Career 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–0 on categories Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Dibbs 856 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Dibbs’ 22 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Dibbs’ 0.9. Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Dibbs’ 1.6 (22% more). Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Dibbs’s team won 70% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Dibbs 856 in 15 — 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. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 22 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 17 matches since 1974 16
Carpet · 9 matches Dibbs 1 Connors 8 Clay · 6 matches Dibbs 0 Connors 6 Hard · 1 match Dibbs 0 Connors 1 Grass · 1 match Dibbs 0 Connors 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Dibbs 0 Connors 1 Finals · 5 matches Dibbs 1 Connors 4 Last meetings 27 July 1980 · North Conway · Final · Clay Connors won 6-3 5-7 6-1 19 Feb 1980 · Salisbury WCT · Round robin · Carpet Connors won 6-4 6-4 14 Jan 1980 · Birmingham WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Connors won 6-2 6-2 28 May 1979 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · Clay Connors won 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-2 9 Apr 1979 · Tulsa · Final · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
Share thisChange or add players