Richard Gonzalez def. Jimmy Connors

3-6 6-3 6-3

Richard Gonzalez defeated Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1971 Los Angeles Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 26, 1971*
Tournament: Los Angeles Open
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Richard Gonzalez	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	—	Sep 2, 1952
Age	—	19
Height	—	177 cm
Handedness	—	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,779
Current career W-L	—	1,266–298
Current career earnings	—	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Richard Gonzalez 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Richard Gonzalez's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Richey	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data	Sep 25, 1971	SF
Roscoe Tanner	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data	Sep 25, 1971	QF
Jeff Borowiak	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data	Sep 24, 1971	R16
Milan Holecek	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data	Sep 23, 1971	R32
Richard Russell	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data	Sep 22, 1971	R64

Richard Gonzalez's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Smith	3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 1971	SF
Bob Carmichael	6-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 1971	QF
Clark Graebner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 1971	R16
Ray Ruffels	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 23, 1971	R32
Allan Stone	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 22, 1971	R64