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J. Connors #2 def. S. Ball #63

13-11 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1974*
Tournament	Manchester
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	13-11 6-4
Loser	S. Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	S. Ball
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jan 24, 1950
Age	21	24
Height	177	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	63
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,190	1,691
Career W-L	1,262–294	126–181
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 1 – 0 S. Ball

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1974	QF	R. Seegers	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1974	R16	Reginald Bennett	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 6, 1974	R32	Pieter Burki	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 5, 1974	R64	Mark Wilson	6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1974	F	M. Collins	13-11 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

S. Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1974	QF	M. Farrell	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1974	R16	Max Franklin	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 6, 1974	R32	E Topham	6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 5, 1974	R64	C Lane	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data