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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Bjorn Borg#3

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 1976*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	23	19
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,286	2,164
Career W-L	1,262–294	608–143
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 4 – 1 Bjorn Borg

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	QF	John Alexander	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1976	R16	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 25, 1976	R32	Phil Dent	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	Sandy Mayer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1976	F	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	QF	Rod Laver	6-2 6-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1976	R16	Stan Smith	7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Mar 25, 1976	R32	Ion Tiriac	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	George Hardie	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data