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J. Connors def. G. Vilas

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1972*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Aug 17, 1952
Age	19	19
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,597
Career W-L	1,262–294	898–282
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 G. Vilas

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1972	SF	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 6, 1972	QF	Barry Phillips Moore	6-1 7-6	W	—	Match data
Aug 5, 1972	R16	S. Faulk	6-4 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	R32	H. Hose	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1972	R64	K. McMillan	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1972	SF	F. McMillan	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1972	QF	J. Kamiwazumi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1972	R16	Anand Amritraj	6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	R32	R. Tanner	6-3 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1972	R64	W. N'Godrella	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data