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J. Connors#1 def. E. Teltscher#47

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1979*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	E. Teltscher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	E. Teltscher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 15, 1959
Age	26	19
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	47
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,326	1,770
Career W-L	1,262–294	392–207
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,653,997

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 E. Teltscher

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	C. Owens	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	QF	Stan Smith	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data

E. Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	V. Amritraj	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data