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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Ken Rosewall#8

6-1 6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1974*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-1 6-0 6-1
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ken Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Nov 2, 1934
Age	22	39
Height	177	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,253	2,186
Career W-L	1,262–294	541–195
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 1 Ken Rosewall

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1974	SF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	Alex Metreveli	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Jan Kodes	7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	John Alexander	6-1 7-5 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Ove Bengtson	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Jeff Borowiak	6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1974	SF	John Newcombe	6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	Vijay Amritraj	2-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Raul Ramirez	6-1 6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	Charlie Pasarell	6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Bob Lutz	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Colin Dibley	6-4 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data