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Jimmy Connors#15 def. Bryan Shelton#322

6-7 6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1989*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-7 6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Bryan Shelton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bryan Shelton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Dec 22, 1965
Age	36	23
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	322
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,533
Career W-L	1,262–294	101–136
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,220,283

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 0 Bryan Shelton

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1989	R128	Tom Nijssen	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1989	R32	Andres Gomez	6-1 4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Bryan Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1989	R128	Jerome Potier	6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data