Jimmy Connors career statistics

Last updated December 05, 2024

This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Jimmy Connors .

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 15 finals (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1974	Australian Open	Grass	Phil Dent	7–6^(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
Win	1974	US Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–0, 6–1
Loss	1975	Australian Open	Grass	John Newcombe	5–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Arthur Ashe	1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1975	US Open	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1976	US Open (2)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4
Loss	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Björn Borg	6–3, 2–6, 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	1977	US Open	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7), 0–6
Loss	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Björn Borg	2–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1978	US Open (3)	Hard	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Win	1982	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	1982	US Open (4)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	1983	US Open (5)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1973	French Open	Clay	Ilie Năstase	John Newcombe Tom Okker	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Ilie Năstase	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9⁽³⁾, 6–1
Win	1975	US Open	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1974	US Open	Grass	Chris Evert	Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters	1–6, 6–7

Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1977	Grand Prix Masters	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	6–4, 1–6, 6–4

WCT year-end championship finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1977	WCT Finals	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1980	WCT Finals	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1984	WCT Finals	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6, 3–6

ATP Tour singles timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Qualifying matches and walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses.

Tournament	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	W	F	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 2	11–1	91.67
French Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	QF	A	2R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 13	40–13	75.47
Wimbledon	A	A	A	QF	QF	W	F	QF	F	F	SF	SF	SF	W	4R	F	SF	1R	SF	4R	2R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	2 / 20	84–18	82.35
US Open	LQ	1R	2R	1R	QF	W	F	W	F	W	SF	SF	SF	W	W	SF	SF	3R	SF	QF	QF	A	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	5 / 22	98–17	85.22
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–3	8–3	20–0	17–3	11–1	12–2	13–1	15–3	15–3	14–3	18–1	14–2	16–3	15–3	2–2	14–3	7–2	6–3	0–0	9–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	8 / 57	233–49	82.62
Year-end championships
Grand Prix	NH	A	A	SF	SF	A	A	A	W	RR	SF	SF	RR	SF	SF	SF	A	A	RR	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 11	18–17	51.43
WCT Finals	NH		A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	SF	W	A	A	A	F	SF	A	A	A	A	Not Held							2 / 5	10–3	76.92
Team tournaments
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 3	10–3	76.92
Notable tournaments (Grand Prix / WCT)																						(ATP Tour)
Philadelphia	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	F	W	W	W	QF	F	A	A	SF	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	4 / 11	40–7
Memphis	Not Held						A	A	A	W	W	F	A	A	W	W	SF	QF	F	A	QF	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	4 / 10	38–6
Indian Wells	Not Held					A	A	W	A	A	QF	SF ^[a]	W	A	2R	W	QF	SF	A	A	SF	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	3 / 10	34–6
Miami	Not Held																A	SF	SF	F	4R	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	21–7
Las Vegas	Not Held			A	A	A	A	W	W	2R	F	A	A	W	W	NH	1R	Not Held											4 / 7	25–3
Monte-Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	F ^[b]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–2
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	10–3
Rome	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Washington	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	W	A	W	A	3R	A	A	A	A	SF	A	SF	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3 / 7	25–4
Indianapolis ^[c]	A	A	2R	F	3R	W	A	W	F	W	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	4 / 10	41–6
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	SF	SF	SF	A	SF	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 8	21–7
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	W	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	3R	SF	SF	SF	A	F	SF	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 11	39–9
Los Angeles	A	3R	F	3R	W	W	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	1R	A	3 / 10	34–7
Tokyo Indoor	Not Held									2R	F	W	A	A	SF	W	SF	SF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	2 / 8	25–4
Stockholm	A	A	A	2R	SF	A	F	SF	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 7	21–7
Tournaments	1	4	12	28	26	21	19	22	22	16	20	21	16	18	15	18	16	15	17	13	15	3	14	16	5	3	2	1	398
Titles–finals	0-0	0–0	0–2	6–9	11–14	15–17	9–15	12–15	8–15	10–12	8–12	6–8	4–6	7–11	4–5	5–8	0–2	0–4	0–3	2–4	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	109-164	109–55	66.46
Overall W–L	0-1	5–4	20–11	69–24	88–15	93–4	82–8	90–8	68–11	66–6	79–12	73–15	61–12	78–10	52–11	74–14	48–14	45–15	52–19	40–10	31–13	0–3	19–14	17–15	3–5	1–3	2–2	0–1	1274-1557	1274–283	81.88
Year-end ranking					3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	8	4	7	14	936	49	84	370	672	419	1300	$ 8,641,040

