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Jimmy Connors#3 def. Balazs Taroczy#17

4-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1981*
Tournament	Hamburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	4-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Balazs Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Balazs Taroczy
Country	USA	HUN
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 9, 1954
Age	28	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,286	1,940
Career W-L	1,262–294	381–228
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 5 – 0 Balazs Taroczy

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1981	QF	Tomas Smid	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1981	R16	Klaus Eberhard	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1981	R32	Mark Edmondson	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1981	R64	Andrew Pattison	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1981	F	Peter Mcnamara	7-6 6-1 4-6 6-4	L	—	Match data

Balazs Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1981	QF	Tony Giammalva	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1981	R16	Jose Higueras	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1981	R32	Jose Luis Damiani	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1981	R64	Ramesh Krishnan	5-7 6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data