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Jimmy Connors #3 def. Eliot Teltscher #13

6-3 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 1981*
Tournament	La Quinta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-7 6-4
Loser	Eliot Teltscher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Eliot Teltscher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 15, 1959
Age	28	21
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,192	2,013
Career W-L	1,262–294	392–207
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,653,997

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 5 – 0 Eliot Teltscher

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1981	QF	Pat Dupre	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1981	R16	Terry Moor	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1981	R32	Chris Dunk	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1981	R64	Dick Stockton	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1981	F	Ivan Lendl	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Eliot Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1981	QF	Tomas Smid	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1981	R16	Eddie Dibbs	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1981	R32	George Hardie	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1981	R64	Pascal Portes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data