ATP Career finals (164)

Singles titles (109)

Tournament Category	No. of titles
Grand Slam tournaments	8
Year-End Championships – Grand Prix	1
Year-End Championships – WCT	2
Grand Prix / WCT	98

Titles by surface
Clay outdoor (14)
Grass outdoor (9)
Hard outdoor (31)
Hard indoor (22)
Carpet indoor (33)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1972	Jacksonville, US	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4
2.	1972	Roanoke, US (1)	Carpet (i)	Vladimír Zedník	6–4, 7–6
3.	1972	Queen's Club, UK (1)	Grass	John Paish	6–2, 6–3
4.	1972	Columbus, US (1)	Clay	Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
5.	1972	Cincinnati, US	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
6.	1972	Albany, US	Hard (i)	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 7–6
7.	1973	Baltimore, US	Carpet (i)	Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
8.	1973	Roanoke, US (2)	Carpet (i)	Ian Fletcher	6–2, 6–3
9.	1973	Salt Lake City, US (1)	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	6–1, 6–2
10.	1973	Salisbury, US (1)	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1973	Hampton, US (1)	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
12.	1973	Paramus, US	Hard	Clark Graebner	6–1, 6–2
13.	1973	Boston, US	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
14.	1973	Columbus, US (2)	Clay	Charlie Pasarell	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
15.	1973	Los Angeles, US (1)	Hard	Tom Okker	7–5, 7–6^(11–9)
16.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–0
17.	1973	Johannesburg, South Africa (1)	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
18.	1974	Australian Open	Grass	Phil Dent	7–6^(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
19.	1974	Roanoke, US (3)	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	6–4, 6–3
20.	1974	Little Rock, US	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	6–2, 6–1
21.	1974	Birmingham, US (1)	Carpet (i)	Sandy Mayer	7–5, 6–3
22.	1974	Salisbury, US (2)	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
23.	1974	Hampton, US (2)	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4
24.	1974	Salt Lake City, US (2)	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
25.	1974	Tempe, US	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–2
26.	1974	Manchester, UK	Grass	Mike Collins	13–11, 6–2
27.	1974	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
28.	1974	Indianapolis, US (1)	Clay	Björn Borg	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
29.	1974	US Open (1)	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–0, 6–1
30.	1974	Los Angeles, US (2)	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
31.	1974	London – Dewar Cup, UK	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 7–6
32.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa (2)	Hard	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
33.	1975	Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Karl Meiler	6–0, 6–2
34.	1975	Birmingham, US (2)	Carpet (i)	Billy Martin	6–4, 6–3
35.	1975	Salisbury, US (3)	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	5–7, 7–5, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
36.	1975	Boca Raton, US	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	6–4, 6–2
37.	1975	Hampton, US (3)	Hard (i)	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
38.	1975	Denver, US (1)	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–4
39.	1975	North Conway, US (1)	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2
40.	1975	Hamilton, Bermuda	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1, 6–4
41.	1975	Maui, US (1)	Hard	Sandy Mayer	6–1, 6–0
42.	1976	Birmingham, US (3)	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
43.	1976	Philadelphia, US (1)	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 6–0
44.	1976	Hampton, US (4)	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
45.	1976	Rancho Mirage, US (1)	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
46.	1976	Denver, US (2)	Carpet (i)	Ross Case	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
47.	1976	Las Vegas, US (1)	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–3
48.	1976	Washington, US (1)	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–4
49.	1976	North Conway, US (2)	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
50.	1976	Indianapolis, US (2)	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 6–4
51.	1976	US Open (2)	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(11–9), 6–4
52.	1976	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–3
53.	1976	Wembley, UK (1)	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4
54.	1977	Birmingham, US (4)	Carpet (i)	Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–3
