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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Cliff 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Cliff 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

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1977	QF	Tony Roche	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1977	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1977	R32	Buster C Mottram	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Cliff Drysdale's path

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