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J. Connors#1 def. R. Tanner#13

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 28, 1976*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-4 6-4
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	23	24
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,297	2,021
Career W-L	1,262–294	595–298
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 6 – 1 R. Tanner

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	SF	B. Borg	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	QF	J. Alexander	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1976	R16	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 25, 1976	R32	P. Dent	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	S. Mayer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	SF	A. Ashe	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1976	QF	I. Nastase	6-3 3-1 DEF	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1976	R16	B. Fairlie	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1976	R32	O. Parun	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	G. Masters	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data