55.	1977	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet (i)	John Alexander	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
56.	1977	Las Vegas, US (2)	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
57.	1977	Dallas WCT Finals, US (1)	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
58.	1977	Maui, US (2)	Hard	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–0
59.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia (1)	Hard (i)	Ken Rosewall	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
60.	1977	Las Vegas – WCT Challenge Cup, US	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 5–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5^(7–5)
61.	1977	Tennis Masters Cup, New York	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
62.	1978	Philadelphia, US (2)	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
63.	1978	Denver, US (3)	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
64.	1978	Memphis, US (1)	Hard (i)	Tim Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
65.	1978	Rotterdam, Netherlands (1)	Carpet (i)	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 7–5
66.	1978	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
67.	1978	Washington, US (2)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–5, 7–5
68.	1978	Indianapolis, US (3)	Clay	José Higueras	7–5, 6–1
69.	1978	Stowe, US (1)	Hard	Tim Gullikson	6–2, 6–3
70.	1978	US Open (3)	Hard	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
71.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia (2)	Hard (i)	Geoff Masters	6–0, 6–0, 6–4
72.	1979	Birmingham, US (5)	Carpet (i)	Eddie Dibbs	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
73.	1979	Philadelphia, US (3)	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
74.	1979	Memphis, US (2)	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
75.	1979	Tulsa, US	Hard (i)	Eddie Dibbs	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
76.	1979	Indianapolis, US (4)	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
77.	1979	Stowe, US (2)	Hard	Mike Cahill	6–0, 6–1
78.	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat DuPré	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
79.	1979	Dorado Beach, US	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5, 6–0, 6–4
80.	1980	Birmingham, US (6)	Carpet (i)	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 6–2
81.	1980	Philadelphia, US (4)	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
82.	1980	Dallas WCT Finals, US (2)	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–1, 6–2
83.	1980	North Conway, US (3)	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
84.	1980	Guangzhou Marlboro Tennis Classic	Carpet (i)	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–4
85.	1980	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (1)	Carpet (i)	Tom Gullikson	6–1, 6–2
86.	1981	La Quinta, US (2)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–6
87.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
88.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands (2)	Carpet (i)	Gene Mayer	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
89.	1981	Wembley, UK (2)	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
90.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet (i)	Johan Kriek	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
91.	1982	Los Angeles, US (3)	Hard	Mel Purcell	6–2, 6–1
92.	1982	Las Vegas, US (3)	Hard	Gene Mayer	5–2, ret.
93.	1982	Queen's Club, UK (2)	Grass	John McEnroe	7–5, 6–3
94.	1982	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
95.	1982	Columbus, US (3)	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–0
96.	1982	US Open (4)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
97.	1983	Memphis, US (3)	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	7–5, 6–0
98.	1983	Las Vegas, US (4)	Hard	Mark Edmondson	7–6, 6–1
99.	1983	Queen's Club, UK (3)	Grass	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
100.	1983	US Open (5)	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 6–0
101.	1984	Memphis, US (4)	Hard (i)	Henri Leconte	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
102.	1984	La Quinta, US (3)	Hard	Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3
103.	1984	Boca West, US	Hard	Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–4
104.	1984	Los Angeles, US (4)	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
105.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan (2)	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
106.	1988	Washington, US (3)	Hard	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
107.	1988	Toulouse, France (1)	Carpet (i)	Andrei Chesnokov	6–2, 6–0
108.	1989	Toulouse, France (2)	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
109.	1989	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1

