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Ivan Lendl#2 def. Jimmy Connors#3

6-3 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1985*
Tournament	Dallas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-3 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	32
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,269	2,200
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 8 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 1985	QF	Stefan Edberg	3-6 7-6 3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1985	F	Tim Mayotte	7-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 1985	QF	Aaron Krickstein	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data