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J. Connors#2 def. B. Taroczy#45

6-7 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1980*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-7 6-0 6-4
Loser	B. Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	B. Taroczy
Country	USA	HUN
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 9, 1954
Age	27	25
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	45
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,276	1,817
Career W-L	1,262–294	381–228
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 3 – 0 B. Taroczy

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	Y. Noah	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1980	QF	Andrew Pattison	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

B. Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	C. Owens	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data