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: Mayer 560 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Mayer’s 12 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Mayer’s 1.0. Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Mayer’s 1.5 (23% more). Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Mayer’s team won 65% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Mayer 560 in 16 — 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 12 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 2 19 matches since 1973 17
Carpet · 11 matches Mayer 0 Connors 11 Hard · 8 matches Mayer 2 Connors 6 Finals · 3 matches Mayer 0 Connors 3 Last meetings 12 Sept 1983 · Dallas · Quarterfinal · Hard Mayer won 6-4 7-5 15 Aug 1983 · Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · Hard Connors won 6-2 6-2 11 Apr 1983 · Los Angeles · Quarterfinal · Hard Connors won 2-6 6-3 6-4 20 Sept 1982 · San Francisco · Semifinal · Carpet Connors won 4-6 6-2 6-1 19 Apr 1982 · Las Vegas · Semifinal · Hard Connors won 4-6 6-2 6-1 2 Nov 1981 · Stockholm · Semifinal · Hard Mayer won 6-3 6-3 16 Mar 1981 · Rotterdam WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Connors won 6-4 6-3 9 Mar 1981 · Brussels WCT · Semifinal · Carpet Connors won 6-2 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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