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🇺🇸 USA · Left-handed · 178 cm · b. 1952-09-02
Jimmy Connors
Active 1969–1996 · best rank seen: 1
1277–286
112
8
0
166
87,640
Career summary
Jimmy Connors of the United States is a former left-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1969 to 1996. He won 112 tour-level singles titles, including 8 Grand Slam titles, from a career match record of 1277–286 (81.7%). His strongest surface by win rate was hard courts, where he went 490–100 (83%). His best three-year stretch came in 1973–1975, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2489. His most frequent opponent was Ivan Lendl, whom he faced 35 times with a record of 13–22.
Hard
490–100 (83.1%)
Clay
209–64 (76.6%)
Grass
186–38 (83.0%)
Carpet
392–84 (82.4%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Ivan Lendl | 13–22 | 35 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 John McEnroe | 14–20 | 34 | Full H2H |
| 🇷🇴 Ilie Nastase | 13–16 | 29 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Vitas Gerulaitis | 18–5 | 23 | Full H2H |
| 🇸🇪 Bjorn Borg | 8–15 | 23 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Roscoe Tanner | 17–4 | 21 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried | 17–2 | 19 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Sandy Mayer | 17–2 | 19 | Full H2H |
| 🇲🇽 Raul Ramirez | 16–3 | 19 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Stan Smith | 14–4 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Dibbs | 16–1 | 17 | Full H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Eliot Teltscher | 15–1 | 16 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | '84 | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '92 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | W | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Roland Garros | 3R | 1R | SF | SF | QF | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | QF | QF | W | F | QF | F | F | SF | SF | SF | W | 4R | F | SF | 1R | SF | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | ||
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | W | F | W | F | W | SF | SF | SF | W | W | SF | SF | 3R | SF | QF | QF | SF | 2R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1973–1975).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2489.
Career titles (112)
- 1989 Tel Aviv Hard
- 1989 Toulouse Hard
- 1988 Toulouse Hard
- 1988 Washington Hard
- 1985 World Team Cup Clay
- 1984 Tokyo-2 Carpet
- 1984 Los Angeles Hard
- 1984 Boca Raton Hard
- 1984 Rotterdam Carpet
- 1984 La Quinta Hard
- 1984 Memphis Carpet
- 1983 US Open Hard Slam
- 1983 Queen's Club Grass
- 1983 Las Vegas Hard
- 1983 Memphis Carpet
- 1982 US Open Hard Slam
- 1982 Columbus Hard
- 1982 Wimbledon Grass Slam
- 1982 Queen's Club Grass
- 1982 Las Vegas Hard
- 1982 Los Angeles-1 Hard
- 1982 Monterrey Carpet
- 1981 Wembley Carpet
- 1981 Rotterdam WCT Carpet
- 1981 Brussels WCT Carpet
- 1981 La Quinta Hard
- 1980 Tokyo-2 Carpet
- 1980 Canton Carpet
- 1980 North Conway Clay
- 1980 WCT Finals Carpet
- 1980 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1980 Birmingham WCT Carpet
- 1979 Hong Kong Hard
- 1979 Stowe Hard
- 1979 Indianapolis Clay
- 1979 Tulsa Hard
- 1979 Memphis Carpet
- 1979 Dorado Beach WCT Hard
- 1979 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1979 Birmingham WCT Carpet
- 1978 Sydney-1 Hard
- 1978 US Open Hard Slam
- 1978 Stowe Hard
- 1978 Indianapolis Clay
- 1978 Washington-2 Clay
- 1978 Birmingham-2 Grass
- 1978 Rotterdam WCT Carpet
- 1978 Memphis Carpet
- 1978 Denver Carpet
- 1978 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1978 Masters Carpet
- 1977 WCT Challenge Cup Carpet
- 1977 Sydney-1 Hard
- 1977 Maui Hard
- 1977 WCT Finals Carpet
- 1977 Las Vegas Hard
- 1977 St. Louis WCT Carpet
- 1977 Birmingham WCT Carpet
- 1976 Wembley Carpet
- 1976 Cologne Hard
- 1976 US Open Clay Slam
- 1976 Indianapolis-2 Clay
- 1976 North Conway Clay
- 1976 Washington-2 Clay
- 1976 Nottingham Grass
- 1976 Las Vegas Hard
- 1976 Denver WCT Carpet
- 1976 Palm Springs Hard
- 1976 Hampton Carpet
- 1976 Philadelphia WCT Carpet
- 1976 Birmingham Carpet
- 1975 Maui Hard
- 1975 Bermuda Hard
- 1975 North Conway Clay
- 1975 Denver WCT Carpet
- 1975 Hampton Carpet
- 1975 Boca Raton Clay
- 1975 Salisbury Carpet
- 1975 Birmingham Carpet
- 1975 Bahamas Hard
- 1974 Johannesburg-2 Hard
- 1974 London-2 Carpet
- 1974 Los Angeles Hard
- 1974 US Open Grass Slam
- 1974 Indianapolis Clay
- 1974 Wimbledon Grass Slam
- 1974 Manchester Grass
- 1974 Tempe Hard
- 1974 Salt Lake City Hard
- 1974 Hampton Carpet
- 1974 Salisbury Carpet
- 1974 Birmingham Carpet
- 1974 Little Rock Hard
- 1974 Roanoke Carpet
- 1973 Australian Open Grass Slam
- 1973 Johannesburg-2 Hard
- 1973 Quebec Carpet
- 1973 Los Angeles Hard
- 1973 Columbus Hard
- 1973 Boston Hard
- 1973 Paramus Hard
- 1973 Hampton Carpet
- 1973 Salisbury Carpet
- 1973 Salt Lake City Hard
- 1973 Roanoke Carpet
- 1973 Baltimore Carpet
- 1972 Albany Carpet
- 1972 Cincinnati Clay
- 1972 Columbus Hard
- 1972 Queen's Club Grass
- 1972 Roanoke Carpet
- 1972 Jacksonville Hard
Match results
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.