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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Bjorn Borg #9

5-7 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 5, 1974
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 6, 1956
Age	21	18
Height	177	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,246	2,099
Career W-L	1,262–294	608–143
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 1 Bjorn Borg

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	SF	Manuel Orantes	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	QF	Onny Parun	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R16	Hans Jurgen Pohmann	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R32	Roger Dowdeswell	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R64	Pat Dupre	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	SF	Raul Ramirez	7-5 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R16	Juan Gisbert	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R32	Trey Waltke	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1974	R64	Norman Holmes	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data