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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Bernie Mitton#56

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 1977*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Bernie Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bernie Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Nov 9, 1954
Age	24	22
Height	177	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	56
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,312	1,792
Career W-L	1,262–294	206–223
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 4 – 0 Bernie Mitton

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1977	R16	Vijay Amritraj	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1977	SF	Ilie Nastase	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bernie Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1977	R16	Ashok Amritraj	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data