Runner-ups (55)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1971	Columbus, US	Hard	Tom Gorman	7–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
2.	1971	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
3.	1972	Baltimore, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 4–6, 6–7
4.	1972	Washington Indoor, US	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
5.	1972	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Bob Hewitt	6–7, 1–6, 2–6
6.	1973	Omaha, US	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	0–5, ret.
7.	1973	Bretton Woods, US	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
8.	1973	Washington-2, US	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
9.	1974	Omaha, US	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
10.	1974	South Orange, US	Hard	Alex Metreveli	Walkover
11.	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	5–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–7
12.	1975	New York City, US	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Walkover
13.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Arthur Ashe	1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
14.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
15.	1975	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
16.	1975	London, UK	Carpet (i)	Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
17.	1976	Salisbury, US	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 3–6, 6–7
18.	1976	La Costa WCT, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 0–6, 1–6
19.	1976	Nottingham	Grass	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6, 1–1 (match abandoned rain)
20.	1977	WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 5–7
21.	1977	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
22.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	6–5, ret.
23.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	6–3, 2–6, 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
24.	1977	**Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Björn Borg	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
25.	1977	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Manuel Orantes	1–6, 3–6
26.	1977	US Open, New York	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 3–6, 6–7, 0–6
27.	1978	**Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Björn Borg	6–7, 6–3, 1–6
28.	1978	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	2–6, 2–6, 3–6
29.	1979	**Pepsi Grand Slam	Hard	Björn Borg	2–6, 3–6
30.	1979	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Björn Borg	3–6, 2–6
31.	1979	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	2–6, 2–6
32.	1979	WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
33.	1980	Memphis, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	6–7, 6–7
34.	1980	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	José Luis Clerc	6–4, 6–2, ret.
35.	1981	Monte Carlo	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	5–5 (match abandoned rain)
36.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–7, 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
37.	1982	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	3–6, 3–6, 1–6
38.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–0, 2–6, 4–6
39.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 3–6
40.	1982	San Francisco, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
41.	1983	Wembley, UK	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	5–7, 1–6, 4–6
42.	1984	Dallas WCT Finals, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6, 3–6
43.	1984	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6, 2–6
44.	1984	Rotterdam	Hard	Ivan Lendl	0–6, 0–1 (match abandoned bomb scare)
45.	1985	Ft. Myers, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6
46.	1985	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	Walkover
47.	1986	Ft. Myers, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	2–6, 0–6
48.	1986	Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Tim Mayotte	4–6, 1–2, ret.
49.	1986	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Mats Wilander	4–6, 1–6
50.	1986	San Francisco, US	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	6–7, 3–6
51.	1987	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	3–6, 1–2, ret.
52.	1987	Orlando, US	Hard	Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
53.	1987	Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Boris Becker	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
54.	1988	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Yannick Noah	4–4, ret.
55.	1988	Miami, US	Hard	Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6

** The "Pepsi Grand Slam" was a four-man invitational tournament not bringing ATP-ranking points. It is included in the ATP Tour statistics even though it was an ITF event.

Other singles titles

Here are Connors's tournament titles that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site. These mainly are special events like invitational tournaments and exhibitions (24).

