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Jimmy Connors def. Paul Gerken

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 27, 1972*
Tournament	Columbus
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Paul Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 15, 1950
Age	19	22
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,561
Career W-L	1,262–294	124–129
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Paul Gerken

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1972	R32	Vijay Amritraj	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1972	QF	Charlie Owens	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1972	R32	Jeff Austin	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data