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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Phil Dent #28

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Mar 25, 1976*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Phil Dent
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 14, 1950
Age	23	26
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,275	1,880
Career W-L	1,262–294	418–351
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 3 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	Sandy Mayer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1976	R16	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1976	R64	Jim Delaney	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data