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Prize money	Opponent	Score	Winner's prize
1972	Aug 14–20	Ocean City – Ocean Pines Invitational	Hard	$5,000	Herb Fitzgibbon	6–3, 6–2	$1,500
1978	Jun 10	Kent All Comers Championship, Beckenham	Grass		Stan Smith	9–8, 6–3
1978	Nov 23–26	Kobe & Tokyo – Gunze Invitational	Carpet (i)		Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–4
1978	Dec 5–8	Lucerne Lucerne Invitational	Carpet (i)		Tom Okker	6–1, 6–1
1979	Sep 28–30	Asunción – Boqueron International	Clay		Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 6–3
1980	May 15–18	Louisville International Classic	?	$104,000	Eddie Dibbs	6–2, 6–3	$36,000
1980	Aug 4–10	Fréjus – 8-men round robin	Hard		Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 6–7, 6–4
1980	Oct 8–12	Melbourne – Mazda Challenge	Carpet		Gene Mayer	1–6, 6–2, 6–0, 7–5
1982	Jan 6–11	Rosemont – Michelob Light Challenge of Champions	Carpet (i)	$310,000	John McEnroe	6–7, 7–5, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4
1982	Sep 29 – Oct 3	Montreal – Molson Light Challenge Cup	Hard (i)	$250,000	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–3	$80,000
1982	Dec 17–19	North Miami Beach – Nastase-Hamptons Invitational	Hard	$305,000	Brian Teacher	6–2, 6–2	$80,000
1983	Feb 8–13	Toronto – Molson Challenge	Carpet (i)		José Higueras	6–2, 6–0, 5–7, 6–0
1983	May 12–15	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–3
1983	Jul 28–31	Beaver Creek – Vail Beaver Creek Classic	Hard		Mats Wilander	7–6, 6–2
1983	Aug 3–7	Newport Beach – High Stakes	Hard	$300,000	Tim Mayotte	6–3, 6–4, 6–2	$100,000
1983	Oct 5–9	Vancouver Labbat's Invitational	Carpet (i)		Bill Scanlon	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1983	Dec 14–20	North Miami Beach – Nastase-Hamptons Invitational	Hard	$305,000	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–6, 6–1	$90,000
1984	Jan 3–8	Rosemont – Lite Challenge of Champions	Carpet (i)	$250,000	Andrés Gómez	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1985	Apr 25–28	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Yannick Noah	6–4, 6–4
1985	Jul 26–29	Beaver Creek Kiva Tennis Classic	Hard		Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–4
1985	Jul 30 – Aug 4	Head Cup	Hard		Gene Mayer	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1986	Apr 24–27	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Kevin Curren	6–3, 6–2
1986	Sep 11–14	Amelia Island Dupont All American	Hard		Aaron Krickstein	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1987	Jul 16–19	Beaver Creek Vail Tennis Classic	Hard		Tim Mayotte	1–6, 6–3, 7–6

Other singles titles (4–8 man fields)

These are non-ATP, exhibition and special events (16)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Final opponent	Final result	Winner's prize
1972	June 8–11	Nottingham – 4-men invitational Round robin	Grass	Colin Dibley	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
1978	September 22–24	Buenos Aires – 4-men invitational	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1979	July 27–28	Montpellier Invitational Tennis Tournament – 4-men invitational	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6, 2–6, 7–5
1979	September 15–16	Rio de Janeiro – 4-men invitational	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1979	October 3–5	Buenos Aires – Indoor round robin	Carpet (i)	Víctor Pecci	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1980	March 6–7	Munich – 4-men invitational	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1, 6–7, 6–4
1980	April 7–8	Tokyo – Suntory Cup	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	7–5, 6–3
1980	September 19–20	Napa Valley Harvest Cup	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
1981	April 11–12	Tokyo – Suntory Cup	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	6–4, 7–6
1981	November 17–18	Tel Aviv – Golden Racquet Sabirna Gali	?	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2
1982	July 22–24	Industry Hills – $100,000 4-men invitational	Hard	Björn Borg	5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–7, 6–2	$50,000
1983	April 10–11	Tokyo – Suntory Cup	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–4
1983	July 8–10	Sun City – Round robin Bophuthatswana	Hard	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 7–6	$400,000
1983	October 15–16	Atlantic City Jimmy Connors Invitational	Hard (I)	Gene Mayer	7–6, 6–4	$150,000
1986	April 19–20	Tokyo – Suntory Cup	Carpet (i)	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–0
1989	May 5–7	Nîmes	Clay	Anders Järryd	6–2, 6–3

Challenge matches / Exhibition matches (2 players) / amateur titles (50)

1970: Modesto, California (amateur title) – Final opponent: Robert Potthast 4–6 6–4 6–3

1975: Ilie Năstase – Syracuse, N.Y. 6–4 6–7 6–2

1975: Rod Laver – Las Vegas 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5.

