SF Roland Garros 1979

Victor Pecci #29 def. Jimmy Connors #1

7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3

Victor Pecci defeated Jimmy Connors 7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the 1979 Roland Garros semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 10, 1979*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1979
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Victor Pecci	Jimmy Connors
Country	PAR	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1955	Sep 2, 1952
Age	23	26
Height	193 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,961	2,376
Current career W-L	354–244	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$994,678	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Victor Pecci #29 0 – 2 Jimmy Connors #1

Path

Victor Pecci's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas #5	6-0 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Harold Solomon #8	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Corrado Barazzutti #16	7-5 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Pavel Slozil	6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Francois Jauffret	6-7 6-4 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128

Victor Pecci's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Borg #2	3-6 1-6 7-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1979	F

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Eddie Dibbs #7	6-2 2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 8, 1979	QF
Manuel Orantes #11	4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1979	R16
Ross Case #86	7-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1979	R32
Ramesh Krishnan	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 1, 1979	R64
Terry Moor #59	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 1979	R128