Head to head
Rivalry summary
Jimmy Connors and Adriano Panatta met 11 times on the ATP tour between 1972 and 1980. Jimmy Connors leads the head-to-head 9–2 against Adriano Panatta. By surface, Connors leads 2–1 on hard; they are level 1–1 on clay; Connors leads 3–0 on grass; Connors leads 3–0 on carpet. They contested 1 finals, with Connors winning 0 of them.
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Adriano Panatta's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (11)
| 1980 | Roland Garros | Clay | R128 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-6 |
| 1979 | Dorado Beach WCT | Hard | RR | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 6-5 6-2 RET |
| 1978 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-5 |
| 1978 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1977 | WCT Finals | Carpet | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 7-5 6-4 |
| 1977 | Houston WCT | Clay | R16 | Adriano Panatta | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1976 | WCT Challenge Cup | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 7-6 6-3 |
| 1975 | Stockholm-2 | Hard | F | Adriano Panatta | 4-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 7-5 6-2 |
| 1972 | Haverford | Grass | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1972 | Wimbledon | Grass | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 0-6 6-4 8-6 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.