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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Arthur Ashe #14

6-3 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-4 6-1
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 10, 1943
Age	26	35
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,354	2,077
Career W-L	1,262–294	800–258
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 4 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	SF	Roscoe Tanner	6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Geoff Masters	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Erik Van Dillen	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Van Winitsky	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Marty Riessen	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Bernie Mitton	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data