Nastase v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–1 on categories
Connors wins on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Nastase 1,187 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Nastase’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Nastase’s 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Nastase’s 0.9.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Nastase’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
- 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.
- 0.165 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1111 total · best 1
- 0.02 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
1526 matches
since 197111
since 197111
- Carpet · 18 matchesNastase 10Connors 8
- Hard · 5 matchesNastase 3Connors 2
- Clay · 2 matchesNastase 1Connors 1
- Grass · 1 matchNastase 1Connors 0
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesNastase 1Connors 1
- Finals · 9 matchesNastase 6Connors 3
Last meetings
- 31 Aug 1982 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardConnors won 6-3 6-3 6-4
- 31 Mar 1980 · Monte Carlo WCT · Round of 32 · ClayConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 19 Feb 1980 · Salisbury WCT · Round robin · CarpetConnors won 6-4 6-4
- 4 Dec 1979 · WCT Challenge Cup · Round robin · CarpetConnors won 4-6 7-6 6-2
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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