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Tom Gorman def. Jimmy Connors

6-7 7-6 4-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1971*
Tournament	Columbus
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Tom Gorman
Score	6-7 7-6 4-6 7-6 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Gorman	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	18
Height	180	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,653
Career W-L	418–293	1,262–294
Career earnings	$10,000	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gorman 1 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1971	SF	Raymond Moore	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1971	QF	Georges Goven	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1971	R16	Boro Jovanovic	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 4, 1971	R32	Richard Russell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gorman's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1971	SF	Erik Van Dillen	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Aug 6, 1971	QF	Haroon Rahim	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1971	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1971	R32	Brian Cheney	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data