1975: Vitas Gerulaitis – Ridgefield, Connecticut 6–3 7–6

1975: John Newcombe – Las Vegas 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

1976: Manuel Orantes – Las Vegas 6–2 6–2 6–1

1976: Ilie Năstase – Providence 6–4 6–1

1976: Tony Roche – Hartford (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–4 7–5

1976: John Newcombe – Hartford (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–2 6–3

1977: John Alexander – Hartford (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–1 6–4

1977: Tony Roche – Hartford (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–4 7–5

1977: Ilie Năstase – Puerto Rico 4–6 6–3 7–5 6–3

1978: John Newcombe – New Haven (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–4 6–4

1978: John Alexander – New Haven (Aetna World Cup WCT) 6–2 6–4

1978: Eddie Dibbs – Toledo, Ohio 6–4 6–4

1979: Hank Pfister – São Paulo (Brasil) 3–6 6–2 6–4 6–1

1979: Guillermo Vilas – Buenos Aires 7–5 6–3 6–3

1980: Adriano Panatta – Copenhagen 6–4 6–1

1980: Björn Borg – Copenhagen 6–4 6–2

1980: Ilie Năstase – Detroit 7-6 6-3

1980: Ilie Năstase – Toronto 6-3 6-4

1980: Eddie Dibbs – Portland 6–4 7–6

1980: Eddie Dibbs – San Diego 6-4 6-3

1980: Roscoe Tanner – Napa Valley (Harvest Cup) 6–4 6–2

1981: Ilie Năstase – San Diego

1981: Ilie Năstase – Portland (Peugeot Tennis Invitatonal) 6–2 6–2

1982: Björn Borg – Richmond 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–3

1982: Björn Borg – Seattle 6–4 3–6 7–5

1982: Björn Borg – Los Angeles 6–3 2–6 6–2

1982: Björn Borg – Vancouver 6–2 5–7 6–4

1982: Björn Borg – San Francisco 7–5 7–6

1983: Björn Borg – Bâton-Rouge 6–7 6–4 6–4

1983: Björn Borg – Providence 6–4 6–4

1983: Björn Borg – Séoul 5–7 6–1 4–6 6–4 7–6

1983: Ivan Lendl – San Diego 6–2 5–7 6–1

1983: Kevin Curren – Cape Town (Southafrica) 2–6 7–6 7–6 6–4

1983: Vitas Gerulaitis – Portland (Peugeot Tennis Invitatonal) 6–3 7–5

1983: Ilie Năstase – Tampa 6–2 7–5

1984: John McEnroe – Seattle (Peugeot Invitational)3–6 6-2 6-3^{[ citation needed ]} The Straits Times 27 Sept. 1984 Connors settles a score SEATTLE, Wed. Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe In a "grudge match" yesterday la the Peugeot Invitatlonal Exhibition match here. Connors, whs lost to McEnroe In this year's United States Open, staged a comeback after dropping the first set M. Connors took the last two sets ft-2

1984: Andrés Gómez – Jakarta (Indonesia) 6–4 6–2

1984: Andrés Gómez – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 6–1 7–6

1986: John McEnroe – Ottawa 6–4 6–3 6–3

1986: Björn Borg – Tokyo (2 may) 4–6 6–2 6–4

1986: Björn Borg – Tokyo (3 may)

1986: Björn Borg – Tokyo (4 may)

1986: Aaron Krickstein – New Orleans

1986: Yannick Noah – Inglewood (Michelin Tennis Challenge) 2–4 ret.

