Gerulaitis v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 9–0 on categories
Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Gerulaitis 751 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Gerulaitis’ 25 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Gerulaitis’ 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Gerulaitis’ 0.9.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Gerulaitis’s team won 70% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Gerulaitis 751 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.
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.
- 0.025 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
523 matches
since 197218
since 197218
- Carpet · 12 matchesGerulaitis 3Connors 9
- Hard · 7 matchesGerulaitis 1Connors 6
- Clay · 3 matchesGerulaitis 1Connors 2
- Grass · 1 matchGerulaitis 0Connors 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesGerulaitis 1Connors 2
- Finals · 4 matchesGerulaitis 0Connors 4
Last meetings
- 12 Aug 1985 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 16 · HardConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 7 Nov 1983 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · CarpetConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 8 Mar 1982 · Brussels · Semifinal · CarpetGerulaitis won 6-2 7-5
- 17 Aug 1981 · Cincinnati · Round of 16 · HardGerulaitis won 7-5 7-6
- 26 May 1980 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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