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B. Hewitt def. J. Connors

7-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1972
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	B. Hewitt
Score	7-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Hewitt	J. Connors
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Jan 12, 1940	Sep 2, 1952
Age	32	19
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,946	1,966
Career W-L	285–178	1,262–294
Career earnings	$613,837	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

B. Hewitt 1 – 1 J. Connors

Path

B. Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	SF	F. McMillan	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	QF	P. Gerken	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R16	M. Belkin	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R32	G. Goven	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R64	R. Tanner	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	SF	Toshiro Sakai	7-6 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	QF	C. Dibley	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R16	I. Molina	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R32	G. Masters	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1972	R64	R. Fisher	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data