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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Cliff Drysdale#27

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1977*
Tournament	Birmingham Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 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)	2,371	1,854
Career W-L	1,262–294	402–253
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1977	R16	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 17, 1977	SF	Eddie Dibbs	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1977	R16	Tom Okker	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data