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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Raul Ramirez #7

6-3 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 24, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-1 6-2
Loser	Raul Ramirez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Raul Ramirez
Country	USA	MEX
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 20, 1953
Age	25	25
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,304	2,065
Career W-L	1,262–294	531–261
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,217,971

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 11 – 2 Raul Ramirez

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	SF	Roscoe Tanner	7-5 9-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	David Carter	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	Steve Krulevitz	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Rod Frawley	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Raul Ramirez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	SF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	Belus Prajoux	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	Tom Gullikson	6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	David Schneider	6-3 9-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	Andrew Jarrett	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data