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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Heinz Gunthardt#53

6-0 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Heinz 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

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Heinz Gunthardt

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

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

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Heinz Gunthardt's path

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