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J. Connors #1 def. A. Ashe #9

6-4 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-4 5-7 6-3
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	A. Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 10, 1943
Age	26	35
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,380	2,111
Career W-L	1,262–294	800–258
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 5 – 2 A. Ashe

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	SF	V. Gerulaitis	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	S. Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	T. Smid	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	SF	R. Tanner	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	G. Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Tim Gullikson	1-6 7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	K. Warwick	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	T. Wilkison	7-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data