Career 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 Jimmy Connors takes it, 7–1 on categories Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Mayer 477 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Mayer’s 15 titles (one every 25 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Mayer’s 0.8. Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Mayer’s 1.5 (25% more). Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Mayer’s team won 67% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Mayer 477 in 13 — 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 15 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 8 matches since 1979 7
Carpet · 5 matches Mayer 0 Connors 5 Hard · 2 matches Mayer 1 Connors 1 Grass · 1 match Mayer 0 Connors 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Mayer 0 Connors 1 Finals · 3 matches Mayer 0 Connors 3 Last meetings 12 Mar 1984 · Rotterdam · Quarterfinal · Carpet Connors won 6-0 6-1 14 Feb 1983 · Memphis · Final · Carpet Connors won 7-5 6-0 11 Oct 1982 · Sydney Indoor · Semifinal · Hard Mayer won 6-3 2-6 6-3 21 June 1982 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · Grass Connors won 6-1 6-2 7-6 19 Apr 1982 · Las Vegas · Final · Hard Connors won 5-2 ret. 16 Mar 1981 · Rotterdam WCT · Final · Carpet Connors won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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