1987: Tim Mayotte – Inglewood (Michelin Tennis Challenge) 7–5 7–6

1988: Andre Agassi – Auburn Hills (Kings of Tennis Classic) 7–6 6–3

1992: John McEnroe – Inglewood (Michelin Tennis Challenge) 6–4 3–6 6–3

Sources

The following are the sources for the information that is not on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site:

Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003, Paris 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1), the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2), the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present-day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book probably is the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years for the period of 1946 through April 27, 2003.
John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London from 1976 through 1983.

Doubles finals (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1971	New York, US	Hard (i)	Haroon Rahim	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2.	1971	Columbus, US	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	7–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1.	1972	Columbus, US	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	Robert McKinley Dick Stockton	6–3, 7–5
Win	2.	1972	Los Angeles WCT, US	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
Win	3.	1973	Baltimore WCT, US	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Paul Gerken Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	4.	1973	Roanoke, US	Hard	Juan Gisbert	Ian Fletcher Butch Seewagen	6–0, 7–6
Loss	3.	1973	Omaha, US	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert	William Brown Mike Estep	DEF
Loss	4.	1973	Hampton, US	Hard (i)	Ion Țiriac	Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ilie Năstase	John Newcombe Tom Okker	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	5.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ilie Năstase	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9, 6–1
Win	6.	1973	South Orange, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6.	1973	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš Vladimir Zednik	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–7
Win	7.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	8.	1974	Salisbury, US	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Byron Bertram Andrew Pattison	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win	9.	1974	Salt Lake City, US	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr.	2–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	10.	1974	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	1974	London, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	12.	1975	Salisbury, US	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor	7–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win	13.	1975	South Orange, US	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Dick Crealy John Lloyd	6–2, 6–3
Win	14.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6
Loss	9.	1975	London, United Kingdom	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	1–6, 5–7
Win	15.	1976	Birmingham, US	Carpet	Erik van Dillen	Hank Pfister Dennis Ralston	7–6, 6–4
Loss	10.	1976	Denver WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Billy Martin	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	11.	1976	Washington, D.C., US	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 3–6
Win	16.	1980	North Conway, US	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 6–2

Record against No. 1 players

Connors' match record against players who have been ranked world No. 1.

Player	Years	Matches	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet
John Newcombe	1973–1979	6	4–2	67%	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–0
Stefan Edberg	1984–1991	12	6–6	50%	4–5	1–0	0–0	1–1
Ilie Năstase	1971–1984	28	12–16	43%	2–3	1–1	0–1	9–11
John McEnroe	1977–1991	34	14–20	41%	4–7	3–1	4–3	3–9
/ Ivan Lendl	1979–1992	35	13–22	37%	5–14	2–2	2–0	4–6
Björn Borg	1973–1981	23	8–15	35%	3–3	3–3	0–4	2–5
Andre Agassi	1988–1989	2	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Pete Sampras	1992	2	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Jim Courier	1985–1992	3	0–3	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2
Mats Wilander	1984–1988	5	0–5	0%	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–0
Boris Becker	1986–1992	6	0–6	0%	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3

Notes

↑ Tournament abandoned at Semi-finals stage due to rain.
↑ Final unfinished due to rain. Guillermo Vilas and Jimmy Connors both received Runners-up finishes.
↑ Held as the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships on clay from 1969 to 1987, then as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on hard from 1988 onwards.

External links

Jimmy Connors at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jimmy Connors at the International Tennis Federation
Jimmy Connors at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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[indianwells80-1] Tournament abandoned at Semi-finals stage due to rain.

[montecarlo81-2] Final unfinished due to rain. Guillermo Vilas and Jimmy Connors both received Runners-up finishes.

[indianapolis-3] Held as the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships on clay from 1969 to 1987, then as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on hard from 1988 onwards.

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