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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Jan 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-5 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Jan 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

Jimmy Connors 5 – 0 Jan Kodes

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Vitas 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	Peter Fleming	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Bob Hewitt	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1976	R16	Frew Mcmillan	6-4 7-6 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1976	R32	Cliff Richey	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1976	R64	Arthur Ashe	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1976	R128	Phil Dent	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data