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Kevin Curren#9 def. Jimmy Connors#3

6-2 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1985*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Kevin Curren
Score	6-2 6-2 6-1
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Curren	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 2, 1958	Sep 2, 1952
Age	27	32
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,028	2,149
Career W-L	339–238	1,262–294
Career earnings	$3,054,423	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Curren 2 – 4 Jimmy Connors

Path

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1985	QF	John McEnroe	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1985	R16	Stefan Edberg	7-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1985	R32	David Mustard	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1985	R64	Mike De Palmer	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 26, 1985	R128	Larry Stefanki	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Curren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1985	F	Boris Becker	6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1985	QF	Ricardo Acuna	6-1 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1985	R16	Sammy Giammalva Jr	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 30, 1985	R32	Ramesh Krishnan	7-5 5-7 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1985	R64	Kelly Evernden	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1985	R128	Stefan Simonsson	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data