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Hank Pfister #43 def. Jimmy Connors #1

7-6 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1978*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Hank Pfister
Score	7-6 3-6 6-4
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hank Pfister	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 9, 1953	Sep 2, 1952
Age	24	25
Height	193	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	43	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,779	2,328
Career W-L	260–213	1,262–294
Career earnings	—	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Hank Pfister 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

Hank Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1978	R32	Arthur Ashe	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Hank Pfister's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1978	QF	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1978	R32	James Chico Hagey	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data