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J. Connors #1 def. C. Drysdale #27

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1977*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	C. Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	C. Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 26, 1941
Age	24	35
Height	177	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,388	1,910
Career W-L	1,262–294	402–253
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 1 – 0 C. Drysdale

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1977	QF	T. Roche	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1977	R16	W. Fibak	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1977	R32	B. Mottram	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1977	F	D. Stockton	6-3 4-6 6-3 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1977	QF	B. Mitton	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1977	R16	B. Scanlon	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1977	R32	M. Cox	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1977	R64	C. Pasarell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data