Caratti v Connors

Jimmy Connors takes it, 11–2 on categories

Connors wins on sets won %. Caratti’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Caratti 188 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.

• Connors has the better sets won %: 75.8 to Caratti’s 40.
• Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Caratti’s 1.0 (83% more).
• Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Caratti’s 1.6.
• Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Caratti’s team won 38% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Caratti 188 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces, finals): 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.