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J. Connors#1 def. R. Tanner#11

7-5 9-8

Match Information

Date	Jun 23, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-5 9-8
Loser	R. Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	R. Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Oct 15, 1951
Age	25	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,299	2,015
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 11 – 2 R. Tanner

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	D. Carter	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	S. Krulevitz	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	R. Frawley	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1978	F	R. Ramirez	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	QF	J. Newcombe	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	B. Fairlie	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R32	R. Beven	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	B. Giltinan	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data