SF Roland Garros 1985

Ivan Lendl #2 def. Jimmy Connors #3

6-2 6-3 6-1

Ivan Lendl defeated Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-3 6-1 in the 1985 Roland Garros semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 9, 1985*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1985
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	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 2, 1952
Age	25	32
Height	188 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,335	2,180
Current career W-L	1,045–227	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$21,262,417	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl #2 9 – 12 Jimmy Connors #3

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martin Jaite #53	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1985	QF
Aaron Krickstein #14	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 5, 1985	R16
Jerome Potier #230	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1985	R32
Jan Gunnarsson #28	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1985	R64
Eddie Edwards #122	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1985	R128

Ivan Lendl's next match

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

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #18	6-4 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1985	QF
Francesco Cancellotti #33	3-6 6-0 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 5, 1985	R16
Tarik Benhabiles #64	6-3 4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1985	R32
Blaine Willenborg #164	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1985	R64
Wolfgang Popp #85	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1985	R128