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Ivan Lendl#2 def. Jimmy Connors#3

6-2 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1985*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	6-2 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	32
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,333	2,174
Career W-L	1,051–229	1,262–294
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 9 – 12 Jimmy Connors

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1985	QF	Martin Jaite	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1985	R16	Aaron Krickstein	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1985	R32	Jerome Potier	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1985	R64	Jan Gunnarsson	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1985	R128	Eddie Edwards	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1985	F	Mats Wilander	3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1985	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-4 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1985	R16	Francesco Cancellotti	3-6 6-0 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1985	R32	Tarik Benhabiles	6-3 4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1985	R64	Blaine Willenborg	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1985	R128	Wolfgang Popp	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data