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J. Connors#1 def. H. Gunthardt#53

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1979*
Tournament	Rancho Mirage
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-0 6-4
Loser	H. Gunthardt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	H. Gunthardt
Country	USA	SUI
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 8, 1959
Age	26	20
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	53
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,363	1,760
Career W-L	1,262–294	225–189
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,550,007

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 1 – 0 H. Gunthardt

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	V. Zednik	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1979	R16	V. Amaya	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

H. Gunthardt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	D. Schneider	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data