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Jimmy Connors#1 def. John McEnroe#71

6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 16, 1959
Age	24	18
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	71
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,299	1,743
Career W-L	1,262–294	833–189
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 John McEnroe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Byron Bertram	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Stan Smith	7-9 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Cliff Drysdale	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Marty Riessen	6-4 8-9 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Richard Lewis	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1977	F	Bjorn Borg	3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Phil Dent	6-4 8-9 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Sandy Mayer	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Karl Meiler	6-2 6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Colin Dowdeswell	9-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Ismail El Shafei	6-0 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data