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Jimmy Connors def. Ion Tiriac

5-7 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 1972*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	5-7 6-0 6-2
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Ion Tiriac
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	May 9, 1939
Age	19	32
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,760
Career W-L	1,262–294	228–190
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1972	R32	Tenny Svensson	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1972	QF	Pierre Barthes	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1972	R32	Hans Kary	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data