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Jimmy Connors#3 def. Ivan Lendl#13

6-4 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 3, 1980*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 7-5 6-3
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ivan Lendl
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 7, 1960
Age	27	20
Height	177	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,249	2,033
Career W-L	1,262–294	1,051–229
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Ivan Lendl

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1980	QF	Bill Scanlon	7-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1980	F	John McEnroe	2-6 7-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1980	QF	Vijay Amritraj	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data