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John McEnroe#2 def. Jimmy Connors#3

6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1980*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	28
Height	180	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,203	2,226
Career W-L	833–189	1,262–294
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 5 – 8 Jimmy Connors

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1980	QF	Ivan Lendl	4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	Pascal Portes	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Richard Meyer	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	Steve Krulevitz	7-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1980	F	Bjorn Borg	7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1980	QF	Eliot Teltscher	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1980	R16	Bernie Mitton	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Terry Moor	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1980	R64	Butch Walts	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Marcel Freeman	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data