Terry Rocavert	4-6 7-5 6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Butch Walts	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1980	F	Bjorn Borg	6-1 5-7 3-6 7-6 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1980	QF	Roscoe Tanner	1-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1980	R16	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-7 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1980	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1980	R64	Sherwood Stewart	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1980	R128	Richard Lewis	6-0 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data