Orantes v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 9–0 on categories
Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Orantes 979 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Orantes’ 37 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Orantes’ 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Orantes’ 0.8.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Orantes’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Orantes 979 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.137 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1111 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- –First serve in %65.1
- –First-serve points won %62.8
- –Break points saved %57.2
- –Return points won %40.6
- –Acesper game1.7140 total · best 8
Head to head
315 matches
since 197212
since 197212
- Clay · 8 matchesOrantes 3Connors 5
- Hard · 4 matchesOrantes 0Connors 4
- Carpet · 3 matchesOrantes 0Connors 3
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesOrantes 1Connors 2
- Finals · 2 matchesOrantes 2Connors 0
Last meetings
- 28 May 1979 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayConnors won 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardConnors won 6-3 6-1
- 7 Aug 1978 · Indianapolis · Semifinal · ClayConnors won 7-5 6-1
- 4 Jan 1978 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetConnors won 6-2 6-3
- 31 Aug 1977 · US Open · Quarterfinal · ClayConnors won 6-2 6-4 6-3
- 8 Aug 1977 · Indianapolis · Final · ClayOrantes won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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