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J. Clerc#7 def. J. Connors#2

4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1981*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	J. Clerc
Score	4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-0
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Clerc	J. Connors
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Sep 2, 1952
Age	22	28
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,093	2,262
Career W-L	361–141	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

J. Clerc 2 – 0 J. Connors

Path

J. Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	C. Kirmayr	6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	A. Ganzabal	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	A. Fillol	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	H. Gunthardt	7-5 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1981	SF	Ivan Lendl	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1981	R16	M. Purcell	6-2 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1981	R32	J. Caujolle	6-0 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1981	R64	G. Urpi	6-3 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1981	R128	C. Roger-Vasselin	6-1 7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data