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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Ferdi Taygan#96

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 1978*
Tournament	Stowe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Ferdi Taygan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ferdi Taygan
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Dec 5, 1956
Age	25	21
Height	177	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	96
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,357	1,531
Career W-L	1,262–294	74–121
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$668,104

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Ferdi Taygan

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	Ian Fletcher	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	QF	Tom Gullikson	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Ferdi Taygan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	Gewan Maharaj	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data