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J. Connors#1 def. K. Rosewall#17

7-5 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 23, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-5 6-4 6-2
Loser	K. Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	K. Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Nov 2, 1934
Age	25	42
Height	177	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,254	1,987
Career W-L	1,262–294	541–195
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 5 – 1 K. Rosewall

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	SF	N. Saviano	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	QF	T. Roche	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1977	R16	Cliff Letcher	6-0 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	B. Drewett	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	SF	V. Gerulaitis	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	QF	H. Pfister	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1977	R16	T. Wilkison	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	K. Meiler	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data