Panatta v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–0 on categories
Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Panatta 596 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Panatta’s 11 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Panatta’s 1.1.
- Connors has the better sets won %: 75.8 to Panatta’s 58.8.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Panatta’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Panatta 596 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.
- 0.011 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
211 matches
since 19729
since 19729
- Hard · 3 matchesPanatta 1Connors 2
- Carpet · 3 matchesPanatta 0Connors 3
- Grass · 3 matchesPanatta 0Connors 3
- Clay · 2 matchesPanatta 1Connors 1
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesPanatta 0Connors 4
- Finals · 1 matchPanatta 1Connors 0
Last meetings
- 26 May 1980 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayConnors won 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-6
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · HardConnors won 4-6 6-5 6-2
- 29 Aug 1978 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardConnors won 4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-5
- 23 Jan 1978 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetConnors won 6-3 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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