Berger v Connors

Jimmy Connors takes it, 10–4 on categories

Connors wins on titles. Berger’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Berger 219 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.

• Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Berger’s 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
• Connors has the better first serve in %: 65.1 to Berger’s 55.4.
• Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Berger’s 1.0.
• Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Berger’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Berger 219 in 7 — 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.
• Different eras: the game, the rules and the stat-keeping have all changed between their careers.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.