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Jimmy Connors def. Bob Hewitt

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1972*
Tournament	Albany
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Bob Hewitt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bob Hewitt
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jan 12, 1940
Age	20	32
Height	177	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,934	1,954
Career W-L	1,262–294	285–178
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$613,837

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 2 Bob Hewitt

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1972	QF	Pierre Barthes	6-7 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1972	R16	Jim Mcmanus	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1972	R32	Jeff Simpson	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1972	R64	Bobby Siska	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1972	F	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Bob Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1972	QF	Colin Dibley	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1972	R16	Ross Case	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1972	R32	Vijay Amritraj	5-7 6-0 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1972	R64	Tom Edlefsen	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data