SF US Open 1980

John McEnroe #2 def. Jimmy Connors #3

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

John McEnroe defeated Jimmy Connors 6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6 in the 1980 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 1980*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1980
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	28
Height	180 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,217	2,239
Current career W-L	835–191	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$12,552,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe #2 5 – 8 Jimmy Connors #3

Path

John McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #9	4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1980	QF
Pascal Portes #65	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1980	R16
Richard Meyer	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1980	R32
Steve Krulevitz #94	7-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1980	R64
Christophe Roger-Vasselin #61	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1980	R128

John McEnroe's next match

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

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eliot Teltscher #18	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1980	QF
Bernie Mitton #55	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1980	R16
Terry Moor #41	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1980	R32
Butch Walts #44	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1980	R64
Marcel Freeman	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1980	R128