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J. Connors#1 def. J. Kodes#19

7-5 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1976*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-5 6-3 6-1
Loser	J. Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	J. Kodes
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 1, 1946
Age	24	30
Height	177	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	19
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,336	1,987
Career W-L	1,262–294	465–274
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 5 – 0 J. Kodes

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	V. Gerulaitis	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	Fred Mcnair	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	P. Fleming	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	B. Hewitt	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1976	SF	G. Vilas	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	F. McMillan	6-4 7-6 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	C. Richey	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	A. Ashe	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	P. Dent	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data