Career 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–0 on categories Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Meiler 441 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Meiler’s 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Meiler’s 1.1. Connors has the better sets won %: 75.8 to Meiler’s 55.6. Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Meiler’s team won 57% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Meiler 441 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 111 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 8 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 game 1.7 140 total · best 8
Head to head 1 11 matches since 1973 10
Carpet · 6 matches Meiler 1 Connors 5 Hard · 3 matches Meiler 0 Connors 3 Clay · 2 matches Meiler 0 Connors 2 Finals · 5 matches Meiler 1 Connors 4 Last meetings 9 Aug 1976 · Indianapolis · Round of 16 · Clay Connors won 7-5 6-3 10 Nov 1975 · London · Round of 16 · Carpet Connors won 6-2 6-1 17 Feb 1975 · Boca Raton · Semifinal · Clay Connors won 6-4 6-3 20 Jan 1975 · Birmingham · Semifinal · Carpet Connors won 6-7 6-2 6-2 13 Jan 1975 · Bahamas · Final · Hard Connors won 6-0 6-2 4 Feb 1974 · Little Rock · Final · Hard Connors won 6-2 6-1 22 Jan 1974 · Omaha · Final · Carpet Meiler won 6-3 1-6 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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